Oh !!! I didn't know that the Duckworth-Lewis method can ever become helpful for the side batting first.... Well..... With pretty impressive bowling and fielding put up by the Indian side, it was nearly impossible for the Englishmen to clinch victory in this match.....
Actually, I was in train and couldn't watch the game live on the idiot-box.... Although, i've been listening to the radio commentary, but one can't exactly visualise what actually happens.....
Talking about the match, although India made 166/4, England were given a revised target of 198 in 22 overs.... But thats not a big score keeping the Twenty-20 format in mind.... They still had 10 wickets in hand and they had to play just 22 overs.... Even then, they could only score 178/8....
Yeah !!! India won the match by 19 runs (D/L) and the 7-match series 4-0. It were the seamers and the fielders that helped India win..... The seamer trio (Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Munaf Patel) picking up 2 wickets each and Harbhajan Singh getting one wicket, all of them at almost regular intervals, kept the required run rate always high from the reach of the English batsmen.... The top scorer in the English innings was Owais Shah who slammed 72 off just 48 deliveries with 9 fours and 3 over the rope.... Tendulkar picked up a fine catch off Zaheer's bowling and showed him the way to the pavilion....
Sehwag was adjudged the 'Man of the Match' for his brilliant knock....
Well.... Winning the series isn't enough.... Is it? Winning it 7-0 makes a hell lot of difference.....
Buck up India !!!
Monday, November 24, 2008
Sunday, November 23, 2008
When Rain God decides to play Rain Devil - Part 2
I didn't know I'd be writing a post so early.... It hasn't been an hour since i wrote a post.... Well this is just a sequel to what i posted earlier.....
Yeah its about the India-England cricket match..... The match was further reduced to 22 overs a side.... India scored 166/4 in the 22 overs.... Thats 40 runs in the last 5 overs (8 an over !!!) The match is now more like Twenty-20 !!!
Do hell with the Duckworth-Lewis rule..... In my view it should be renamed 'Rain Devil Rule'..... England now have the edge in the game as they know with what rate they have to score runs.... India didn't know this.... FCUK Mr Duckworth and FCUK Mr Lewis.... I don't know what the rule means and what fcuking calculations does it says.....
Well the English team definitely has the upper hand in this game....
WHATEVER !!!
I still hope that India decides the fate of this series in this match itself.....
Yeah its about the India-England cricket match..... The match was further reduced to 22 overs a side.... India scored 166/4 in the 22 overs.... Thats 40 runs in the last 5 overs (8 an over !!!) The match is now more like Twenty-20 !!!
Do hell with the Duckworth-Lewis rule..... In my view it should be renamed 'Rain Devil Rule'..... England now have the edge in the game as they know with what rate they have to score runs.... India didn't know this.... FCUK Mr Duckworth and FCUK Mr Lewis.... I don't know what the rule means and what fcuking calculations does it says.....
Well the English team definitely has the upper hand in this game....
WHATEVER !!!
I still hope that India decides the fate of this series in this match itself.....
When Rain God decides to play Rain Devil
First of all..... Sincere apologies for not posting anything for 5 days..... But i can justify it..... I was busy travelling and attending weddings..... And i was damn tired !!! During this 5 day gap, there were a few occassions on which i wanted to write a post, namely Weddings (in general) among others.... And ya, there was a 'Why Me' kinda experience too..... But due to lack of time (and stamina of course) i resisted myself from posting anything..... Well i've already apologised....
Keeping apologies apart, lets talk about Cricket !!! Rain God is today impressed by his own darker side and is playing Rain Devil.... The fourth One Day International (in short :: ODI) in Bengalooru (formerly :: Bangalore) has been halted twice due to rains..... There was a change in the Indian playing XI with Sachin Tendulkar replacing Rohit Sharma. England retained the same team that played in Kanpur.....
English captain Kevin Pietersen won the toss and decided to bowl in this Day-and-Night match.... Virender Sehwag and Tendulkar opened the Indian batting.... India got a strong start with Viru slamming a boundary off James Anderson's ball..... He followed this one with many more. But Tendulkar, who's making a re-entry in the Indian ODI side after 8 long months, found it a bit difficult to match him from the other end.... Ultimately the legend from 'Aamchi Mumbai' fell to Stuart Broad when the latter's moving ball hit the off-stump.... Tendulkar scored 11.... Gauti came in at number 3.... Both of them played some nice shots till the game halted for the first time when India's score was 82/1 in 14 overs.... The play was stopped for more than an hour..... The match was then reduced to 44-overs a side..... Viru and Gauti picked up from where they had left.... But the covers were on again with just 3 more overs played, 17 in all.... India were at 106/1 at the time of posting this blog..... At this point of the game, Sehwag was at 61 off 53 balls with 9 fours and 2 sixes and Gambhir scored 30 in 28 calls with 6 fours....
With the 'Rain God' or should I say 'Rain Devil' allowing, the match would resume and I want India to continue the winning streak to clinch the series in this match itself....
I'm writing this piece of post sitting in the train, on my way back to home from Mumbai, with 4 foreign tourists (all from different countries.... Good !!!) so with a hope that i'd write a 'Travelogue' post within no time, i'll stop here.....
Hoping that India wins !!!
Cheers for the 'Men in Blue'....
Keeping apologies apart, lets talk about Cricket !!! Rain God is today impressed by his own darker side and is playing Rain Devil.... The fourth One Day International (in short :: ODI) in Bengalooru (formerly :: Bangalore) has been halted twice due to rains..... There was a change in the Indian playing XI with Sachin Tendulkar replacing Rohit Sharma. England retained the same team that played in Kanpur.....
English captain Kevin Pietersen won the toss and decided to bowl in this Day-and-Night match.... Virender Sehwag and Tendulkar opened the Indian batting.... India got a strong start with Viru slamming a boundary off James Anderson's ball..... He followed this one with many more. But Tendulkar, who's making a re-entry in the Indian ODI side after 8 long months, found it a bit difficult to match him from the other end.... Ultimately the legend from 'Aamchi Mumbai' fell to Stuart Broad when the latter's moving ball hit the off-stump.... Tendulkar scored 11.... Gauti came in at number 3.... Both of them played some nice shots till the game halted for the first time when India's score was 82/1 in 14 overs.... The play was stopped for more than an hour..... The match was then reduced to 44-overs a side..... Viru and Gauti picked up from where they had left.... But the covers were on again with just 3 more overs played, 17 in all.... India were at 106/1 at the time of posting this blog..... At this point of the game, Sehwag was at 61 off 53 balls with 9 fours and 2 sixes and Gambhir scored 30 in 28 calls with 6 fours....
With the 'Rain God' or should I say 'Rain Devil' allowing, the match would resume and I want India to continue the winning streak to clinch the series in this match itself....
I'm writing this piece of post sitting in the train, on my way back to home from Mumbai, with 4 foreign tourists (all from different countries.... Good !!!) so with a hope that i'd write a 'Travelogue' post within no time, i'll stop here.....
Hoping that India wins !!!
Cheers for the 'Men in Blue'....
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Ind-YEAH !!!!
First Rajkot...... now Indore..... The creators of the Gentlemen's Game (read :: England) have bowed down to the young Dhoni brigade (read :: Team India)
On the starting note, this match was considered out of India's reach..... at a time when India had lost 3 precious wickets at a mere score of 29..... Then enter Yuvraj Singh aka Yuvi, the hero of Rajkot..... He, alongwith Gautam Gambhir, stood for the wicket and made a much needed 134-runs stand..... Gauti stands like Rahul Dravid..... He not only stands but also hits the ball like hell..... He's an aggressive 'Wall'..... There was a time when people thought the scoreboard will read past 300.... But then the English bowlers struck again....
It would be partial if I don't mention the innings of the elder of the Pathan siblings, Yusuf Pathan...... His unbeaten knock of 50 in just 29 balls took the score to 292-9..... Another plus-point with Pathan's firebrand fifty was the bowling of Yuvi & Viru..... This pair of not-so-regular bowlers picked up a total of 7 wickets....
Yuvraj scored a 118 off 122 balls with 15 fours and 2 sixes.... His bowling figures read 10-0-28-4 (thats 10 overs - 0 maidens - 28 runs - 4 wickets) Sehwag who couldn't score from bat (1 run off 4 balls) struck with the ball... The bowling figures of 5-0-28-3 says it all.... Its a welcome change in Indian cricket that the top order batsman giving all-round performance..... Another change that will pave the way for becoming the superpower of Cricket.....
Talking about England, they couldn't cash on the early successes..... They might not have won, but there was a clear improvement, especially in the bowling side.... Stuart Broad (bowling figures :: 10-1-55-4) created a lot of trouble for the Indian batting line-up.... Flintoff also posed a threat with his good-length bowling.... Rest of the bowlers still need to match up with the improvement of these two..... And the batsmen still have a long way to go.....
With a 2-0 lead, India has the upper hand in the series.... But with some more superior performances from both the sides, I hope to see some nail-biting finishes..... and obviously India's win....!!!
I feel like saying.....
On the starting note, this match was considered out of India's reach..... at a time when India had lost 3 precious wickets at a mere score of 29..... Then enter Yuvraj Singh aka Yuvi, the hero of Rajkot..... He, alongwith Gautam Gambhir, stood for the wicket and made a much needed 134-runs stand..... Gauti stands like Rahul Dravid..... He not only stands but also hits the ball like hell..... He's an aggressive 'Wall'..... There was a time when people thought the scoreboard will read past 300.... But then the English bowlers struck again....
It would be partial if I don't mention the innings of the elder of the Pathan siblings, Yusuf Pathan...... His unbeaten knock of 50 in just 29 balls took the score to 292-9..... Another plus-point with Pathan's firebrand fifty was the bowling of Yuvi & Viru..... This pair of not-so-regular bowlers picked up a total of 7 wickets....
Yuvraj scored a 118 off 122 balls with 15 fours and 2 sixes.... His bowling figures read 10-0-28-4 (thats 10 overs - 0 maidens - 28 runs - 4 wickets) Sehwag who couldn't score from bat (1 run off 4 balls) struck with the ball... The bowling figures of 5-0-28-3 says it all.... Its a welcome change in Indian cricket that the top order batsman giving all-round performance..... Another change that will pave the way for becoming the superpower of Cricket.....
Talking about England, they couldn't cash on the early successes..... They might not have won, but there was a clear improvement, especially in the bowling side.... Stuart Broad (bowling figures :: 10-1-55-4) created a lot of trouble for the Indian batting line-up.... Flintoff also posed a threat with his good-length bowling.... Rest of the bowlers still need to match up with the improvement of these two..... And the batsmen still have a long way to go.....
With a 2-0 lead, India has the upper hand in the series.... But with some more superior performances from both the sides, I hope to see some nail-biting finishes..... and obviously India's win....!!!
I feel like saying.....
Come on India.... Baja do England ki Band...!!!
Friday, November 14, 2008
The Great Indian 'Kavita'
Yippee !!! Exams are over..... So i'm a bit relieved now.... And i'm on a trot.... (not exactly a trot....) to Nakoda-ji, a Jain pilgrim centre in Rajasthan..... And there was a grand 'Kavi Sammelan' (english translation :: Poetry Recitation) organised for the night..... With all kinds of 'kavis' (read :: poets) reciting their creations, one can not sleep (not coz of the love for literature..... but coz of the large amount of noise created....) Though i'm not the one who likes the 'kavis' and their 'kavitas' (i'll use the Hindi words..... for the feelings....) much, i decided to attend the 'Kavi Sammelan' rather than cursing the poets and organisers for caring a damn about my sleep.... One can't sleep with that kinda noise being generated less than two hundred meters away..... and courtesy the modern inventions (read :: microphones & speakers) i was having a surround sound experience..... Huh !
Anyways it was a nice experience since i couldn't sleep..... The invited poets (and poetesses..... * i'm not anti-feminist) were so good that i was glued for almost 5 hours in the midnight..... There were a few of the poems which touched my heart..... Really.... I was assured that the decent and real poetry is still alive.....
Talking in general terms, the poets and their creations have stoop to such low standards, that the charm of the 'Kavi Sammelans' has almost been lost.... But this one recreated that charm in the minds of the people..... at least those present there, including me.... One of the poets narrated this incident. He attended one such 'Kavi Sammelan' where Mr Amitabh Bachchan was also invited.... Big B listened to all the poets.... In the end, he commented :
(for those who don't know, Amitabh Bachchan's father Harivansh Rai Bachchan was a great poet....)
This statement of the superstar clearly indicates the downfall of the great Indian 'kavita'..... Its not only the poets who are to be blamed, actually everything works on the 'Demand-and-Supply' rule.... What we want is what we get..... So on a larger perspective, the listeners are much more responsible for the degradation of the great Indian 'kavita'....
The list of the invited 'kavis' was quite impressive..... There were 'kavis' from all over the country.... All of them were quite awesome.... Since it was a pilgrimage centre, lewd and double-meaning (in short :: cheap & degraded) 'kavitas' were obviously out of question.... So that was a great thing.... Only nice 'kavitas' were allowed.... All of them were great.... Some of them were excellent pieces of work.... Some of them damn emotional & sentimental..... Some of them were filled with the colours of patriotism..... The comments on day to day life..... on the politics and politicians.....
In short, sacrificing my sleep was the least i can do to witness such a nice event.... Isn't it?
I wish i could've posted some of the masterpieces here, but then i thought, its their creation & posting someone else's creation isn't right..... On this note, I leave you with these beautiful lines promoting Vegetarianism.... (i liked them so much that i couldn't resist writing them here....)
(english translation ::
"If you'll become a Vegetarian....
Then Animals and Birds will be thankful to you....")
Anyways it was a nice experience since i couldn't sleep..... The invited poets (and poetesses..... * i'm not anti-feminist) were so good that i was glued for almost 5 hours in the midnight..... There were a few of the poems which touched my heart..... Really.... I was assured that the decent and real poetry is still alive.....
Talking in general terms, the poets and their creations have stoop to such low standards, that the charm of the 'Kavi Sammelans' has almost been lost.... But this one recreated that charm in the minds of the people..... at least those present there, including me.... One of the poets narrated this incident. He attended one such 'Kavi Sammelan' where Mr Amitabh Bachchan was also invited.... Big B listened to all the poets.... In the end, he commented :
"If this is poetry, i wonder what my father did....
And if my father did poetry, then i'm wondering what is this??"
(for those who don't know, Amitabh Bachchan's father Harivansh Rai Bachchan was a great poet....)
This statement of the superstar clearly indicates the downfall of the great Indian 'kavita'..... Its not only the poets who are to be blamed, actually everything works on the 'Demand-and-Supply' rule.... What we want is what we get..... So on a larger perspective, the listeners are much more responsible for the degradation of the great Indian 'kavita'....
The list of the invited 'kavis' was quite impressive..... There were 'kavis' from all over the country.... All of them were quite awesome.... Since it was a pilgrimage centre, lewd and double-meaning (in short :: cheap & degraded) 'kavitas' were obviously out of question.... So that was a great thing.... Only nice 'kavitas' were allowed.... All of them were great.... Some of them were excellent pieces of work.... Some of them damn emotional & sentimental..... Some of them were filled with the colours of patriotism..... The comments on day to day life..... on the politics and politicians.....
In short, sacrificing my sleep was the least i can do to witness such a nice event.... Isn't it?
I wish i could've posted some of the masterpieces here, but then i thought, its their creation & posting someone else's creation isn't right..... On this note, I leave you with these beautiful lines promoting Vegetarianism.... (i liked them so much that i couldn't resist writing them here....)
"यदि आप शाकाहारी होंगे.....
तो पशु पक्षी आप के आभारी होंगे...."
(english translation ::
"If you'll become a Vegetarian....
Then Animals and Birds will be thankful to you....")
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