Match 19 : KKR Vs RR - 29th April @ 8:00 PM IST

Zarahti
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Match 19 : KKR Vs RR - 29th April @ 8:00 PM IST May 1, 2014 3:09:30 GMT -8

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Post by Zarahti on May 1, 2014 3:09:30 GMT -8

From ESPNcricinfo

The perfect end - Anil Joseph

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One thing I'd have changed
Shah Rukh Khan made an appearance in the 18th over of the Rajasthan innings, and as has been the norm in all IPL matches, a large section of the crowd decided that catching a glimpse of SRK eclipsed any entertainment that cricket could possibly provide. For a diehard cricket fanatic like myself, ignoring a battle of Rahane-Steve Smith vs Narine-Morne Morkel in the final two overs of a T20 game for a long shot sighting of SRK was nothing short of sacrilege.
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Match 19 : KKR Vs RR - 29th April @ 8:00 PM IST May 1, 2014 7:57:05 GMT -8

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Post by abhijacko on May 1, 2014 7:57:05 GMT -8

May 1, 2014 3:09:30 GMT -8 Zarahti said:

From ESPNcricinfo

The perfect end - Anil Joseph

[. . .]
One thing I'd have changed
Shah Rukh Khan made an appearance in the 18th over of the Rajasthan innings, and as has been the norm in all IPL matches, a large section of the crowd decided that catching a glimpse of SRK eclipsed any entertainment that cricket could possibly provide. For a diehard cricket fanatic like myself, ignoring a battle of Rahane-Steve Smith vs Narine-Morne Morkel in the final two overs of a T20 game for a long shot sighting of SRK was nothing short of sacrilege.
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IMO, if being a diehard cricket fan he is taking these "battles" in IPL seriously then he has got his priorities all wrong. It was not a battle to begin with, because it wasn't like Morkel was sending down thunderbolts on a spicy pitch which Rahane/Smith were smashing around. And Narine wasn't that menacing either. People will crib and criticize anything just for the sake of it

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Match 19 : KKR Vs RR - 29th April @ 8:00 PM IST May 1, 2014 10:30:11 GMT -8

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Post by Zarahti on May 1, 2014 10:30:11 GMT -8

I can understand his opinion as someone who wants to watch the match and not extraneous things. I feel the same way about specials and award shows: I never, ever want to see the audience reaction to anything. Ever. I want to see what's happening on the stage and Indian TV is even worse about it than American TV, which I wouldn't have even imagined, and even worse with the obvious repeated replays of "reaction shots" that aren't.
I would have been one of the ones trying to get a glimpse of SRK, of course.