If 6 batsman can't do it 7 can't is favorite commentators cliche which Dhoni has taken it to the next level. Stuffing 8 batsman in a T20 game is like loading your pant pocket with handful of Parle-G biscuits, bound to crush. It's funny and tactful that his opposite number took a dig at Dhoni. It was clearly evident that INDIA lacked a front line spinner to pick wickets and stem the flow of runs. And it isn't a non-asian country that would tumble against our part-time spinners.
Dhoni's so called innovations read stupid moves some times go hey-wire and out of context and using Kohli when wickets...
Jab tak hai shine
The first T20 played at Bangalore has spelled more dooms for the INDIAN team. Yet another close game loss and yet another reason to shield. With no rain and dew factor, it was the batting collapse this time that was blamed. Little would any one question or address the real problem. which is our bowling. Weak bowling can't be hidden by strengthening the batting which is what INDIA does far too often.
In the last couple of years there were very few games that we have lost where bowling is exceptional and batting failed to live upto its expectation. INDIA is a land that produces good batsman from...
The Great INDIAN Sambar
Back in the days during my Masters none of us knew how to
cook and the person with a practical cooking experience was hailed
the leader of the house. The food cooked by him was considered divine
and since there was no golden taste to compare with, every other food was
compared with it. The one who cooked well either had some magical
powder that they would sprinkle or had a Harry Potter's magic wand.
Vijay used to make awesome sambar back in those days and would
always credit the taste to his mother's magical sambar powder. Nobody
really bothered...
It is fixed.
This is isn't an acquisition or allegation on the match; nor is it a view of a disgruntled
viewer complaining and cribbing about the cliche But it’s just a way INDIA
team is bats at-least the team I know and care about.
With 2 days
left in the game and no signs of rain, we will have full 180 over of cricket. England would be riding high on the 207 run lead though would have like a bit more. That would
leave little shy of 6 sessions for two teams to share, which would rule out any
possibility of INDIA winning. Neither its 2001, Laxman-David have retired and
oh...
Market for Each Inch
Technology takes a giant leap exponentially and every 5 years where have a product that teaches us how to use our fingers in a different ways.
I still remember those days of laptops where the only discussion was whether to buy a 14 inch and 15 inch one and it didn't matter
if cell phones were flip or candy style and frankly we never knew what the size of our phone screen was.
The idea of carrying a huge CD disc-man along irked people, sooner Sandisk and Sony came up with mp3 players of varying size and memory. This has the capability...
Edges win Matches
Catches-win-matches is an age old cliche that is running in cricket ever since Tony Greig made is famous. But little did any one realize that it's the edges-induced that really win matches. And the bowling lineup that produces those catches would be a captain's dream. In our era the attack comprising Mcgrath, Lee, Gillespie and Warne induced more edges than the rest of the world put-together.
Whenever a batsman gets out caught, we always owe it to a rash shot or a mishit by the batsman; never-ever does one realize the pressure buildup that led to this....
Teesra Kaun
First there was Dilip Kumar next Amitabh and then there is day light when we talk about bollywood superstars. One could argue the self proclaimed King Khan could be the next big thing. But again Aamir Khan with his heart touching and versatile performance could give SRK a run for his money.
Running with the same analogy INDIA have struggled to produce the next bowling superstar since Kapil and Srinath. One could argue that Zak could have come close if only he was injury free.
It was sometime in the early 90's a sober looking thick mustached bowler with an in-swinger...
The Fabulous Quartets
Marshal, Roberts, Holding and Garner were the corner stones on which the West Indian team of the 70's was build. They formed the pace quartet which battered rest of the globe for 15 years. If Marshall had the outswinger at brisk pace, Roberts played with batsman's mind and could move the ball both ways of the track, Holding was the whispering death, silently knocking the batsman down. Garner the meanest of the lot in terms on runs given, delivered yorkers at will from the sky.
Bedi, Prasanna, Venkat and Chandra formed the spin quartet of 60's and 70' which became the most...
Captan key funday
Captain's influence on the team's performance is much like the electric-assist on the bicycles. You need to put in the initial couple of pedals for the motor to kick in and then your subsequent pedals are eased off with the electric assist. Failing to pedal at any point will only slow down the bicycle putting extra pressure on legs. So a bad motor read non-performing-captain will not only slow down the bike but also make the manual pedaling tougher so is the converse true.
While the nation awaits for the one last show at 2012 IPL championship, its time for some retrospection...
