ISL 2015 in 16 tweets

ISL 2.0 kicked off with the opening ceremony at the Marina Arena on October 3rd. Host Arjun Kapoor tried his best to keep the crowd enthralled as the evening saw star after star descend down upon the arena. But, it was his precious blooper moments, enough to make an epic video, that caught the audience’s imagination more- when he called it ‘Indian Premier League’ instead of ‘Indian Super League’ and 'Delhi Daredevils' instead of 'Delhi Dynamos'.

That’s how much Cricket and Bollywood dominate the collective imagination of this nation. It’s no mean feat, therefore, that the ISL has managed to hold its ground amidst the Ind-SA series and a disastrous Shaandaar release. The edition has produced enough moments of drama- hat-tricks, resignations, upsets, fistfights, whitewashes. The overall fare, however, has been much better and has shown that there is yet hope for football.

Here are 16 tweets that outline the story of the ISL so far.

And so it began...

The God with the Boss

Just for gags- when a mongrel ran through the defence of two top teams

When the Greatest visited India, for a second time

The first of many injuries to 30 year old marquee players.. Postiga will be back by mid-November, by when it may be too late for the defending champions

In a melee of a match that saw both the team coaches also come to blows. Khabra has struggled to keep his aggresive instincts in check as he is currently serving a second suspension.

Lisa Ray has become a constant fixture at Pune matches

The goal of the season so far- a fine display of team effort and everything that the game is about

A working-class hero! Kudos to Santhosh

Rafi! Rafi! Rafi!

And the first sacking of the ISL

And the first hat-trick by an Indian

When Zico threatened to go home

Jaswal has been a breath of fresh air in the Indian sports commentary scene. Knowledgeable, passionate and need we state the obvious! A welome change from the Sport porn days of the Cricket World Cup 2003 times.

The first marquee casualty

Set-piece Simao

With so much happening, it gets tough to believe that we are just past the halfway mark. Looking forward to one more month of footballing. #letsfootball.