Popcorn in hand, I was all set for what I personally considered the two best IPL teams on paper.And what a match! It was worth every minute of my usual telly that I had to miss. A far cry from the one-sided opening match,this one kept hearts pounding till the penultimate over.

Dhoni’s sunshine squad came out to bat having won the toss.After losing a few early wickets to the pace attack of Lee the SuperKings lived up to their name with the arrival of Michael Hussey.He faced 54 balls and hit a mammoth 114( 7 boundaries and 10 sixes).He was ably supported by Raina(31;13 balls,2x4s,3xs) and Badrinath(31 not out;14 balls 3x4s and 2x6s) who thus guided their team to a massive 240 for 5 at the end of 20 overs.Yuvraj’s bowlers did well except for S.Sreesanth who proved extremely costly.

It was now the host’s turn to take up the bat.James Hopes payed a quick innings of 71(33 balls,10x4s;3x6s) and SL wicketkeeper-batsman sangakarra made a brisk 54(33 balls,5x4s,2x6s) but with Hopes dismissal,Kings Xi lost all hope.HE was involved in two successive 50-plus partnerships but it wasnot enough.Murli,Ghoni,amarnath and Joginder were too good,all taking a wicket each.The Punjab side failed to dominate Chennai’s bowling attack and Chennai Super kings won by 33 runs!

As I was writing this Kolkata Knight Riders won a nail-biting match against Deccan Chargers much to my dismay and the fireworks have gone off in Mumbai marking the beginning of an exciting new match.Wohooo