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Ah look what we have here, its a Delhi vs Mumbai match, y’know the nice quiet game in the countryside cheered on by old men in withered suits on a Sunday afternoon… NOT! As rivalries go, this one is filled with historic hard fou...(
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Main Entry: Kol-ka-pit-u-late
Pronunciation: kəl-ˈkä-ˈpi-chə-ˌlāt
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Form(s): Kolkapitulating, Kolkapitulated
Etymology: Derived over three seasons of IPL to aptly describe the complete and utter ca...(
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Main Entry: Kal-li-stro-phic
Pronunciation: ’kal-ˈlis-ˈsträ-fik
Function: adjective
Etymology: Derived from the utilization of increased power and speed gained from the reduction of excess weight to play a vastly improved explosive...(
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In the second of the matches played today, the buoyant Kolkata Knight Riders take on a hungry Chennai Super Kings. CSK lost their opener to a rare deccanipation, and are still waiting for some of their star players from the Aus-NZ series...(
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Day 5 of the 2010 IPL sees two matches and in the first the Royal Challengers Bangalore take on the Kings XI Punjab starting at 4pm IST. Both sides lost their openers and are desperate for a win, particularly Bangalore who are playing at ho...(
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Main Entry: Seh-whack
Pronunciation: ˈsā-ˈhwak
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): Sehwhacking, Sehwhacked
Etymology: Unknown. Possibly first started showing up in cricket forums around the world after the God of Sehwagology blasted his fi...(
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So 5 matches done with every team having played (at least) one. This still doesn’t tell us much about what to expect since a few teams’ top players are yet to join their squads. Fortunately, the two teams playing today aren̵...(
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Main Entry: De-ccan-ip-at-ed
Pronunciation: \di-ˈka-nip-āt, dē-\
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): Deccanipate, Deccanipating
Etymology: Derived from the complete destruction - disembowelment, decapitation and dismembering (not necessar...(
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On the surface this should be a clash between two of the power houses in the IPL. But it isn’t. Thats because Deccan started their campaign in terrible fashion, choking yet again to the not-so-fancied Kolkata, who now have two wins fr...(
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Main Entry: Bungle-lore
Pronunciation: ˈbəŋ-gəl-ˈlȯr
Function: noun
Etymology: Derived from the ability of a team to boast 5 world class batsmen, still believe they require someone of the likes of Robin Uthappa at 7, and end up making...(
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Lazy Sunday afternoons… the trouble with them during the IPL is you have to adjust your napping time ahead by an hour. If you want to catch the match that is, and you probably should considering you’ll see a rejuvenated Kolkata ...(
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Main Entry: Mmm-Bopp-ed
Pronunciation: Mmm-BOPP-ed
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): Mmmbopping, mmmbop
Etymology: Derived from mixing Bopara with the bemused yet dismayed look on a batsman’s face after he has been dismissed in embarr...(
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After that blitzkrieg from Yusuf Pathan, scoring 100 off just 37 balls before being dismissed in the most unfortunate possible way, we can now look forward to arguably the most destructive batsmen in all forms of the game tearing into an in...(
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Main Entry: Pa-thunk-ed
Pronunciation: Pa-THUNK-ed
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): Pathunking, Pathunk
Etymology: Derived from a mixture of the name of the most explosive six hitting batsman in T20 cricket history and the sound in the imm...(
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The second match of the 2010 IPL, and the first “day” game, starts in about half an hour at 3:00pm IST. Its the Mumbai Indians, who’ve won the toss, taking on the Rajasthan Royals. Do you notice what was missing there? Ok,...(
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Yesterday I wrote a 713 word review of the match between the Deccan Chargers and the Kolkata Knight Riders. That is ridiculous. Not just because I spent so much time on a match that didn’t deserve it, but because I’ve come to th...(
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Twice in the match, once in each innings, the Kolkata Knight Riders regrouped from catastrophic starts to upset a strong but eventually sloppy Deccan Chargers performance. The loss means Deccan have still not managed to win a game at home, ...(
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We’re now just minutes away from the start of the 2010 IPL. In the first match last years winners, the Deccan Chargers, will be taking on the team that ended up at the bottom of the tables, the much troubled Kolkata Knight Riders. The...(
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The usual moaners crank up the “Oh REAL fans can ONLY like Test Cricket, T20 fans have no brains or powers of concentration” propaganda machine… but still end up watching if only because they need to find more mater...(
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The IPL kicks off tomorrow. So does the Formula 1. Between the F1 practice sessions and IPL opening ceremony, I’d probably prefer the former… but thats just because I don’t really care for opening ceremonies in general. Or...(
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