The 7 week extravaganza called IPL ended on a high note with KKR clinching a nail biter against CSK. These days, it is rare to see the final matches getting such close finishes. It was a well deserved win for KKR who displayed a consistent good performance throughout the tournament.
However, here are 5 major after effects of this KKR victory to claim the IPL 5 title.
Dhoni’s luck factor… gone?
Dhoni was looking relieved after losing the match because at least people will not say that the match was fixed. Some TV channels were repeatedly pointing out the goof ups done by the IPL website and Vodafone in announcing that the final match would be between KKR and CSK, even while the qualifier matches were in progress. So, in a way, Dhoni was happy that CSK did not win the final, so that people would believe that the matches won by them in the preliminary rounds were purely on their potential and not due to any fixing.
Even otherwise, CSK was going somewhat the Australian way, displaying arrogance and over confidence in their matches. So, they needed to be grounded for a while. The celebrations by Murali Vijay after hitting a century in the qualifier match had lot of arrogance in it. The short steps of dance performed by Vijay and Bravo after every catch near boundary line, has a tinge of self praise in it. The supporters of Deccan Chargers were also relieved at the loss of CSK, as the non-supporters of CSK all over the world were blaming them for allowing CSK to enter the playoffs stage.
So, is Dhoni’s trademark luck factor waning…?
SRK apology – perfect timing
SRK got an excellent opportunity to tender a public apology for his misbehavior in the Wankhede stadium just one week back. Indians are a sentimental lot and their hearts melt faster than butter when someone apologizes. So, it was a just right occasion for SRK to increase his ‘divinity’ quotient by apologizing at the moment of success and look even holier in the eyes of his fans. He was sure that the number of eye balls which watched his histrionics throughout the tournament was far higher than those which watched him in Ra One and Don 2 throughout the world. And he made excellent use of it.
Mamta Banarjee’s gimmicks
Mamta Banarjee was desperately searching for an occasion to whip the positive passions of Bengali people after her miscalculated goof ups like walking out of an interview with students, arresting people who made her cartoons, calling every non supporter of her party a Maoist etc. While she has still not exactly realized the mistakes which she is making, nor has shown any intentions of correcting her behavior, this IPL victory provided her a perfect platform to show herself in a positive light in public. So, she organized a big rally across the streets of Kolkata culminating in Eden Gardens for a big celebration. There were historic crowds witnessing these celebrations.
However, this may set a dangerous trend in political circles of outdoing one another at every such victory for the fear of being called ‘not caring for state’ by the people. For example, there were no such celebrations in Jaipur or Hyderabad or Chennai when these teams won the IPL earlier.
Saurav Ganguly – the lone prince.
It is difficult to guess what must have been going on in Saurav Ganguly’s mind on that day. This definitely would have been one of the darkest days in his life. His heart must have cried at the sight of his fans thronging to felicitate the IPL team but did not miss him. For the last several years, the identity of Dada and Kolkata were inseparable in Cricket parlance. Today, his fans had conveniently forgotten him and were not hesitating to praise a bunch of outsiders just because they represented the Kolkata team. Where has the ‘Bengali pride’ eloped?
If Eden Garden had any feelings or emotions, it would have also cried for Saurav Ganguly who brought alive several thrilling cricketing moments in that ground making people go crazy. This ground was his passion, his karma bhoomi and witnessed some great cricketing moments. However, on this day, amidst the fully packed stadium and big extravaganza of celebrations, the soul of Eden Garden must be desperately searching for Saurav Ganguly, the true prince of Kolkata…!
Gambhir in a Tooth Paste Advt..?
It was understandable that Gambhir did not smile during the match till the winning shot was hit for four. The agony and ecstasy of a captain in such moments can only be imagined. It is a matter of so close … yet so far…! But what stopped him from smiling thereafter? There was SRK going berserk in the stands, the teammates were jumping and dancing in pure joy, but Gambhir was literally ‘Gambhir’. This was a highly restrained expression of joy for a captain who has bravely lead his side to victory in the most competitive format of this game today.
On a lighter note, the tooth paste companies will be now vying with one another to sign up Gautam Gambhir to sign up as model with a tag line that ‘Our toothpaste can do what even a IPL victory cannot do – smile’.
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