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Finally there rain has stopped and the business end of the tournament has started after Bangladesh were upset by an unseeded Australia! Mahela Jayawardene is in sublime form with a low score of 81 after 3 matches and that motivates Jacques Kallis to keep scoring so that he can get the orange cap (Yes, he is still stuck in THAT mode) ! The Indians were undone by quality short pitch fast bowling AGAIN ( getting bored of this already). Kemar Roach and Jerome Taylor will be licking their lips to repeat what Fidel Edwards did @ Lords in 2009. The Aussie pace trio has been in top form and looks like they will win THIS as well unless someone stops them in the Semi-Finals at St.Lucia.
Things are hotting up in the Bored League as well with the usual suspects Ex-IBL Chief Mahek and Yours Truly in the Top 3. Mahek is at the top of the tree, followed by Technosiastic, who has no transfers left! We have Bored Members Purna, Achettup and Homer in 18th, 24th and 30th respectively Just one inspired pick from any of the top 5 will make sure they get into the top spot! Do make the BIG match players as your trumps as you never know when they will rise up to the occasion like Afridi did in the Semis and Finals of the previous WorldT20.
On a personal note, due to my crappy net connection and Cricinfo's error not to show the changes I made, 2 of my transfers were gobbled up when I was trying to fill my team up with English players and am paying for it BIG time now!
Aditya
Chairman and Commissioner
Bored Game : World T20 league
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Khufiabaaz has unearthed the reasons behind Bored Member/Cricket Mogul Mahek's Suspension. If you haven't read it yet do have a look
here and also do read Mahek's
response. The Bored Game is under new management and I as Chairman and Commissioner will ensure complete transparency and also there is no need for the franchises to worry, making sure their investments are performing well is our top most priority. The Brand of the Bored Game will take care of itself and make sure it will get bigger and better with time. The previous edition of the Bored Game had 41 franchises taking part at the end of 60 games which had a notification a week ahead of the start of the tournament. This time around, due to paucity of time we had the notification out just 7 hours before the start of the tournament and at present we have 34 franchises ( increasing by the day) competing for the Bored Prize. This just shows the increasing popularity of the Bored Game and it is here to Stay.
After Ten Games we have
Technosiastic comfortably in first position but has no transfers left, followed closely by 5 teams separated by 110 points, this just shows how competitive our league is and a testament to how it will survive in the long run! Amongst the bunch of five we have rojonigondha leading the pack in at 2nd and TechieGuy 3rd. Ex-IBL Chief Mahek and Yours Truly in 4th and 5th positions respectively. We have Achettup, Purna (making her Debut) and Homer in 19th, 24td and 27th respectively. Given how the recent matches have been decided by D/L Method has added an element of surprise to the league and will continue to be more interesting as we move into the business-end of the tournament. A superlative performance from a trump player can propel franchise from the mid 20's into the top 5 ! Hence the present standings count for absolutely nothing !
On a personal note, the rain has hid me where it hurts the most! I have 4 English players in my franchise at present and two of them (Yardy and Broad) combined bowled less than 2 overs in their two matches which gave me a superlative '5' points !
An appeal to all the franchises to pick players from Bangladesh and Afghanistan as both the teams can still make it to the Super 8, so if you pick them now and if they qualify it will be a stroke of genius! Do follow the league table on Cricinfo.
Some of the franchises have used up their quota of 20 transfers ! Only time will tell whether this will prove beneficial to their franchise's progress in the Super 8 stage or do we not wait ? You decide! This has prompted me to remind all the franchises that the 20 transfers they have at their disposal are till the end of the Super 8 stage.
Aditya
Chairman and Commissioner
Bored Game : World T20 league
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bored cricket crazy indians
Soon after 8 pm today, Bored Members and friends, Live here. We would've covered Sachin's fingers, but looks like they're wrapped up already. Btw Thank You Sachin! if He plays, Sorry Sachin! if He doesn't. Will the IPL finals be any different without Him- eh, not really, He wasn't there in the first two either...
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The Bored Members will be live from 7.15 pm IST, for the IPL semis (click here to replay) - if MI wins it will be Thank You Sachin all over again, but if they lose, it could be the new chant of Sorry Sachin! Hulchul Singh, RDX, Mumbo Jumbo, orange cap hunter, TMK, wannabe MSD, Polaroid, and all sorts of instant developments will take place.
And here are some tips from Mahek for the Bored Game
The semi-finals are a few hours away so make sure you make full use of the Unlimited Transfers before the start of tonight's game. Here are a few pointers. Feel free to ignore them, use them at your team's peril.
1. Only four teams are left so make sure you don't make the mistake of picking someone outside these squads.
2. Remember that either Chennai or Deccan will play two games between the first and second game for either Bangalore or Mumbai. Therefore, replace the players from the side that wins tonight with those from tomorrow's semi-finalists.
3. The best players for Deccan have been classified as allrounders. Make sure you leave a spot or two open in that category. Don't want to end up picking Monish Mishra. Or do you?
4. Mumbai have the best players in the list of batsmen. What's more, two of them (Rayudu and Tiwary) are quite cheap. They also have some of the best bowlers in Harbhajan, Zaheer and Malinga.
That's it from me. Hope the tips help you slide down the table. I'm still ninth and could use your help in making the top 5.
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KKR vs MI, from back to front, how it panned out -
Dada played fine leg, Tendu plays third man.
Saurav's one-handed catch:
That ball must not have been travelling
A Haharsha catch
Ishant after being bashed around:
"Ek aur nahin karoonga"
Response to Sehwag's tweet
So is KKR RT @sehwagvirender: Supporting MI.
When the MI batsmen call 2, the KKR fielders call 4
Lovely angles and ungals from Tendu - dada feeling much fingered
All the fielders look like Dada, the rolls, somersaults, extra effort where none is needed
Dravid to Sachin - "No, no, no you can't unretire from intl. T20s, you're not Pak..."
Kumble on today's game: Only one team was playing cricket
KKR strat - let's play out Bhajji, Malinga, Zaks, Mc...
Why doesn't Bhajji bowl like this for the other Indians
Ganguly attempts the chinese cut; instead some sushi
Keeeper appealing enthusiastically to make up for earlier lapses. smart.
MI strategy: choke the off side runs, bowl a wide legside line
With that haircut, Shikhar Dhawan really should play more
Remarkable, Dada clears the 30 yard circle and a boundary in front of square - on the on
Ok, let's swap the fineleg fielder with the keeper
Dravid: On the legside first there's the devil, then there's dada
For Dada four finelegs pls.
Also, gng by the Karbonn ad, Viru now needs a laugh transplant
You can follow BoredCricket on twitter here
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Kumble vs. Warne, Bangalore Royal Challengers vs. Rajasthan Royals
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Mumbai Indians v Delhi Daredevils, over to you Bored Members.
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It's not easy to be at two places at the same time, that’s why I never turned up for the Hockey World Cup. Now I am playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) – and I have also signed up for the Indian Bored League (IBL). I was told it’s just a game so I agreed.
I registered in the Bored Game – this cricinfo Fantasy cricket game. They have a limit of 6 players from one team, so I could not include 11 Daredevils. No problem.
I included a few players from the Delhi Ranji team like Shikhar Dhawan, Ishant and Kohli. They are all good boys and I have played with them. They listen to me.
I was about to add Manoj Tiwary when the phone rang, so I told my agent to fill the other names. He added Che Pujara and Yusuf Pathan. That is fine, next year we will pick them up for Delhi. Thank You.
your man, Jatman
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