Bets Closed Temporarily

With IPL at its all time high and a monolithic performances by all time great Sachin, Jayasurya, Gilchrist, Warne as few names to write....It's a big jounce for the bet bazaar players players and a big rage why our bets for IPL season 2 are closed. Imagine if IPL 2 could be possible without one man called Lalit Modi. Despite the big names from the world of Business, Bollywood and Cricket there won't be any existance of IPL without this man, the IPL Commissioner.
We two are trapped in the same situation. We also have our IPL Bet Bazaar Commissioner who organizes all these interesting bets. His sincerity and innovative ideas have brought us to a condition where every IPL match is breath taking due to bets...This master piece person is no more.....hey don't take it otherwise...He is no more for next few days and will be back soon with his rhetoric ornamentation. Our whole bet bazaar is relly feeling absquatulate with his absence and wish him a ...

Bopara makes ton, Kings have their first win

In a sizzling match on Friday, 24th April with a great inning by Kallis(62) put Bangalore in a decent score of 168 runs. There was less hope for Punjab as per their earlier experience. But then came out a man with his master strokes and made Punjab smell a victory. An aggressive but tempered inning of 84 runs by Ravi Bopara stole the show. Yuvi too scored a 30 not out and made Preity look prettier. This was the first win of KXIP in IPL season 2.

Bet bazaar was expecting Bangalore to win the match as 12:8 ratio against Punjab. I was betting for Punjab and felt good with the friendly results.
Other bet was the number of boundaries including both 4s and 6s for which I was betting 31-35 and got short with just 2 boundaries.

Overall a tremendous match and a breath taking game. Really Preity must be feeling good with a sweet hug by Yuvraj...

Dada Roars tough, Pathan steals the day

Thrills, Suspenses and a true momentum of IPL. Dada, Pathan, Kamran Khan and above all Shane Warne make a night to remember. In the most exhilarating match till date of IPL2 was earlier conquered truly by Yusuf pathan. Cape Town was packed full with Dada’s supporters and Dada roared as a true Bengal Tiger.

Batting first Rajasthan Royals managed to score 150 in 20 overs. Pathan played a remarkable inning of 42 and in final over Raut hit some good strokes. Khight Riders were all set to chase the target. Gayle hit some magnificent sixes but got out at 41. Now came the most controversial player of IPL season 2. Sourav Ganguly played good strokes and made a way clean for victory. Paving such a way and running alone it was what a player like Dada is always expected but Dada fell down at the end giving Rajasthan Royals a clean victory. Knight Riders scored exactly 150 runs making it an equal run proposition.

Then came the heart breaking Super Over. Pathan was in no mood to spare the Knights and gave Rajasthan a much needed first win of the tournament.

Bet Bazar was supporting Knight Riders this time but in a war between Shilpa and Shahrukh, Shilpa tasted the sweet smile of winning moments. Shane Warne makes again a motivating captain in him…

Di Villier's Day Out...

Thursday.....A day in the history of IPL season 2. Strike Rate of 194 but for 54 balls. Stunned ground of Durban.....Whacked out Chennai bowlers and Villiers was not to be stopped. First century of IPL 2 and that too in just 54 balls made the day for IPL lovers.

Delhi Daredevils set a target of 190 for Chennai Super Kings. Hayden tried to destroy the Delhi bowlers but got trapped by youngster bowler Sangwan at the score of 57. Tailunder batsmen got fussed over Delhi and lost the match by 9 runs. Still a well admired batting by Chennai but lack of a match finisher.

Delhi gets up to 2nd position in IPL 2 following Deccan Chargers at number 1.

Wiining norms were equal in bet market. First bet was simple and to decide the winner of the match. A tough bet as both teams were quite competitive. Other bet of the match was to decide the target set by the team batting first. Most bet market players were betting for the range 151-170 but unfortunately Di Villiers did not let them win.....A great match and a great show.....

Gilchrist shines Over Bangalore

A Wednesday...22nd April and Gilchrist hollers over Bangalore Royal Challengers. Playing cricket exactly after an year, Gilchrist proves why Aussie players are always great players in field. 5 sixes and 6 fours and a total of 71 runs led Deccan Chargers to set a target of tough 185 runs. In reverse mode, Dravid played typical strokes for Bangalore with 2 mesmerizing huge hits. Virat Kohli scored fifty and set some hope for Bangalore. But tough fielding of Deccan Chargers did not give Bnagalore any room to bloom. Earlier Bangalore had shown a bad piece of lazy fielding.

From betting point it was a thrilling match. There were two bets set for the match. The range of total runs scored by both teams and the total number of wickets to fall down. Most market players betted for 240-280 score but a good pitch and a tough match didn't allow them win their bets. I too lost the bet number one. In other bet I was in favour of 10-14 wickets. Lucking it was 14th wicket of the match that Bnagalore Royal Challengers lost.

Good game overall but Mr. Mallya must address fielding concerns for his team. And the most valuable player Pieterson needs to show a thundirbird game....

Gayle washes Punjab..Rain washes the day

Gayle was in a no mood to stop. His 4 Sixes set the mood for Knight Riders. Chasing a target of 159 in 20 overs, McCullam and Gayle gave a strong start to the inning. McCullam departed but not the Charisma of non striker end. Earlier Pathan played a smashed out inning for Punjab but his balling line was too bad to give them a jolly ride. Rain disrupted the game badly and could not be continued. Here Kolkata got an edge for Duckworth and won the match.

Bet season was blooming with the market players glued to their TV screens and computer monitors. Filled with interesting bets, the first bet was the winner of match. Knight Riders were on a lead for the bet with 10:8 against Punjab. Other bet was the number of sixes where I was betting for 10-12 range and rain supported my option. Interestingly my other bet was on Punjab to win but the situation was gruesome and I needed Knights to hit more sixes but loose at the end.....Thankfully match was stopped after the total number of sixes was 10...

Other bet of the day was washed out by the rain along with the match. Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians got 1 point each as the match could not be commenced ....

So fianlly Shahrukh has got a reason to smile snatching bigger lines from Preity's lips...Shilpa should also be feeling relaxed with at least 1 point....Interesting thing to notice...Mandira was now completely clad even wearing a scarf...Looks like rain has made her feel too cold or else she was wearing enough to make viewers feel hot.. !!!!!

Murali plays flute, Chennai dances

Murali shows another brilliance of spin. He hacks 3 important data types belonging to a team of IT hub....Former captain Rahul again plays a wall but the other pillars are missing from the surface. The wall too has formed a debris against Chennai super Kings and Royal Challengers mark their first loss in IPL season2. Chasing a tough target of 180 was almost a dream for Bangalore after Pieterson was wrongly given out.....Hayden had shown an international level of cricket with an amazing 65 runs inning for Chennai earlier. For Bangalore Kallis tried some hooks but could not last long against Dhoni's guys....

Bet market was on an equal ratio...perhaps with Bangalore's first win and expectations from Chennai's strong batting line.....Hey, I won another bet and am running positive as of now....



So Mr. Malya Ji, what to do if the horse is running with bad luck but still wants to run in a race.....At all you seem quite unfortunate in sports....F1 and then IPL make you a poor player in field...But still you are my icon coz both your businesses make people fly, Kingfisher flights with spicy air hostesses and the Kingfisher chilled beer with spicy hot chicks......oops I meant hot chips.........

Funny moments with betting

Bets also traverse through some fun, some masala and some hotch-potch. Don't you believe that? Let me tell you about such few commotions:

We had a bet term as : Which team will win toss and chose what (batting/fielding)
Then a guy needed an elucidation - "Shall we know about weather condition, pitch reports etc prior to put bet on?"

I am still curious to know how he could determine which team gonna win toss based on weather condition and pitch reports....

Another bet was "Which team will lose the match". Most people in our bet bazar didn't read it correctly and put bet on the team they supported. I was one of them and was very happy when the team I supported won the match(Delhi Daredevils)..After the cool weekend on a sunny Monday, I was stormed to know the actual bet and so were some other guys.....

Anyways such incidents make us savor the time and keep people chilled even at the time of a bet loss....

Meanwhile in current match Chennai has set 180 target for Bnagalore. I have put my bet on Chennai. The bet market is 9:9.....Kallis and Uthappa are blasting Chennai bowlers and are at 40/1....Oh Kallis is gone so it's 40/2 now...

Lot more to come at fun time.....till then happy betting...

Knights are discharged

Deccan Chargers discharged the Kolkata Knight Riders...So badly that they would have felt it a dark night. Mccullam couldn't create the same magic as he did in IPL1. Dada struggled a lot to score a debut run in 2 overs. RP Singh slammed Riders with his 4 wicket haul.

And then who could stop Gibbs and Rohit Sharma to get Deccan chargers a tremendous win?

Even the bet favoured Deccan Chargers....May be Kolkata needs some more energy drinks to recover Shoaib Akhtar's kind of pace...










And Shahrukh, you too join the same league now with Preity Zinta.....At all it's sports and

"हार जीत तो लगी ही रहती है....और हारी बाजी जीतने वाले को ही तो बाजीगर कहते हैं...वैसे भी स स स स स....शाहरुख़, पिक्चर अभी बाकी है मेरे दोस्त!!!!!!!!"

Vettori and Rain dare the devils

Not a very usual sight in cricket......20 overs match reducing to just 6. Again a spinner shows the magic. Goel with some nice hits gave a good start to Kings XI. Yuvi too showed some master sixes but the team couldn't do great against Vettori's spinning performance. Rain didn't favour Kings and the target reducing to 60 in 6 overs was an opportunity knock at Devil's door. Sehwag could do so even in test match....He did it with 7 balls remaining with a huge hit to carve the finish.
Our bet market was already supporting Dare Devils with a 9:5 against Kings. I too had betted for devils and won my first Premium bet of the tournament.

So dear Preity, what are you thinking now? At least with a Bombay dying you could have put a dye to dry out the wet innings of Kings XI. Better luck next time and have a good sleep......

And the Challengers thrash the Royals

And the Challengers thrash the Royals......Very unconventional to the IPL1. Bangalore Royal Challengers have won the second match of IPL2. No doubt, credit goes to Kumble and Dravid. A magnificent finsih by Kumble gave Rajasthan Royals a worst nightmare. What an amazing spell he bowled. 5 runs for 5 wickets in 20-20....Really rarest of the rare performance in 20 over cricket. Dravid had given a beautiful hook with his howly innining of 66 runs.........Wake up Rajasthan Royals!!!
Anyways the bet was in favour of RCB with 7:5 against RR. The reason might have been inclusion of Pieterson...whatever, a first day finished with 2 good matches. Shane Warne must be watching Dravid's huge six in his dreams......good Night!!!!!!

Mumbai Indians set a road map

Sachin Tendulkar proved his being one of the top batsmen of all times and has set the roadmap for Mumbai Indians in IPL season 2. A 19 run win in the first match has made Mumbai Indians the team to win first match of tournament. A not out performance by Tendulkar and a thrilling and paced inning by Abhishek Nayar set the mood of the game.
Inspite of Hayden's good knock Chennai Super Kings couldn't save their crown. I always doubt the play of Joginder Sharma and again he proved it at the end.
Whatever heck it might e....I just lost my first bet of IPL....
Even though the bet market was favoring CSK as I did with 10:8 against MI, but that's what betting is for.
Let's focus on what comes and believe my luck more than the analysis I tried to do for betting.....Happy betting!!!!

Betting the first match

Still 40 minutes to go.....Hope to have a tough match between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians.......The bet is simple...Who will win this match?
I've just 10 minutes to analyze and bet on a team as the rules say..I can bet only half an hour before the match starts.....Should Sachin and Jayasurya make the first win of IPL or Dhoni and his boys taste the victory?
I love Sachin and appeciate Jayasurya's batting...but still I feel Dhoni is the best captain and has given India a tremendous wins over last couple of years.......confused a lot...

Meanwhile This time on Fourth Umpire Gaurav(Challel-V VJ) is involved heart throb Mandira. Mandira is not clad in Sari this time but something just to cover her parts.....leave it to her and focus on my betting......

OK done, I've decided to go for Dhoni and his team.....En Rascala, mind it...

Betting Rules

I believe in Pursuit of Happiness.......and the happiness goes along with winning most of the times. We too with a small team decided to live the fun....the fun of a life time....Entering the virtual bet bazaar. We thought not to deal with money at hands and live with the point systems and finally the points convert into a all time high party celebrations by the losers in bet bazaar....

Here under we went ahead to create rules for playing in bet bazaar. Rules came out exciting with more suggestions and finally came live 5 days ahead of the gala.

We decide to have 3 kinds of bets : Premium (50 point), Golden (75 points) and platinum (100 points).
Settlement of the points to be done only after the tournament.
Every market player has to take part in at least 50% of all the bets (smart idea to avoid the cash flow...sorry points flow)
Bets get expired half an hour ahead of the game start.
Platinum bets will be few but mandatory. Non players will be considered lost by default.

So were the rules decided and the game started......No bargaining or discounts available.

Mother of all Bets

Fun is all around and so the excitement. Some players are in tension and so are the team owners. Players are excited, nervous and agitated to no extent. Lots of changes from IPL season 1 to season 2. Some top performers out of IPL 2 and a no home ground to any players except South Africans. No players from Pakistan involved, some players injured and changes in captaincy. So this time it seems to be more breath taking tournament......

And our first grand bet goes to the end of tournament....surprised?
Simple, our biggest bet - Who is going to win the IPL season 2?
A lot of analysis is going on....but T-20 is never predictable. One over can change the whole theme..
So which teams gets more points to bet for?

Should it be Rajasthan Royals again? Will team miss the season 1 star Sohail Tanveer? Will Shane Warne spin his magic again? Is Shaun Tait ready for his sheer performance?

Or is it going to be the last season Finalist Chennai SuperKings?
Will Dhoni and his team do it this time? Is the charismatic captain ready to take the trophy this time?

Delhi Daredevils too seems to be a balanced team...but will the balance be maintained in the play as well....Is Sehwag ready to hit madly with Gambhir?

Bangalore Royal Challengers too seem ready with their new in form captain Pieterson...also the most expensive player of this season.....It's no more a test team now...

Knight Riders get their new captain in McCullam...Will Dada come out of captaincy pressure (as per SRK) and make crowd dance with his long hits....

Is Mumbai Indians going to be the best along with their best players ....Sachin and Jayasurya..Will Jayasurya maintain the same rhythm and take the lead to a win...?

Is Yuvraj all set with Pretty(Preity) to mesmerize the crowd with his 6 sixes in 6 balls again?
Will SriSanth make the game more exciting with his bubbly actions?

And last but not the least Deccan Chargers..supposedly the best team of IPL-1 at the beginning and actually the worst proven despite the best players ... Will Gilly make a difference as a captain? Will Symonds make a mark on IPL season 2?

So all the cheer is goining to start in lil bit time........
But who do you think is going to win IPL season 2? keep guessing and keep betting....59 more matches and results are over...

IPL, A Grand Festival...

It's truly said that Indian Premiere league is a grand festival. It's a carnival where the top notch icons of various fields are appointed for a diligent fun. First season of IPL was a grand success in India and across boundaries. Conducting the second season has been a master work in it and has shown the true motive of "The show must go on". Getting a no-no from the democratic government due to clashes with election schedule might have put most people under vexation..but there was one guy and his team who didn't accept to lose. Mr Lalit Modi came out as a Mesiha to the cricket and business world. Making South Africa ready to host such a grand event in just 3 weeks has been a piece of learning for the achievers.
So here goes the learning and the fun begins....Today 18th April registers itself as a golden date in League. It's 12:20 PM in India and I'm eagerly waiting for the season to start. At all this is for the first time in history of sports ....what is that?
Premiere League of one country in some other continent...and
For the first time in History...I'm going to bet in the whole season...really exciting...
Let's play on and say - "Jai Ho...."