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IPL Mela, choosing a team
posted by: chica Dated: 2008-04-20 14:06:54.0
Rating: Great Entertainment !!!
The IPL circus has started. I'm not a big fan of cricket, the only way I can
watch a match is if I put money on it and root a team. Since this is not a India
VS others, I need to decide on a team to support in IPL. So this is how I decide
to award my allegiance to a team.
Rather than recklessly pick any team, I think the following is a good set of
reasons.
Points are based on team name, team jersey and colors (a girl's gotta look good
wearing it, specially since it will be very costly, being Reebok), souvenirs ,
glam Q, da playah's (world cup T20 made me fan of a few cricketers), M.A.L ,
Mascot, Anthem, Logo(read 'maal') package.
If I go for a match, I should get complete entertainment.
Bangalore Royal Challengers : IPL
is a complete brand and advertising game not so much a sport, so using Royal
Challenge as the name should be alright, but the blatant brand whoring, left me
annoyed. Thankfully Mallya doesn't own VIP Frenchie otherwise, the name would
have been Bangalore Frenchie. The plus point is Vijay Mallya, he has a lot of
cash to give fulltu entertainment to the crowd as was obvious from the first
game.
Name: the big O. Jersey : 3. Souvenir: 0 (it'll probably be the RC music CD).
Glam Q: 3. Da Playah's: 1 (Praveen kumar and Zaheer khan). M.A.L : ZEROH
(walking advt for RC)
Score : 7/ 30
Chennai Super Kings : Oye Dhoni!!
Need I say more. But whats with the name, what were they thinking? "Hey,
lets add a Super to the Kings, to give it that extra punch!" Their website
says "The addition of the word Super gives the name a
young and contemporary feel, which is in keeping with the game format."
Name: 1. Jersey : 3. Souvenir: 0. Glam Q: 3. Da Playah's: 5 (Dhoni and 1 point
for Joginder). M.A.L : 1
Score : 13/30
Deccan Chargers : Hmm.. the name is
good. They do have the best (and functioning) IPL team website so far.
Name: 3. Jersey : 2. Souvenir: 0. Glam Q: 0. Da Playah's: 1 (RP Singh and Rohit
Sharma). M.A.L : 4
Score : 10/30
Delhi Daredevils : Like the name!
I guess its the devils which does it for me. And also that DD would be the
double D's! hee.. Like the logo, only one with some cricket affiliation to it.
Red and Black is good jersey color. Mascot is a horny ball! hee.. It's a ball
with horns.
Name: 3. Jersey : 4. Souvenir: 0. Glam Q: 0. Da Playah's: 1 (Sehwag). M.A.L : 4
Score : 12/30
Kings XI Punjab : Nice name. You
would think, what's the difference between Super Kings and Kings. Its the extra
XI, "Kings Eleven" just has a better sound. The only team owned by a
girl!! That adds major points for the team. Website takes forever to load but is
not too bad. I love the punjabi spirit that is going for them. A shout out to my
punjabi roots. And, they have lassi
glasses as souvenir's! Haa.. haa..
Jersey colors are Red and White.. naa.. no good. Super Kings and Kings XI have
the same logo, whats with that?
Name: 4. Jersey : 3. Souvenir: 5. Glam Q: 3. Da Playah's: 5 (Yuvi, Sreesanth,
Irfan). M.A.L : 5
Score : 25/30
Kolkata Knight Riders : With a
silly grin i've got to say yummy Shahrukh!! The jersey's are 'Oh So' cool. Black
with the right bit of gold for the glitter. Looks perfect on a pair of jeans.
And looove the golden helmets. Really disappointed with the mascot, very tame
stuffed toy tigger like. Same for the name, it's too 80's with complete Hasselhoff
flavor.
Name: 3. Jersey : 5. Souvenir: 0 (everthing on the web site is coming soon, so
will be the points). Glam Q: 5(I would give them 10, just for Shahrukh, but am
being fair here). Da Playah's: 4 (Ishant, Ponting). M.A.L : 3
Score : 20/30
Mumbai Indians : I'm sure they
could have come up with a better name, a better logo even.. and better colors. I
don't find anything attractive about the team. No, Sachin doesn't do it either.
Somehow every match I see him play, he's out in the first ball. But a very big
plus, its my home team. Imagine the fun supporting your home team in a stadium
full of fellow mumbaikars. For this reason and this reason only, its under
contention. It does have a good web site.
Name: 2. Jersey : 2. Souvenir: 0. Glam Q: 3. Da Playah's: 3 (Bhaji, Uthapa).
M.A.L : 1
Score : 11/30
Rajasthan Royals : This is just a
sad sad team. Their mascot is Moochu Singh.. hee.. imagine the cool moustachioed
men being called Moochu. Anyways, plus point.. their logo, has a cool tattoo
look. Colors are lame, blue and gold, none of the Rajasthani color to them.
Name: 3. Jersey : 2. Souvenir: 0. Glam Q: 2. Da Playah's: 0. M.A.L : 2
Score : 9/30
And this is how they eventually stand..
Bangalore Royal Challengers : 7
Rajasthan Royals : 9
Deccan Chargers : 10
Mumbai Indians : 11
Delhi Daredevils : 12
Chennai Super Kings : 13
Kolkata Knight Riders : 20
Kings XI Punjab : 25
Ergo, I will be rooting for Kings XI Punjab.. pass the lassi.
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