The second season of the Indian Premier League survived all ups and downs to give us all a grand finale. Now that it has ended on a high note, CricketNDTV.com takes a look at the IPL’s South African Safari.

First thing first, you will have to admit it was a good show put together at a short notice. Of course, the ambience would have been different had it been in India.

The biggest disappointment was that the IPL missed out on India’s huge fan base. The city-based loyalty got limited to Television.

The second season of the Indian Premier League saw some swashbucklers playing like possessed men and some bowlers charging like hurricane to rip off the batsmen on strike.

While we saw some exceptional game of cricket, there were some blips as well. A few incidents took place, which were not in very good taste, yet calling them controversies will be too harsh.

Yeah, I think he is a particularly over-rated bowler. And so he was a great target for us to go at. He always loses his cool under pressure and I think it was a good example of that (in the match) - Matthew Hayden on Sreesanth.