Elections '09 v/s IPL '09

Well Elections '09 has been a great reality show and will continue until we get out next PM, IPL too has been nothing short of reality show of its own kind.

Let me try to compare the teams with the political parties of India

Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI)= Election Commission of India (EC)
Rajasthan Royals (led by Shane Warne)=Indian National Congress (Congress, led by Ma'am)
Chennai Super Kings (led by MSD)=Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP, led by Mr. Advani)
Kings XI Punjab (led by Yuvi)= BSP (led by Ma'am Maya)
Delhi Daredevils (led by Viru)= NCP (led by Mr. Sharad Pawar)
Mumbai Indians (led by the Little Master)= Samajwadi Party (ed by Mr. Mulayam Singh)
Kolkata Knight Riders (no leader)= CPM (led by Prakash Karat, Sitaram Yechury, Buddha Babu)
Bangalore Royal Challengers (led by KP)= RJD (led by Mr. Lalu)
Deccan Chargers (led by Mr. Gilly)= AIADMK (led by Amma)

Well BCCI is strongly handling all the issues related to IPL, whether to host in India or outside, which country, financial issues etc. EC too is doing a fair job in handling Elections, covering up security issues, poll dates, marketing etc.

Rajasthan Royals has a foreign leader and so does Congress, but leadership wise both of them are doing great. Well managing the PM of the country is a tough job but she is doing great.

Chennai Super Kings has the strongest leader that world cricket has at the moment in the form of MSD, and so does BJP with Mr. Advani who is one of the most powerful leaders in India.

King's XI has Yuvi and BSP has Ma'am Maya, when both get going there is no one to stop them. Yuvi rocked with six sixes and Ma'am swept the UP polls, no wonder if she becomes the PM and Yuvi takes charge of Indian team after Dhoni.

Well Viru is playing his cards perfectly with the middle order and one of them rescues his team all the time. Mr. Pawar also playing his cards perfectly by hooking on to congress, third front and the fourth front. One of them will click and Mr. Pawar will be the winner. Same goes with Delhi team, if one of them clicks Viru wins.

Well I didn't wanted to compare the little master with anyone but had no other choice. And Samajwadi Party seems to be the best comparison. With Mulayam as a strong leader and having Amar Singh and new joinee Sanjay Dutt with all the cine stars in his side it is one of the most dangerous parties in India, which is capable of change the formation of the government. Sachin too has Jayasurya as a forte and Duminy as a new joinee and all the big names of cricket world in his side. This team is capable of changing the table of the IPL but I doubt if they can win the tournament.

This should be the most interesting of all. Well Knights has no leaders in their ranks or you can say they have multiple of them with no one knowing what they are doing. Same goes with CPM (Left), Mr Karat, Mr. Yechury, Buddhadev Babu are all capable of becoming captains but no one knows what is going on. Left has always been on the wrong side of the history, be it nuclear deal, reforms or anything so has been KKR, be it captaincy, coach or winning.

Bangalore has KP and RJD has Lalu, both of the teams has strong leaders but both of them not sure if they will win anything this time. Lalu has a tough competition from Nitish Babu which could derail his ambitions and so does KP from KKR for the last position of IPL teams :).

Deccan Chargers is coming back strongly in IPL II and this elections might see Amma come back strongly and has a major role in Government formation. Deccan can be one of the finalist and AIADMK can be one of the final political parties to form the coalition to form the Government. If Mr. Gilly is firing all guns so does Amma.

Long live cricketers, long live politicians..... long live IPL... long live democracy !!!!