Golden Hundred: A Tribute to the Greatest Ever Cricketer !

When an institution completes 50 years, the landmark is called Golden Jubilee. An institution called Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar has reached a landmark today ! 50 Test Hundreds in his 175th Test. The man simply continues to get better ! There is only one way we can describe this Century at Centurion; "Golden Hundred" !

Golden Hundred it indeed is ! At 277 / 6 with Raina departing for yet another Catch Practice shots, India had the last recognized batting pair at the crease with over 50 overs to survive the day-4. Thanks to the refreshing attitude of Dhoni to play attacking game and the Mastery of the Master; India now stand a chance of saving the first test if the nature continues to favor them on the last day !

This isn't a wish for a rain to save India. They had the worst of the batting conditions and Saffers had the best of both bowling and batting conditions. So some help from the nature shouldn't hurt India. Even if they go on to lose this test, we can be sure of a fight back. Day-1 was just an aberration, not a rule. That is for sure.

Whatever happens from here, this series will be remembered for the one and only thing and that is Sachin's feat ! He faced chin music and survived. There were a barrage of short stuff. A lot of sledging was going on too. But in the end, he stood tall to see another day !

Here is a 'Salute' to the Man who has warmed the cockles of so many millions over the years !

Cricket was just a game before You arrived !

It became a Religion for this Country since You !

It will never be the same once You decide to call it a day !

Cricket Calenders will thenceforth be marked BT and AT
[Before Tendulkar and After Tendulkar] !

The middle period of 'During Tendulkar' will be known as the Golden Period !

Dedicated to the Greatest Ever to Play the Game of Cricket !



S-Pun Doctor

Super Sub to be Back ?

BCCI have requested the ICC to bring back the Super-Sub into ODI Cricket with immediate effect. It is believed the ICC too is keen on this. Here are the reasons for this sudden decision...

Look at the embarrassing situation the 'Poor Indian Selectors' are facing while they sit to select the Indian 11 for any of the World Cup Matches !

1] Sachin Tendulkar - My God ! He IS there !
2] Virendar Sehwag - Naam toh t-suna-mi hoga !
3] Gautam Gambhir - He is Seriously there - No Choice !
4] Virat Kohli - How can India afford to drop their Top Scorer of 2010 ?
5] Yuveraj Singh - Even a half fit Yuvi is better than many fully fit players !
6] Suresh Raina - Fielding and his floating nature make him inevitable !
7] Mahendra Dhoni - Captain and Wicket-Keeper can't drop him !
8] Harbhajan Singh - How can they drop a Bowling All-rounder ?
9] Zaheer Khan - He is India's Premier Bowler and Can bat a bit too !
10] Praveen Kumar - The Street Smart Pahelwan will be an asset once match-fit !
11] Sreesanth - We all know he is a wicket taking bowler !
12] Ashish Nehra - Has done enough to merit a place here !

Vijay, Parthiv Patel, Munaf Patel, Rohit Sharma, Saurabh Tiwari, Che Pujara, Robin Uthappa, Ishant Sharma, Jadeja, Ojha and many more are in contention too. Unfortunately they can't play Two Indian Teams !

So where does this leave our You-super Pathan ?
Imagine the Crowd support he can bring in after what he has done tonight !
Can they afford to miss out on one of the Biggest Potential Match Winner and Crowd Puller ?

NO...

So what is the solution ?

The Top half can win us 'Won' matches; I mean the well played matches !
Yusuf can win us the 'Lost' matches; those are the not so well played matches !
Bring in Yusuf Pathan for whoever is having an 'Off-Day' !
Even better, we can bring in any one for anyone not doing well on that day.
Make You-super Sub Pathan our Match Winner !





S-Pun Doctor

Operation Blue Star !

As much as I admire Yuveraj Singh and his match-winning exploits in the past; I am really depressed by his lack of fitness now.

If anyone doubts this fact, this picture down here should create alarms.

What am I trying to convey ?

Just take a look...

Gautam Gambhir batted all the 43 overs and ran so many incredible singles with Virat. Look at his shirt, it is Sky-blue.

And then take a look at Yuvi's shirt. It is Deep-blue soaked in sweat.

Yuvi was there for such a short period, and hardly ran any runs because both he and Gautam dealt in boundaries.

Even if someone wants to defend Yuvi by saying Gautam changed his shirt in between, it couldn't be after Yuvi came to bat.

And Yuvi's paunch looks awful in side views. At 40, I can claim to be in a little better shape. And I don't even play Gully-Cricket with Mandira.

Let us not forget Yuvi isn't all that older compared to Gautam.

Let us also not forget he was our best fielder by light years until two years ago.

India can't really win the World Cup without the Prince being at his best.

Not many Match-winners can Match Yuvi when he is at his best.

We still have time. So Gary and Team, please bring Yuvi back to his best

Let us call this 'Operation Blue-Star !



S-Pun Doctor