Scouting triumph

We have read how Warne got the best of the mosquito squadron that was at his command but what we didn’t read about was the backing of the support staff of the Rajasthan Royals, and one of them was a former Mumbai opening batsman Zubin Bharucha, writes Makarand Waingankar in Mumbai Mirror

Zubin Bharucha had handed over the opposition players’ analysis to Shane Warne who hadn’t seen many of the players in the opposition. The assessment of Bharucha and the implementation of Warne seem to have clicked.

The primary reason for IPL’s success was the players’ high intensity and sustained involvement through out the tournament, writes Javagal Srinath in the Hindu.

Deepak Narayanan makes an important point in the Indian Express. "We have seen packed stands around the country screaming themselves hoarse for every four and six and catch and run-out," he writes, "but aren't we missing that most important emotion that every sports fan has felt time and again? How many of you have felt genuine pain over the last month-and-a-half?"