After a very very long wait of more than a year, Sachin finally finds the answer to life, the universe and everything.. With his 42nd ODI century coming up, he looks better than ever, and is still capable of sending the world champions running for covers..
And last Sunday, the 2nd March gave us a second good news, the U-19 WC win.. This clearly means the age of the Aussies is over.. The time of Indians has begun!!
The find of the season. Cricket in India has found its latest heroes, the kind who are putting the world champions into a tight spot, again and again..
One has only to watch Ishant bowl to Ponting to believe the talent that this young man has. So much so that Ponting has gone on record praising the young gun.. On the other hand, Rohit Sharma's contribution may not be well hyped, but his stands in the recent games with the skipper have saved India from batting collapse many a times.
It is on these young men that I pin my hopes of restoring the pride in 2011, after the mauling in the Caribbean last year.
There is every reason for India to withdraw from the ongoing Border-Gavaskar trophy.. The series has been clearly undone for India by extremely poor umpiring, not to mention the uncorroborated racial abuse slur against the team..
What is known as a gentle-man's game is not so anymore : the Australians displayed scant respect for the rules of the game.. Symonds was given not out in the first innings on 30, and he went on to score 162.. And after that, he went off to tell the press he was indeed out on 30.. Why did he not walk off the field?? Where was his conscience.. This dismissal appeal apart, there were a dozen other umpiring errors, that went mostly against India. Whats the point in playing when you know you cant get a fair deal anyway..
India has been at the receiving end of umpiring errors for quite some time, in particular from Steve Bucknor, and its time the board that generates most of crickets money puts it foot down to ask for a fair share..
And next comes the racial slur against Symonds.. Apparently, Bhajji called him a monkey, and that constitutes an abuse based on descent, I suppose.. Well, there is no proof except for the word of his team, whose integrity is anyway in question..
The one man, who maintained his composure throughout all this ruckus, and managed to come clean is the Indian skipper. Fabulous performances with both the bat and the ball, he went on to say "Its just a game after all".
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