Is there something wrong with the speed gun ? Ishant is clocking 150 kmph on a regular basis . I think i saw some 10 to 12 deliveries above the 150 mark with the fastest being at 153 or somewhere. This has to be jotted down as a memory , you never know when you will see such pace from an Indian bowler again.
Just hope Ishant continues with his form and retains this kind of pace , which made him a hot commodity three years ago.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Saturday, April 2, 2011
WE WON!!!
Whatever I might have thought in my disgruntled ,drunk and dizzy moments , my darkest thoughts and desire for revenge at a toss so deliberately miscalculated has been wiped off by this great victory.
Yes !! India you have done it for the great little man of Indian cricket. Dhoni for all his faults in selection has proved that a man with courage is better than ten intellectual , calculative wizards. Yes! Dhoni you proved that Valour has its place in today's world.
In a sense it is poetic justice that India won this cup , this was the team that challenged the might of the Australians throughout the last decade , it was a team which played tough cricket in its quarterfinals and semifinals and won at a critical stage. For someone of my generation who has no memories of the 1983 victory , it is a great sense of pride and achievement.
Time to soak in the moments of pride!!
Yes !! India you have done it for the great little man of Indian cricket. Dhoni for all his faults in selection has proved that a man with courage is better than ten intellectual , calculative wizards. Yes! Dhoni you proved that Valour has its place in today's world.
In a sense it is poetic justice that India won this cup , this was the team that challenged the might of the Australians throughout the last decade , it was a team which played tough cricket in its quarterfinals and semifinals and won at a critical stage. For someone of my generation who has no memories of the 1983 victory , it is a great sense of pride and achievement.
Time to soak in the moments of pride!!
India -Sri Lanka World cup final (Timidity of Indians)
First of all it's important to discuss certain issues first. I have not posted a follow up to my first article on Indian Pacemen dropping pace. I wanted the madness surrounding the World Cup to die down a little before posting an opinion on this perennial weakness of Indian teams.
Watching the final has been a tumultous , heart-aching exercise in futility. It requires no genius to guess that Sangakkara pulled up the coup of the century by bluffing beautifully at the toss. It shocks and saddens me to see an international captain resort to 'Ghetto Tactics ' to gain any kind of advantage in the final. It is a well known fact (TV replays proved it) that he lost the toss in the first go and then capitalised on the sleepiness of the match refree and the ongoing confusion created there on.
However expecting anything different from 'Sanga' was preposterous , the man is a downright phoney who fakes everthing from his accent to sportsmanship. What should irk Indians and their fans is that Dhoni did not stand his ground , he knew that he had called correctly , he should have stood firm and told the match referee in no uncertain terms about his call. The fact that the Indian captain budged was the only reason that the sleepy Jeff Crowe called for the coin to be tossed the next time. Now one can argue about sporting spirit, ethical behaviour and ramble endlessly; this still doen't prove the fact that our captain showed extraordinary timidity in accepting an unfair call.
The boggling fact is that India is the powerhouse of World cricket today and its captain should have told the referee and the Sri -Lankan captain to bugger off in no uncertain terms , I am sure that the ICC would not have had the courage to do anything on this and for once we would have had a genuine Badass captain who would have got under the skin of the opponent. (Sourav : We miss you mate)
The crux is that India lost a Golden opportunity to bag the cup and most probably will stifle in a chase , as i am writing this i desperately want to be proven wrong.
It would be a crime if Sri-Lanka won and then dedicate this victory to a man with a questionable bowling action , ask any self respecting cricketer and he will tell you that the man has not bowled a single legal delivery in his career , medical studies and all that Jazz be damned.
It is only through the support of Mera Bharat Mahaan that the 'Javelin thrower' as referred by our famous (cricket sardarji) has survived so long in international cricket.India have thrown their heavyweight behind the man everytime the ICC came close to banning this man , Jagmohan Dalmiya was the ICC head honcho when the spinner was first called in Australia and India supported our neighbour with an eye on future votes and position in the ICC.
If not for anything else India and its captain owe a World Cup to Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar for his unbridled genius , passion , technical superiority and being a thorough gentleman. I just hope that the lure of IPL and its moneyed thugs have not stolen the most crucial thing of our cricketers --------Their Heart.
Watching the final has been a tumultous , heart-aching exercise in futility. It requires no genius to guess that Sangakkara pulled up the coup of the century by bluffing beautifully at the toss. It shocks and saddens me to see an international captain resort to 'Ghetto Tactics ' to gain any kind of advantage in the final. It is a well known fact (TV replays proved it) that he lost the toss in the first go and then capitalised on the sleepiness of the match refree and the ongoing confusion created there on.
However expecting anything different from 'Sanga' was preposterous , the man is a downright phoney who fakes everthing from his accent to sportsmanship. What should irk Indians and their fans is that Dhoni did not stand his ground , he knew that he had called correctly , he should have stood firm and told the match referee in no uncertain terms about his call. The fact that the Indian captain budged was the only reason that the sleepy Jeff Crowe called for the coin to be tossed the next time. Now one can argue about sporting spirit, ethical behaviour and ramble endlessly; this still doen't prove the fact that our captain showed extraordinary timidity in accepting an unfair call.
The boggling fact is that India is the powerhouse of World cricket today and its captain should have told the referee and the Sri -Lankan captain to bugger off in no uncertain terms , I am sure that the ICC would not have had the courage to do anything on this and for once we would have had a genuine Badass captain who would have got under the skin of the opponent. (Sourav : We miss you mate)
The crux is that India lost a Golden opportunity to bag the cup and most probably will stifle in a chase , as i am writing this i desperately want to be proven wrong.
It would be a crime if Sri-Lanka won and then dedicate this victory to a man with a questionable bowling action , ask any self respecting cricketer and he will tell you that the man has not bowled a single legal delivery in his career , medical studies and all that Jazz be damned.
It is only through the support of Mera Bharat Mahaan that the 'Javelin thrower' as referred by our famous (cricket sardarji) has survived so long in international cricket.India have thrown their heavyweight behind the man everytime the ICC came close to banning this man , Jagmohan Dalmiya was the ICC head honcho when the spinner was first called in Australia and India supported our neighbour with an eye on future votes and position in the ICC.
If not for anything else India and its captain owe a World Cup to Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar for his unbridled genius , passion , technical superiority and being a thorough gentleman. I just hope that the lure of IPL and its moneyed thugs have not stolen the most crucial thing of our cricketers --------Their Heart.
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