Last minute disarray continues...

Its heart breaking to see Indians lose in the dying moments of the game, this is happening for the ‘n’th time, not sure why this is not being addressed!

All the valiant efforts and spectacular displays got ruined in a minute, when we conceded a goal in the last minute...hmm horrible moment!

We go too defensive towards the final moments? Should we not employ an agressive approach towards the end?

Dravid messes it up at Mumbai!

Dravid’s decision to bat second in the Mumbai test has proved ominous as India is struggling to avoid the defeat with just 2 wickets in hand.

Knowing all the facts and statistics in Mumbai not sure why Dravid chose to field first, so far he was impressive and this one has proved to be costly as England will level the series.

Hmm, this make us think that things are planned and done sometimes...

Never say die, Kumble!

King of Kotla, Anil Kumble becomes the first among the Indians and the fifth bowler in the cricketing world to take 500 wickets.

Kumble is simply amazing, many say he does have the variety, turn, etcetera, etcetera; he had just silenced everyone on his way reaching this memorable milestone.

Kumble achieved this landmark in the Mohali test when he surprised the hulky Harimson with his flipper. In the process Kumble helped India beat England by 9 wickets to go up 1-0 in the TVS cup three test series, and also bagging the man of the match award.

Kumble is always a devastating bowler and the way he bowled in this test match was another treat to watch; especially the over he bowled to Flintoff who replaced Ian Bell was impeccable in line and length as the batsman had no clue of how the ball is behaving. Flintoff was totally off as he was comprehensively beaten 4 times in a span of 6 deliveries but he managed to live dangerously rather than his former Collingwood, who after few reprieves followed a Kumbles’ delivery to the safe hands of Dravid in the slips.

In almost all the major test wins for India, Kumble has played a significant role. He is the perfect fit to bowl in the Indian conditions, not even a Murali or Warne can do this here. It’s always going to wait, wait and watch for any loosener from Kumble; every single delivery is going to be lethal and the batsmen need hell out of concentration to negotiate an entire over, as Boycott puts it, “If I were batting against Kumble in India, I would just grab a single and get down to the other end as quickly as I could!”

Fondly called as Jumbo by teammates, Kumble holds a special place in my inspiration role models.

Kudos Kumble bhai!

sachin silences all the critics...

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Little master Sachin silenced all the critics by hitting a 100, 42 & 95 respectively in the

first 3 ODI's of the ongoing series between India and Pakistan.

Many cricketing brains literally offended Sachin, one in particular was Moin Khan who

portrayed that Sachin's carrier was all over and he is counting his days...how dare he can

say that?

Sachin made him eat his words just by scoring a century in the very first one-dayer, gave a

grand start for the run chase in the second ODI with Shewag, and played a highly matured and

responsible innings of 95, so that Dhoni and Yuvraj can climb on the platform set...what

else he needs to show to show his presence???

The way he had handled the pressure in the last match was something treat to watch, the way

he negotiated the seaming deliveries, the way he kept scoring boundaries consistently to

keep the runrate, certainly the master alone can do it...

Hope Moin should shut his mouth hereafter and keeps praying all the time ...

Poor Bowlers !

Pakistan 679/7d

India 403/0 (75.0 ov) India RR: 5.37

Recent Overs: . . . 4 . 1 | . 4 . 1 1 1 | 4 . . . . N. N1 . |

The above is the score details on the 4th day of the first test at Lahore where India battles Pakistan.

The scores clearly depict the kind of pitch, not sure why Pakistan with more quickies goes for a flat track that too with the likes of Akthar, hmm, poor pitch preparation. Even for the series against England there was lot of critics about the pitch, this kinda pitch not even suitable for a one day match, poor bowlers! Anyways it has helped our explosive Shewag to find his touch, 247 at the strike rate of 102 something amazing which is only possible by Shewag.

The stage is set ...

The stage is set for the three tests Allianz series and the cricket fever grips Pakistan and India.

India will take on Pakistan tomorrow at Lahore for the first test. Though there are already hypes that Pakistan has slightly upper edge over India as they are more organized than the previous time, they should remember that India clinched the test series 2-1 and the and one day series 3-2 in 2004, and its tough to beat India as the team is more matured and looks pretty strong in all the departments. One extra Pakistan have is the advantage of the Rawalpindi express, Shoaib Akthar.

Today there was some interesting duels within contests listed in The Hindu, making one against one, which has put our ‘Wall Dravid’ against the ‘Speedster Shoaib’. In my view he (Shoaib) is the only threat to our batsmen, that too if the early overs are negotiated I don’t think its tough to handle him, apart from that the reverse swing might be in action, otherwise its going to be a normal bowling attack. It will be on how our batsmen are going to flare up. With the likes of Shewag, who can give the turbo-charged opening along with Gambir might even put Shoaib in tougher times. Then it’s going to be the Wall, that is highly impassable and they’re after our little master Sachin, whom I expect a lot in this series.

Other batsmen in the line should be ideally Yuvraj, to bolster the batting strength, but it seems Saurav might find his place in the team, undue pressure for Dravid to include him, that’s Indian Cricket.

King of Kotla !!!

Another great inspiring personality and fighter till death is Anil Kumble, the King of Kotla. Hope everyone of us remember this (Feroz Shah Kotla) is the place where Kumble reached the feat of taking the entire 10 wickets in an innings to provide India a thumping win over the Pakistanis.

Kumble spear headed the Indian attack again in the same grounds to devastate the Sri Lankans with some splendid, accurate bowling. He ended up capturing a total of 10 wickets helping India to beat the Sri Lankans comprehensively. His favorite hunting ground has earned him the name, “King of Kotla”.

Kumble also registered a world record in this test by holding on to Attapatu’s return catch, and become the only bowler to make maximum number of caught and bowled, which reads 25 as of now.

Century 35 !

A big landmark was achieved by our Little Master Sachin, at the Feroz Shah Kotla grounds, Delhi, where India registered an authoritative victory defeating the Sri Lankans by a margin of 180 + runs.

Sachin made a well deserved hundred after quite a bit of hard work, his Century no 35, and currently this stands as the highest number of test centuries scored by anyone in the cricketing world. Earlier Gavaskar held this record for a long time with his 34 centuries.

In today’s world Sachin is the only cricketer to have crossed 10,000 runs in both forms of cricket, and I wish he breaks Lara’s record soon.

Keep it going Sachin! Every Indian is proud of you!!