Story The Royal Journey|Royal Challenge 4 Royal Challengers-easy, isn't it?

[Haarithan]

Your theory (which you posted on fb) might work well for RCB, not for Sri Lanka

Let's hope it does , because the last i thing i want is MSD to win another cup and piss me off !

 

[Prithvi]

Indian Premier League Kicks off In Chennai​

The Indian Premier League season IV successfully kicked off at M.A.Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. It all started off with the league declaration, where each and every captain signed on the captains board. MS Dhoni, the local franchisee captain started the signing formalities, which was followed in alphabetical order of teams. Last to come was Virat Kohli, the RCB skipper. Shashank Manohar, the BCCI president successfully declared the league open, when fireworks went off. It was followed by few performances, which included KKR Franchisee owner, Shahrukh Khans performance along with Shreya Saran for South Indian beats. The M.A. Chidambaram was on fire cheering when they witnessed King Khan dance for the local hits like "Apadi-pode and Ringa Ringa".

Shah Rukh Khan and Shreya Saran dancing.​

It was followed by a low scoring opening T20 encounter between Kolkata Knight Riders and the hosts, Chennai Super Kings. Kolkata Knight Riders, winning the toss and choosing to bat first, failed in the first 15 overs. Jacques Kallis, who was representing Kolkata this season, batted pretty slowly. On the other end, Bisla came up with a deserved half century, off 54 balls. Both the batsmen got out and eventually Gautam Gambhir, the costliest player came up with 15(11) and the Netherlands Hero Tendo came up with a 6 (8), which helped them in scoring 115 in 20 overs. Tim Southee was the economical one, giving just 11 runs in four overs and claiming the wicket of the half centurion, Bisla. Styris and Ashwin bowled well, giving 14 and 22 respectively off they 4 overs.

Not even run a ball almost confirmed Chennai's Victory. Srikkanth Anurudha played a calm cricket whereas Murali Vijay came up with a 42 (32). Hitting two big sixes and trying for another one over deep square leg by sweeping, he misjudged the balls turn and got into the trap of Yusuf Pathan! It was a plumb infront of wicket. With the required rate being less than 4, Suresh Raina started taking chances, which din't let him pay off! He played an aggressive 21(17), which included a four and a six. Anirudha, on the other end scored 45 off 50 balls. Chennai Super Kings managed to reach the target in 16.2 overs with just one wicket fell. Laxmipathy Balaji, the local boy representing the away team was good with the ball. Although he din't pick up any wickets, his economy rate was pretty impressive. Yusuf Pathan was good with ball, giving just 20 off his four overs and having Murali Vijay's wicket to his name. Kallis turned out to be garbage, giving away 17 runs off his 8 balls.

Man of the match was given to Timothy Southee, for his superb bowling earlier in the match.

 

[Aditya]

I'm not sure if the presentation is simple intentionally or not but you might wanna use some fonts and colors which will improve the presentation. The writing was good, you explained about the opening ceremony quite well.

Knight Riders should have done better than that, with 8 wickets in hand they should have reached to a better total. A good chase from Super kings though, good start for them in IPL season 4.

 

[Prithvi]

I'm not sure if the presentation is simple intentionally or not but you might wanna use some fonts and colors which will improve the presentation. The writing was good, you explained about the opening ceremony quite well.

As said earlier, I'll concentrate more or writing and keep the presentation very simple.

And yeah, it its intentionally kept simple. I can go for big big graphics at this moment, but can't assure the consistency with them as the story progresses. So, kept the things simple so that consistency can be shown . Of course, you can question me as the font/color settings doesn't have nothing to do with graphic stuffs and consistency can be maintained easily. I'm fed up of all those 's and 's, and am trying to be simple. Just to differentiate the heading from the body, I'm using the BB code over there .

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PS: from next non RCB match on, I'll be posting just the scores with the heading "Around the Grounds" so that the main storyline (Journey of RCB) is not getting diluted with the domination of new storyline IPL .

 

[Aditya]

Everyone has a different presentation style and I've no complaints if you want to keep the presentation simple. I was just not sure that is the presentation kept simple by intention or not. Cheers!

 

[Prithvi]

RCB- Quote Unquote​

Virat Kohli: We're hungry for a win. We should win this.

AB de Villiers: Its an interesting game, hopefully, we'll win this .

Daniel Vettori: Excited to see myself in red and yellow. Time to prove I ain't detty fellow .

Zaheer Khan: Back to Pavilion, excited to play for RCB with Mischeif gals dancing around .

Saurabh Tiwary: Thankgod, Nike ain't sponsoring RCB. If they do, I hope they won't put some crazy concepts like "Bleed Red" . Arrrr Ceeee Beee!

Tillekaratne Dilshan: Excited to see myself in RCB jersey. I hope we win this and good luck Kochi, on your debut.

Siddartha Mallaya: I'm hoping for it to be a last over thriller. I'm sure our boys are not gonna take to those scenes, but I want to taste the actual IPL . Good luck guys, and Kochi too, on their debut .

Around the Grounds:
(ATG)​

Deccan Chargers v Rajasthan Royals at Hyderabad.

Deccan Chargers: 188/1 in 20 overs (Bharat Chipli- 81 (50), Kumara Sangakkara- 39 (27), JP Duminy- 50 (43); Shane Warne: 4-0-28-1)

Rajasthan Royals: 186/9 in 20 overs (Rahul Dravid 106 (72), Ross Taylor 40 (12); Dale Steyn: 4-1-18-5, Pragyan Ojha: 4-0-38-3)

Deccan Chargers won by 2 runs.
Man of the Match: Dale Steyn (DC).

 

[Prithvi]

Kochi Tuskers Kerala v Royal Challengers Bangalore

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The match 3 of the DLF Indian Premier League, Kochi Tuskers Kerala v Royal Challengers Bangalore, live from Nehru Stadium, Kochi.


Toss:
Jayawardena spins the coin, Kohli calls tails. Jayawardena, the home team captain wins the toss and decides to bat first. when the announcement is made, the crowd went loud, eagerly waiting their home team make a debut in IPL.

Line Ups:

കൊച്ചി ടസ്കേഴ്സ് കേരള
7. B McCullum
99. K Jadhav
27. M Jayawardena*
42. B Hodge
22. R Jadeja
10. R Gomez
37. P Patel?
32. T Perera
23. R Vinay Kumar
36. S Sreesanth
09. R.P. Singh

ರಾಯಲ್ ಚಾಲೆಂಜರ್ಸ್ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು
9. M Agarwal
23. T Dilshan
05. V Kohli*
17. AB de Villiers?
7. A Pathan
42. C Pujara
36. S Tiwary
11. D Vettori
34. Z Khan
55. D Nannes
29. A Mithun​

First Innings:
Brendon McCullum, the one who troubled Bangalore on April 1th, 2008 in the opening IPL match between RCB and KKR, din't dare to repeat that as Zaheer Khan took the revenge for his team against Brendon McCullum, who scored 158* for KKR in season one. Brendon McCullum managed to score just 8(6) deliveries, which included a boundary. Kedar Jadhav din't last either as he departed for a low score of 3 runs, in 5 deliveries. Kochi were in deep trouble, losing two quick wickets right in the second over, although they looked on top after first over. Jayawardena, the skipper of Kochi batted steadily along with Brad Hodge and took care that they din't lose anymore wicket. Basically, they managed to establish themselves, after which Jayawardena reached his personal half century. Brad Hodge wasn't given much of strike, but he blasted whenever he got chance. In the nineteenth over, Jayawardena hit couple of huge ones, and Brad Hodge spoiled the beautiful economical figures of Daniel Vettori by hitting a huge one out of stadium and a four in the last over. They managed to reach a formidable total of 139-2 in their 20 overs. Royal Challengers Skipper Virat Kohli experimented by bringing on newbies like Asad Pathan and Mayank Agarwal. But he did a big time experiment by giving the 19th over to Asad Pathan, where he leaked 18 runs, unlike how he bowled his first. Royal Challengers Bangalore need 140 runs to win from 120 balls at 7 runs per over.

Second Innings:
With 140 to chase from 20 overs, the RCB openers Mayank Agarwal and Tillekaratne Dilshan walked into the field. They gave a brisk start to RCB, which ensured an RCB win. Dilshan started dealing with boundaries in 3rd over, where he hit three boundaries in a row off Local Hero "Santhakumaran Sreesanth". Mayank started scoring at a brisk rate, trying to get register his name as an specialized opening batsman in hearts of many cricket fans, as it was his IPL debut and very few knew him before this day. Raiphi Gomez went on to leak the runs, but finally managed to get the most important breakthrough, but a bit late. He managed to remove Mayank Agarwal, who was looking to finish the things off, when he was on his personal score of 45 (40). Ranganath Vinay Kumar and R.P. Singh bowled pretty economical but those economical spells went in vain. Although Jadeja turned out to be absolute garbage, he managed to remove Dilshan just after his half century. Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers played sensible cricket and managed to pull the game off without anymore loss of wicket in the 19th over. They respected the good ones and trashed the poor balls. The Kochi bowling was just equal to garbage, exception RP Singh and R Vinay Kumar. Royal Challengers Bangalore win the match by 8 wickets with 8 balls to spare.

Next RCB game: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Mumbai Indians at Gangotri Glades Stadium, Mysore.

 

[AbhishekS]

Brilliant presentation, simple and neat.

Good win for RCB there, Dilshan played well and so did Zaheer. Kochi had absolutely no chance to return back in the game after that opening partnership between Dilshan and Agarwal.

Why didn't Laxman play for the Tuskers?

 

[The Rock]

Good to see Dilshan in form there. Good start for RCB! KIU! Yes, where is VVS?

 

[Aditya]

A good start to RCB's 2011 IPL campaign. Tuskers should have done better than that, with 8 wickets in hand they should have gone for some big shots in the last few overs. Nonetheless, a good win for RCB.

Good work on that quote-unquote. The presentation is simple and as you mentioned earlier you will concentrate more on writing and less on writing. So, the writing is quite good. Nice work so far, Binnu.

 

[Prithvi]

We've to Continue our Winning Momentum- Kohli.​

Virat Kohli, the skipper of Royal Challengers Bangalore spoke to media after reaching Mysore for their first home game. They are to face the lethal Malinga Indians literallly cause it was Malinga, who won the game (which would have been a certain lose) for Mumbai in their first encounter against Delhi. Both the sides are trying to avoid their first defeat in their IPL IV campaign. Bangalore kick started their campaign with an easy win whereas Mumbai have worked hard for their first victory.

"We're now to have a big test in our home ground. We're on strong decision to have our second victory over Mumbai Indians, which'll set our direction in this tournament. Dilshan is bit injured, he will miss the match against Mumbai. We're unsure on whom to select, whether to choose Rilee Rossouw or go with some other replacement stuff, which will depend on how the pitch is." Kohli said.

Around the Grounds:​

Match 4: Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians at Delhi.

Mumbai Indians: 189-2 (20 overs)
Delhi Daredevils: 187-10 (17.5 overs)

Mumbai Indians won by 2 runs.


Match 5: Pune Warriors India v Kings XI Punjab at Mumbai.

Pune Warriors India: 120-10 (16 overs)
Kings XI Punjab: 121-0 (10.4 overs)

Kings XI Punjab won by 10 wickets.


Match 6: Kolkata Knight Riders v Deccan Chargers at Kolkata.

Kolkata Knight Riders: 159-2 (20 overs)
Deccan Chargers: 160-4 (19.2 overs)

Deccan Chargers won by 6 wickets.


Match 7: Rajasthan Royals v Delhi Daredevils at Jaipur.

Rajasthan Royals: 208-4 (20 overs)
Delhi Daredevils: 210-8 (20 overs)

Delhi Daredevils win by 2 wickets.

 

[Meet]

Good start for RCB.Points table would be good.
Presentation is quite good.

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

As Meet said, Bro the presentation is simple and quite effectively good

Hope to see RCB win all the matches except the ones against the MI

 

[Prats]

Excellent write-up and this is going fine ATM. I'll follow this as this looks interesting.

 

[The Rock]

Good writing again. Kohli looks very determined as a Captain!
Quote-Unquote, Around The Grounds, etc make this story look innovative. Looking for more of those.

BTW can I have the Match 7 Scorecard? That one looks really interesting!