Match 1: CSK vs. MI

After all the anticipation, it's almost time. 14 more minutes to the start of IPL's second season.

Chennai has won the toss and will bowl. It's been drizzling, that's terrible news really. I hope the rain stays away for the rest of the day.

I will probably update during the plentiful breaks we will have (7.5 mins after 10 overs urgh).

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Oops, the match and everything was so exciting, I forgot to update at halfway through the innings.

Anyway, the IPL is really in full swing, complete with scantily clad cheerleaders and all.

The highlight of the first innings? The big black grim-like dog which ran onto the field at 6.1 overs and nothing anyone did would get it out. :P It was adorable, to say the least, wagging its tail and looking around and running in circles around the players who looked bemused for the first coupla minutes before getting irritated. Can't say I blame them really, because disrupting play for too long disrupts their rhythm. The spectators had the laugh of their lives though :) as did we television audiences at home. To watch fielding coaches, security officers and groundsmen diving around the ground in vain (even those in shirts and trousers LOL) while the dog evaded all means of capture was hilariously entertaining, even though it was a waste of playing time. Some of them even tried giving it sandwiches and what not, which it happily lapped up and then continued to run around the field. Smart dog! Manpreet Gony tried to tempt it with the cricket ball, but it didn't seem too enticed by that.
Really funny though, how everyone kept a respectful distance from the dog because everyone was afraid of getting bitten!

Other than that, the bowling was quite disciplined, very few extras! But Mumbai Indians were good, they got to 166. I wonder is Chennai will be able to match up. Tendulkar was brilliant, he carried his bat through, scoring 59. Here comes the second innings. Toodle oo!

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CHENNAI LOST :( purely due to lousy batting. Too many wickets. Nobody kept their head, not even Dhoni. It's ok it's just the first match!
Time for match 2 now!

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