Heading for IPL Today

Will be watching the Chennai vs Mumbai match today at the Chepauk Stadium. I want to watch Sachin at his best today. I am not so-much into supporting local teams, as the game is generally interesting if a fixed identity of nationalism comes, but not regionalism(at least so far). Chennai superkings hardly have anybody from Chennai, save 3-4 people. Anyways, going today to the D stand, paying 500 bucks, thanks to my classmate Shankar pulling out, due to some domestic commitments.

Going to a 1 day match at Chepauk after 6 years. The last full-one day match was India vs England, as the other matches in 03,04,05 and 06, were marred by rain.

2 days to go for the Chennai-Test Match

Cricket matches that I have watched in Chennai over the last decade




How does the Ground look 3 days before the match?









Pictures Taken at Chepauk, last evening


Thats the view from the B stand. It has seats now instead of squatting on the cement flooring

The side on view is good when you want to watch the cut and the pull, but somehow I've always preferred a mid on or straight view,as side on, you would hardly have any indication of the swing or a catch in the slips

Ticket prices for the various stands. If you are not familaiar with Chennai, and would want to know where to buy tickets. I suggest you take the MRTS( Parakkum Rail in Tamil) train from Velachery/ Tidel Park and get a ticket to Chepauk station and the ticket counter is right outside the ground floor entrance of the Chepauk MRTS Station.

Should be a new beginning for Chennai B stand folks, as they would now not jostle for cement space inside the stadium.

I had gone with my friend Madhan to the stadium. He was going for a wedding at triplicane, and I went with him from the Velachery station to Chepauk station in the MRTS.

One Heck of a weekend

This Weekend, I am totally pressed for time. Podworks, India's biggest Podcasting Workshop is there on the weekend and in the evening on Saturday,we have a Beach house party at a resort on the East Coast Road.Click here to Listen to the music of the Podworks Tune

The Beach would provide ample oppurtunities to interact with like minded folks from the social media Industry and the beach house under the moon should be a great way to spend the night.

If That was not enough, there are more events that would attract me. That would be the Afro Asian Cup happening in Chennai with a double header match up on the weekend. Watching cricket at the Chepauk stadium has always been my favourite pastime, as it's an awesome experience watching the match and feeling the pulse of 30,000 people at the same time. Since 2002, after the introduction of the Electronic scoreboard that relays slow motion replays, has now made combined the home effect of watching the match.

Sachin is not there, but still its the spirit of cricket that matters amidst the din and chaos of the crowd at Chepauk. The last match I watched was the India Seniors Vs India B at the Chepauk, last October(Challenger Series), where I managed to get lucky, sneaking through to the players enclosure, managing to speak with Sreesanth and Harbhajan Singh, who were frustrated by the rain that had ruined play. What also helped was an excuse at work, saying I had an "urgent" work to attend, which brought me to the stadium at 4 pm.

Apart from that, I also need to prepare hard for my Financial Accounting terminal exam at College(Monday).

The mid term exam, a couple of days back was a disaster and there is all speculation that the second one could be more serious.Need to hit my Books :-)