Thanks for coming

The other day one of my friends, K commented on the way the IPL had turned out to be.(it took me ages to convince MS WORD that the word IPL existed). Yours truly thought that lady luck would stay with Dhoni. And K retorted that the so-called lady resembled a whore, she need not sleep with the same guy every day. Little did i know, that Mr. W (read Shane Keith Warne) had smsed her in advance. Test cricket's highest run scorer without a century, 1001 international wickets, Australian cricket's bad boy - the blond bloke from Tasmania had it all. If anyone had bet that Messrs Warne and co. would conquer the inaugural IPL, they would've ended up millionaires. The tournament underlined Aussie dominance on the world stage and even threw a few names to reckon with in the future. The likes of marsh, Watson, Warne and McGrath reinstated the myth that once a champion, Always a champion.
Chennai might have felt the pinch when Hayden and Mr. cricket, Michael Hussey left; but they did comeback quite strongly, eventually faltering when it mattered most. Coming back to Mr. W, cricket is probably a gentleman's game but warney showed that at times the dirtiest player in the game; is most successful. For a guy who commented that John Buchanan go back to his laptop after beating kolkatta knight riders(sounds a little gayish, ain't it? the thought of riding knights in shining armor), this was truly the icing on the cake. Later on, Dhoni might realise that he had failed to utilize his trump card, joginder sharma, who bowled India to victory in the T20.
All said and done, the tournament's been an extraordinary success with its share of spills and thrills. Kudos to the tournament organizers for scripting something so wonderful, something even bollywood directors might fail to do. Australians might rue the fact that they never gave warney a chance to lead, no point in crying over spilt milk. As an after thought, guess he'd make a nice coach, a 'role' model for the youngsters. (remember the last time that the term role was associated with warne, it wasn't related to cricket.)



P.S: Stuart MacGill announced his retirement from international cricket today. Now, does that sound any 'warne'ing bells? ;-)