Humble Ricky Ponting

3 time World cup winning captain of Australia Ricky Ponting carries Dinesh Karthik's bat and gloves after the IPL match against Kolkata Knight Riders. Karthik was called by the TV crew and Ponting quickly ran up to him, without any prompting, to carry his gear to the dressing room. Would you ever see a senior Indian player do this. It's really amazing how humble the Australian players are and it's a lesson in humility for us Indians obsessed with status.

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Sanju Samson, the next Inzamam

I was quite impressed by the batting skills of Rajasthan Royals' rookie 18 year old batsman Sanju

Samson. He's already scored good runs for RR in the 2013 edition of IPL. What has impressed me is his sheer timing and the amount of time he has to play each ball. He reminds me of Inzamam's lazy elegance when he made even the fastest bowlers in the world look like medium paced pie chuckers.

Sanju should be groomed well by the board and identified as a future prospect. I'll place my bets on him.

Standout bowlers in Chris Gayle's 175

2 bowlers' performance have been completely overshadowed when Chris Gayle scored his mammoth 175 runs against Pune warriors in the 2013 edition of IPL.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Luke Wright bowled outstanding spells by any T20 standards averaging 5.75 and 6.75 per over respectively. This is even more outstanding considering the shellacking the other bowlers received.

src: cricinfo