A one-day series has been scheduled in Abu Dhabi and is about to begin in a few days but some questions come to mind.

Will this series be as commercially-viable as the ones that were scheduled in Sharjah — a favourite hunting ground for Pakistan?

Will the series suffer simply because it is being played in a location where spectator numbers are usually low and Pakistan haven’t played international cricket for far too long?

Or will the IPL T20 games simply eat away all the viewer interest attached with it?

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All those who have been reporting that team Chennai or the Super Kings are down after their first-match loss to the MI are seriously mistaken. Check the IPL 4 schedule here

They are forgetting that the team is being led by MS Dhoni — considered the best contemporary skipper in all formats of the game.

Further, CSK have the likes of Morkel and Ntini — two leading South African pace bowlers who are adept at exploiting the home conditions and will be keen on bouncing-out the batsmen of Team Bangalore.

Yes, the Challengers do have depth in their batting but apart from Dravid, none of the other batsmen have shown the mettle to play the rising deliveries.

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Not the part-time, just rolling-over-their arms kind of bowlers but specialists like Vettori, Kumble and Warne.

Each of them represents different spin types, i.e. left-arm, pacy leg-spin-like and orthodox leg spin and they have been able to take wickets under wet conditions that are prevailing in South Africa right now.

Further, it is becoming increasingly evident that most IPL batsmen aren’t prepared to step down the wicket and charge the bowlers — those who have done, have done it in an utterly hopeless manner.

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The multi-captaincy theory has rubbed-off in a wrong way on the team members.

Their first outing has seen them being totally outplayed by the Deccan Chargers — who finished last in IPL1.

How do you explain sending in a test opener — Aakash Chopra, at number five in a T20 match?

How come the KKR batsmen kept charging down the wicket, when it was clear the ball was spinning and wickets were tumbling?

No one would be surprised if the Knight Riders go back home with not more than a couple of victories in this IPL edition.

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The first game for the Delhi Daredevils and the Kings XI was rain hit and it had to be revised a number of times to seek out a result.

Batting first, the Punjab XI made a decent score of about 105 in 12 overs.

However, with the rain interrupting repeatedly, the target had to be reduced for the DD at 57 within just 6 overs.

Quite a task some might say.

Well, they don’t call Sehewag and Gambhir the best opening pair in contemporary cricket for nothing.

The duo smashed the Kings XI bowlers mercilessly and won the match with seven balls to spare with Sehewag scoring a tornado-like 38.

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In fact, the ICL bosses had even been on talking terms with some sources in the IPL for some sort of a merger.

However, now things have taken a turn for the worst-possible scenario.

The ICL had put up a demand to be granted international recognition as cricketing league.

The ICC has rejected this petition and this is sure to enrage the ICL authorities.

ICL is already facing a tough time being unable to host scheduled matches for 2009 and some of its prominent former international stars are asking for a way out.

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Woes of the cricketing fraternity in Pakistan just don’t seem to end and have now received another major bolt.

After the dropping of Pakistan as a co-host for the World Cup 20011 wasn’t sufficient, now New Zealand have outrightly rejected an offer to play in Pakistan.

Things are just going downhill for the PCB that has been trying to schedule some international fixtures for the nation’s cricket-obsessed fans.

This pattern of ‘home’ series being held outside the actual host nation has been set in motion by Pakistan itself when it shifted the scheduled one-day series against Australia to Abu Dhabi which is due to begin in the last weeks of April.

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The IPL matches to be held at East London include:

May 1: Mumbai Indians vs KKR

May 4: Deccan Chargers vs CSK

May 8: Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians

What makes East London a perfect venue for cricket is its ideal climate — breezy and sunny throughout the day, best epitomized by its famous beach called the Sunshine Coast.

East London already has a lot of T20 patronage with the influential border/eastern province cricket sides having won the local T20 championship once.

Those searching for a family holiday along with seeing the IPL matches should try and rent one of the village homes located along the East Coast.

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They have no genuine fast bowler to take wickets or even a high-performance spinner to ensure that runs aren’t scored easily.

Brett Lee is injured and Hopes is away to play against Pakistan.

Their bowling will be led by Irfan Pathan and those who have seen this guy would know that his game is going downhill with every passing season.

Their spinning options are so limited that it could well be a case of the skipper, Yuvraj Singh, doing a lot of bowling himself.

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The much experienced (and aged) Kumble hogged the limelight as he became the few bowlers who have claimed a five-wicket haul, in a T20 match, on Saturday.

On the other hand, Tendulkar and Dravid scored brilliant, match-winning half-centuries to ensure that their teams won their respective first matches.

Will Ganguly be able to follow suit and continue the trend as the KKR get ready to take on the Deccan Chargers?

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