KKR vs DC , @ DY Patil,Navi Mumbai .... a table turn around .

After all the glitz and glamour of the opening ceremony, the stage was set for the first IPL ball to be bowled after almost two years on indian soil.Before that we saw an enfangled way of calling "Lets play gentelman". Rudi says "Batsman are you ready,captain are you ready , bowler are you ready" . With Vaas starting his run up u might have guessed that Tiwary , the batman taking strike would hav said "yes",but what he did about 5 seconds later proved what you guessed was anythin but what he held close to his chest,he lobbed a gentle loosener on his pads straight to square leg courtesy a twitchy half flick starting a season that "promised much" in the most ominous manner.They lost their mercurial Captian soon in the same over leaving them tottering at none for two.No sooner had Hodge nad Pujara strung together a steady partership , loose shots found them packing back to the pavillion , leaving KKR in total disarray at 31-4 in the fifth over.Soon, totally unphased by the precarious situation at hand,Matthews was busy striking drums on turbo while Shah was gently pullin the strings helping their team to stroll to 100.By the end of the 2nd strategic timeout both of them were crying death metal, taking the DC attack to the cleaners with some lusty blows that sent the crowd running for cover. The duo's full monty with the bat propelled the Kinight Riders to a respectable score of 160 odd.
With a respectable total in place , the Knight Riders had a spring in their stride as they came out to take their respective positions on the filed . Soon enough rapturuos applauds greeted the "very very special" Laxman and Gilli as they walked out to the crease.In the first few overs KKRs bowlers were at their attaching best having a tight leash around Laxman and nearly getting Gilly caught at send slip two times. After the initial scare, Gilli returned to his marauding best showing least respect to KKRs steady line and length .Soon enough laxman joined in with two cross batted slogs fetching him 10 off 2 shukla deliveries. Ganguly could no longer see his team once again being slowly, inevitably overhauled by confident opponents.He introduced Karthik into the attack,and he delivered "instant karma" helped by VVS's rush of blood to get the first KKR scalp. Bowling was on a tight leash but still Gibbs and Gilli kept playing reckless shots with Gilli surving another skier dropped by Langeveldt , Gilli could not get fourth time lucky though as he could only manage ,a long hop from Hodge only as far as Tiwary stationed at mid-wicket. The demise of Gilli breathed fresh blood into Dada's boys ,and thus started attacking again and luring Gibbs and Symonds into false shots , getting 2 wickets in quick succession.Two "brand new" batsman at the crease did not help matters for DC ,their endeavour to get used to the bowling before launching ,made the required rate climb up to their throats, enducing another nervous half drive from Rohit Sharma which could not elude the fileder at mid-off.Young Anirudh Singh looked fidgety at best,and before long he too succumbed to the pressure handing Shukla a dolly of his own bowling.With Langeveldt's consistemnt and precise death bowling the game was down to 18 required of 6 balls.Over to Ishant,who with his variety of full length deliveries punctuated with by well disguised slower balls ,helped seal KKR's maiden win of the season in the first ouing itself.
The variegated elements of T20 cricket were all on show at the inaugral evening at the DY patil.A team with half their side back in the hut at the turn of the fifth over pulled through to 160 odd and DC while chasing though looked to be cruising , feel comfortably shortof the target.
The message from Lalit Modi seemed to reverberate "Bring on the IPL"