It was my birthday 6th Dec in 2009, Two wickets to take off srilanka in mumbai, they did in an hr to help me go ahead with usual sinhagad trip and party following. India displaced South Africa to get No1 test ranking. Its been 18 -19 months of some good cricket. Both SA series lived upto their reputation with 1-1 draw home and most imp away. srilanka can be tough opposition in lanka. They were drawn. Aussies were whitewashed though on home grounds. NZ defeated at home. Also there was world cup though in 50 overs format. It was key series with Eng in Eng. And we bungled. and bungled so badly that we went back to 90s when indians away were pathetic. Under dada in naughties we had away victories and series were tough. so what went wrong, is it begining of end as golden generation has set. (though only notable performance was from oldest member Rahul Dravid). Future atleast in tests looks bleak. Bowling looks very weak . that underline importance of a fit sehwag and zaheer to cause of test cricket. Injuries were blamed for this show. I agree totally as we had winning moments in 1st and 2nd test which we could not seize to to lack of key players. So has reality sunk in that our next gen of batting and bowling is incapable as aussies found two years back after retirement of warne, gilly and mcgrath. or is it because of IPL and its riches. Many theories have comeup. But as a fan these are disgusting times. aug was painful and even 100th 100 did not come up. Only time will tell the future but what is needed is involvement of Ganguly and Kumble in some form of authority to manage cricket. let corrupt politicians manage ' monies'. I hope BCCI comes under purview of lokpal.
That takes me to another landmark event in aug which is in news . Anna phenomenon. There are many theories one suggests it to be stage managed by super rich to sort of have check over govt to avoid arrests. some theory suggests US hand. whatever or whoever might be doing things following points are truth
1. Public is fed up with corruption and inflation which led them to roads. it was fashionable to be on roads one can argue due to media hype as we saw in world cup.
But aam aadmi suffers for sure. and that is truth.
2. Politicians have lacked credibility . There is leadership vacuum due to lazy and corrupt govt and non existent opposition. Team Anna used this.
3. Its positive phenomenon that youth have been involved in national causes. They used to shun politics. But this youth energy is positive phenomenon which can be landmark movement in Indias history
4. Strong laws like janlokpal can help on curbing corruption if not remove . But challenge is just begun to create effective system.
5. armchair philosophers, writers and so called elite failed to gauge public mood and have fallen from grace as they criticized anna movement for wrong reasons and personal vendetta. Its time to retire this useless institution of elite columnists, communists and free sensationalizers. Height was most corrupt politicians BCCI benefitted ones talking about parlaimentary system to be supreme after abusing sams system on caste and religion line....
Anna movement with all its flaws as attacked by these deadly tribes, is very landmaker event for India. We those who claim to be intelligencia, should not undermine this. Time to participate....
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Message to Dhoni: Need to take blows when you are down
All and sundry experts and cricket analysts have spared no stone to hit at Indian tea, after england disasters at London and Nottingham. These were the same critics who were singing praises for indian team and its capt dhoni in april for WC win.
The 11 (14) players were treated like gods thereafter and folklores were created of every event...
Purely on cricketing sense one can analyse that main reasons in order of their problems
Absence of Zaheer and sehwag ; Two outright winners and holding prowess of Gautam Gambhir.
Dhonis fatigued captaincy: No inspired moves
Lack of fielding sharpness
Inadequacy of new players to support if not substitute the ageing and great middle order.
No century partnerships except one in first innings of second test where india actually got leads
Reason i am making this list is because i dont treat this english team as great at all. It might be good but batting has many problems which a fully fit indian team could have exploited by dhoni's captainship brilliance. Bowling is at the most sharp and steady and never destroying like aus in 90s and wi in 80s. I firmly believe that there is no clear no 1 team today. Eng/India/SA form a trinity and we will see no1 spot changing hands series after series for next few years.
So what do you make out of remaining series. with sehwag, zaheer, gambhir back, we can expect more fight. A win here will restore parity and its not impossobile though very difficult. even if we lose the series a win is necessary. You remember what durban win did to indian teams aura and respectability. The armchair eng/aus/sa critics also were made to take note of. same happended at perth after monkey gate. This time this sound bit difficult but thats waht champions are meant to bounce back. remeber how aussies bounced back in 2004 in india after debacles of 98 and 01. so a series loss is by no means end of world. But it gives chance to retrospect and learn. If we do not do that then doomsday is not far ahead.
But for next 10 days , we need to take full on the blows from all and sundry including our own past cricketers who are paid to echo public sentiments.
same inlife when you are down you need to take and absorb blows. Importance is to believe in your abilities and rise.... Then its your turn to give it back. Hope we rise from this situation. we have to....
The 11 (14) players were treated like gods thereafter and folklores were created of every event...
Purely on cricketing sense one can analyse that main reasons in order of their problems
Absence of Zaheer and sehwag ; Two outright winners and holding prowess of Gautam Gambhir.
Dhonis fatigued captaincy: No inspired moves
Lack of fielding sharpness
Inadequacy of new players to support if not substitute the ageing and great middle order.
No century partnerships except one in first innings of second test where india actually got leads
Reason i am making this list is because i dont treat this english team as great at all. It might be good but batting has many problems which a fully fit indian team could have exploited by dhoni's captainship brilliance. Bowling is at the most sharp and steady and never destroying like aus in 90s and wi in 80s. I firmly believe that there is no clear no 1 team today. Eng/India/SA form a trinity and we will see no1 spot changing hands series after series for next few years.
So what do you make out of remaining series. with sehwag, zaheer, gambhir back, we can expect more fight. A win here will restore parity and its not impossobile though very difficult. even if we lose the series a win is necessary. You remember what durban win did to indian teams aura and respectability. The armchair eng/aus/sa critics also were made to take note of. same happended at perth after monkey gate. This time this sound bit difficult but thats waht champions are meant to bounce back. remeber how aussies bounced back in 2004 in india after debacles of 98 and 01. so a series loss is by no means end of world. But it gives chance to retrospect and learn. If we do not do that then doomsday is not far ahead.
But for next 10 days , we need to take full on the blows from all and sundry including our own past cricketers who are paid to echo public sentiments.
same inlife when you are down you need to take and absorb blows. Importance is to believe in your abilities and rise.... Then its your turn to give it back. Hope we rise from this situation. we have to....
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