Match 1
Delhi Daredevils v
Royal Challengers Bangalore
at Feroz Shah Kotla
It's JAY vs VIRU time - Who are you supporting?
Hello and welcome planetcricket.org members to the opening match of Indian Premier League 2012. This is User2010, IPL 2012 chairman.
We are in Feroz Shah Kotla, the home of the Virender Sehwag led Delhi Daredevils. It is going to be a cracker as we have another Delhi boy, the double G, Gautam Gambhir who is the opposition captain. Stadium is nearly packed with many people still waiting outside the ground to get into Kotla.
The opening yesterday couldn't have been better as can be seen by many valuable comments from the members. Here are a selected couple -
Wow! Opening ceremony was magnificent. Loved the way you presented squads and captains.
This is the best pre-tournament presentation I've ever came across.
Earlier, we had the owner of Royal Challengers Bangalore, Prithvi with us. Here's what he had to say -
User2010 said:
Welcome to the IPL 2012, Prithvi.
Prithvi said:
Completely my pleasure. Looking forward to today's game.
User2010 said:
Yes, I am sure all of us are. Gambhir v Viru is always something special..
Prithvi said:
It is. We all know Viru, if he gets going there's no stopping. I hope we get him early. A golden duck for him won't be a bad idea, ha ha. 
User2010 said:
Hehee, Delhi fans won't like that.
How are the guys in the team getting along with each other?
Prithvi said:
They are doing fine. Look, at the end of the day, they are professionals. Working as a unit is the main thing in such a tournament and I'm sure Anil bhai and RD will do a good job. Gambhir is a great guy too. I'm really happy with what we have got.
That was Prithvi. As every RCB fan would want, he also wants to see the back of Sehwag pretty early.
Let's see what the 22 yards look like -
Hmmm, seems the spinners are going to come in handy here. RCB have the mystery man Narine..
The TOSS
Ravi Shastri said:
Home skipper Viru to spin the coin.
Gambhir said:
Ravi Shastri said:
It's heads. Delhi Daredevils have won the toss. What's the decision Viru?
Sehwag said:
We are bat first. My batsmen will look to set a good total.
Ravi Shastri said:
What would you have chosen, Gautam?
Gambhir said:
I'd have batted too. It is going to get slower. But, we don't mind bowling first. These things we can't control, we will go out there and look to play better cricket.
Ravi Shastri said:
So, DD have won the toss and have elected to bat first.
Let's take a look at the lineups -
Virender Sehwag (c)
Alastair Cook
Mandeep Singh
Shane Watson
Ajinkya Rahane
Yuvraj Singh
Ambati Rayudu (wk)
Morne Morkel
Rahul Sharma
Varun Aaron
Ashok Dinda
Gautam Gambhir (c)
Robin Uthappa (wk)
Rahul Dravid
Cheteshwar Pujara
JP Duminy
Abdul Razzaq
L Shukla
Vinay Kumar
Ishant Sharma
L Balaji
Sunil Narine
How many runs will Delhi Daredevils score in the first 6 overs?
A)20-30
B)31-40
C)41-50
D)50 +
Winner gets a prize of 500vcash!
500vcash bonus for each - a) who gets the correct number b) who gets the correct wickets
And you can count me in if someone drops out in the middle.
