It will be a good idea to research how demanding Twenty20 cricket is fitness-wise compared to one-day or Test cricket.

Bangalore Royal Challengers' veteran players Anil Kumble and Jacques Kallis have said that they find T20 the least demanding of all formats. And, given the way players were training hard till the last minute before yesterday's game also gave the impression that T20 is a cakewalk compared to the other formats of the game.

RR's pace bowler Siddharth Trivedi was playing around in the hotel swimming pool till 4.30 pm alongwith MI's Shikhar Dhawan. How cool is that!

Tested: From tip to toe
Spectators at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium were subjected to shoe scrutiny apart from the normal frisking that takes place before they get to their seats. As a result, several cricket lovers had to walk on the dirty, muddy road either with socks on or barefoot with shoes in hand.

Smoke without fire
The Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals got off to a bizarre start. The game was delayed by seven minutes due to a smoke cover on the ground which was caused by fogging. Shane Warne's men trooped out to take the field on time but had to trek back to their dugout.

A local IPL official blamed it on the Jaipur municipal authorities. "Fogging is done to repel insects, but normally they spray the smoke two-three hours before the start. This time they did it just 15 minutes before the start of the game.

"The municipal corporation has to show that they are doing something, right!" the official remarked. The smoke normally gets blown away quickly, but with no wind yesterday, it took longer.