Team India are the reigning World Champions in ODI Cricket.
We also have the World No. 1 Test Team since over a year.
IPL attracts more eyeballs than most of the International series.
Rahul Sharma and Sreenath Aravind have bowled with promise.
Ambati Rayudu and Paul Valthaty have enlivened the proceedings.
Shane Warne believes Rohit Sharma is a Master in the making.
Tendulkar is still hungry for runs and Dravid isn't finished either.
Virat Kohli is batting well and shows guts as Captain of men.
Sehwagging reached epitome before he was shouldered out.
Gambhir is taking both Captaincy and his name too seriously.
Ashish Nehra continues to recover from one injury after another.
Yuvi continues to prove he is a different player in Indian Colors.
Munaf bowled well till he lost his head and match to Amit Mishra.
Sreesanth excels as Sreesanth and bowls 5 good balls in an over.
Bhajji hasn't slapped Sree and called Symonds a Gentleman... Man !
So much happening and Mumbai Indians choking before the Finals !
So much of action, fun and excitement has not really excited me. Why ?
Why am I dormant compared to my normal over-talkative standards ?
Very often this happens to me during those never-ending ODI series.
Every single IPL season, I have felt it as it comes to the business end.
Tendulkar may be God to millions and many who don't believe in God.
Sehwag may be the most destructive batsman in all forms of Cricket.
Gayle may have redefined the IPL Batsmanship taking it to a new height.
I realized something today. I am going through a trough in Crickinterest.
I realized today that I am missing something, rather missing someone !
Fortunately I know what to do when I feel so low on Cricket Adrenaline...
I just watch THIS !
Post Script: I can sit through an entire day and then through the night watching VVS bat with the tail in tow than suffer some of that 'Cricket' played by the likes of Sunny Sohal and Manish Pandey; the Masters of Inelegance !
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Monday, April 19, 2010
The Ordinary and the Extra-Ordinary!
Life teaches us lessons everyday and in fact every moment. The larger one grows, one should not forget the size of the shoes. The shoes don't grow and one will end up being too big for the shoes or the boots to be precise!
We have two fabulous examples of people growing 'too big for their boots'. Both are connected to the ongoing IPL. Yes, Shashi Tharoor is the first. The second one with an aching foot in his mouth is Gautam Gambhir. Both handsome and talented men; but perhaps grew too large for their respective boots.
In a country with sweltering heat and over 100 Crore population, you can hire 700 consultants for Rs. 70 Crore sweat equity. Tharoor got his message through MMS asking him to GO because he was wrong from the word go. Hence the attack on Tharoor from Left and Right !
Tharoor is the symbol of what is wrong with our so called elite. He took his job a little too seriously and concentrated too much on external affairs. He was simply too arrogant to see what was coming. So besotted was he with the beautiful Sunanda that he was ready to 'Push' her case at any cost. It was his belief that the 'Political Class' was not up to his mark and the 'Cattle Class' will not question him; that has brought his downfall ! Learn to conceal your arrogance Mr. Tharoor, India isn't UN!
We had Gautam Gambhir go on record about the 'Ordinary' Rajastan Royals. Now his extraordinary team consisting of extraordinary talents has joined Shilpa Shetty and Shane Warne's ordinary mortals in the pit of IPL ! A team boasting of names like Virendar Sehwag, David Warner, Tilakaratne Dilshan, Dinesh Karthik and Gambhir himself failed to chase down 145 runs.
Virendar Sehwag is known for wagging; both his tongue and the bat. But only Viru is capable of Sehwagging. Anyone else howsoever close to him, trying to emulate Viru will run out of breath soon. Gaudy Gauti has hopefully realized this! Warne played with ordinary men and still managed some exciting Cricket. Gambhir has done the exact opposite of that; he managed some ordinary cricket with exciting talents. So can we call this 'Extra-Ordinary' performance?
Gautam Gambhir will do well to shut his mouth and let his batting do everything during the upcoming T-20 World Cup and afterwords ! He has done that in the past with distinction and he should be able to do an encore. Here's wishing him and Team India all the best !
We have two fabulous examples of people growing 'too big for their boots'. Both are connected to the ongoing IPL. Yes, Shashi Tharoor is the first. The second one with an aching foot in his mouth is Gautam Gambhir. Both handsome and talented men; but perhaps grew too large for their respective boots.
In a country with sweltering heat and over 100 Crore population, you can hire 700 consultants for Rs. 70 Crore sweat equity. Tharoor got his message through MMS asking him to GO because he was wrong from the word go. Hence the attack on Tharoor from Left and Right !
Tharoor is the symbol of what is wrong with our so called elite. He took his job a little too seriously and concentrated too much on external affairs. He was simply too arrogant to see what was coming. So besotted was he with the beautiful Sunanda that he was ready to 'Push' her case at any cost. It was his belief that the 'Political Class' was not up to his mark and the 'Cattle Class' will not question him; that has brought his downfall ! Learn to conceal your arrogance Mr. Tharoor, India isn't UN!
We had Gautam Gambhir go on record about the 'Ordinary' Rajastan Royals. Now his extraordinary team consisting of extraordinary talents has joined Shilpa Shetty and Shane Warne's ordinary mortals in the pit of IPL ! A team boasting of names like Virendar Sehwag, David Warner, Tilakaratne Dilshan, Dinesh Karthik and Gambhir himself failed to chase down 145 runs.
Virendar Sehwag is known for wagging; both his tongue and the bat. But only Viru is capable of Sehwagging. Anyone else howsoever close to him, trying to emulate Viru will run out of breath soon. Gaudy Gauti has hopefully realized this! Warne played with ordinary men and still managed some exciting Cricket. Gambhir has done the exact opposite of that; he managed some ordinary cricket with exciting talents. So can we call this 'Extra-Ordinary' performance?
Gautam Gambhir will do well to shut his mouth and let his batting do everything during the upcoming T-20 World Cup and afterwords ! He has done that in the past with distinction and he should be able to do an encore. Here's wishing him and Team India all the best !
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