IPL Season 2 – Deccan Chargers, the new champs

After a month and half duration of extravaganza, the IPL season 2 had finally come to an end. Yesterday, we had the grand finale between the Royal Challengers Bangalore and Deccan Chargers, the latter emerged as the ultimate champions.

From the start of this season, i was not very much interested to follow the games as *this* set a negative reference for the Australian Davis cup [tennis] team to avoid visiting India, in particular, Chennai.

However, as the matches progressed, the color of a true leader came into the light. It differentiated the thin line between the “Star team” and the “Team of Stars”. What is the real worth of the  “heavily paid” players of this season and what they could or could not do to their franchise owner?

Ultimately, one team with all its dedication, “never say die” attitude, “steel nerves” and an “able” leader emerged as the Champion team. What MS Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Virendra Sehwag or Saurav Ganguly could not achieve, was “demonstrated with pride” by a retired Australian player.

The irony is, while the Indian heavy weight champions believed their luck mostly depends on the established players, it was an Australian who understood the local talent, honed their skills, focused their talents and made them part of a star team. It was proved in 2008 and once again emphasized in 2009 that Cricket is a game played by a team and not just by the strength and weakness of an individual player.

Congratulations, Gilly and DC. Kudos to your big achievement.

Note: There is one more reason why I was happy that the Chargers won IPL 2009! Deep down in my heart, there is a evil part, that did not want the Royal Challengers – who defeated the Chennai Super Kings – to have their final victory lap ;)

So long,

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