Last week saw the opening of the inaugural IPL tournament in Bangalore in a match featuring Shahrukh Khan's Kolkata Knight Riders and Vijay Mallya's Bangalore Royal Challengers. Needless to say the multi-million dollar tournament lived up to its hype with the Kolkata team led by Sourav Ganguly thumping Rahul Dravid's Bangalore by a huge margin. Thanks to Brendon McCullum's (NZ) 14-sixes "powered" 158 that set up the victory.
Other teams in the mix include Mumbai Indians, Hyderabad Deccan Chargers, Rajasthan Royals, Delhi Daredevils, Chennai SuperKings and Kings XI Punjab. The franchises should have put some thought into getting a proper and state representative team name for their clubs. Rajasthan Royals is by far the best name. Mumbai Indians is the worst ever. BCCI is going to get more richer and more powerful in ICC circles.
On a personal note, last week I dropped my car off to Kirti's place in Chicago for her to learn and get her DL. She drives quite nicely and is confident to get a license soon. I came back by Megabus which turned out to be a really long and boring return trip with stops at Milwaukee and Madison. Still $30 is a great deal.
Sold off my 5-piece sofa set today for a nice price. The house is quite empty now. Might have to dispose off the bed, box spring and futon mattress as well. After 2 months of heated discussions with the apartment management, it looks like we finally came down to a situation where the owner got what he wanted by making me remove all my stuff from his property and I got what I wanted by not giving into Plunkett's and Georgetown's demands. There are still some nervous moments before I can relax completely. But atleast the major load is off my head. I still think it is a lose-lose situation.
No MNS news to share this time. Looks like even they are into IPL. Surprising that they didn't create a ruckus with the Mumbai "Indians" team name. That would have been some fodder for the media.
Other teams in the mix include Mumbai Indians, Hyderabad Deccan Chargers, Rajasthan Royals, Delhi Daredevils, Chennai SuperKings and Kings XI Punjab. The franchises should have put some thought into getting a proper and state representative team name for their clubs. Rajasthan Royals is by far the best name. Mumbai Indians is the worst ever. BCCI is going to get more richer and more powerful in ICC circles.
On a personal note, last week I dropped my car off to Kirti's place in Chicago for her to learn and get her DL. She drives quite nicely and is confident to get a license soon. I came back by Megabus which turned out to be a really long and boring return trip with stops at Milwaukee and Madison. Still $30 is a great deal.
Sold off my 5-piece sofa set today for a nice price. The house is quite empty now. Might have to dispose off the bed, box spring and futon mattress as well. After 2 months of heated discussions with the apartment management, it looks like we finally came down to a situation where the owner got what he wanted by making me remove all my stuff from his property and I got what I wanted by not giving into Plunkett's and Georgetown's demands. There are still some nervous moments before I can relax completely. But atleast the major load is off my head. I still think it is a lose-lose situation.
No MNS news to share this time. Looks like even they are into IPL. Surprising that they didn't create a ruckus with the Mumbai "Indians" team name. That would have been some fodder for the media.
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