Doomoo's Blog

What a team! No hype, no expensive buys, no fake bloggers, no bling – all heart. It’s hard to not support the Rajasthan Royals. Last year they were the underdog before the tournament started. This year, 4 matches into the tournament they became the underdog. One hopes that today’s match changes their fortunes.

How one loves this team and their story: a seasoned skipper backing his young guns from India to take them to victory. Last time they won it was a young fast bowler called Kamran Khan whose face had to be held between Warne’s palms because he couldn’t stop smiling. This time Yusuf Pathan with a 30-ball unbeaten 62 took someone with Vettori’s experience to the cleaners and blotted the Delhi Daredevils’ all-win record.

Sure DD batted badly, the boundaries were small, but when a team with low confidence is 5 down for 64 with a run rate of over 8 required you sometimes take the result for granted.

The IPL is nicely set up now. Mumbai stands at no. 3, but I wonder if it will manage to get into the semis, I hope they do, but don’t know if they have the fire power to do it. C’mon Chennai, you can come back! It’s great though, the only teams who seem to be sure of where they’re heading are KKR and RCB.

This cricket match is what IPL is all about. I just wish they cut down on the fluff: commentators forcing themselves to say how crowded the stadium is, Lalit Modi stops his lame moves of signing autographs with a camera following him. We really don’t need that. Just focus on the cricket. And the cheerleaders maybe.

From Hindustan Times:

A ballerina, Spiderman, a vet, a train driver and sometimes even a sea lion: these are the jobs that toddlers see themselves in when they grow up.

Kate Castine, an adviser to Australia’s department of education, isn’t happy about this and wants four-year-olds to be more serious about their career options.

C’mon Ms. Castine! What’s wrong with four-year-olds wanting to be Spiderman when they grow up? Till the age of ten I prayed every night to be Superman. I also convinced the prayee that I would use my powers real justly – no naughty X-Ray vision stuff. And I turned out just fine. By day I’m a disgruntled employee, and by night I write a weirdish blog.

Shit.

Useless information of the day from DNA: Obama steps out in jeans and sneakers in hometown.

Tomorrow – Obama thinks that the color magenta is slightly overrated.

Amitabh Bachchan wants to stay alive. Who’s da Big Bee Gee!

Don’t look at me, I didn’t report it.

Here is some valuable advice from the Times of India. Good luck.

There is some poetic antithesis in the first two lines of this piece from IBN Live:

The more you drink, the more your brain shrinks, scientists have said. Many studies have shown that moderate alcohol consumption can be good for heart health.

From DNA India:

Sachin buys old bungalow for Rs 39 cr.

Life goes on.

From DNA India:

Are CEOs with left-parted hair more successful?

Go figure.