This has made my morning, day and possibly the entire two days left before we fly off to Kolkata.
Via J. A. P., a Bong vents his feelings on ……who else, Sourav Ganguly (and his removal from the team two years ago).
BONGULY (its not in Bong, so everyone can enjoy).
[is there any way to d/l from [...]
Not exactly what De Coubertin envisaged (Image from New York Times).
The flame did not actually out ‘die out’, but had to be extinguished several times, as pro-Tibetian protesters disrupted the Paris leg of the Olympic torch relay. This was after similar protests in London (in addition to protests by Uighur Muslims in Istanbul) and certainly [...]
Speechless, we simply sit and shake our head in dismay:
(more on the Knight Riders here)
The comments section at the Youtube host site provides a good competition for Rediff. Enjoy gems such as:
This ad-vid is awesome!!! Ignoring the stupid commentaries that underestimate our king, I hope that to these boys all turns into gold. Is so [...]
I am positively excited; brimming - nay, overflowing - with anticipation and gutted by the intolerably long wait. I am figuratively salivating …………
……..because, ladies and gents, the greatest thing to happen to my old, beloved city since Parnab started gracing the quiz circuits, is here:
Yes ……. the Kinght Riders are coming - no nothing [...]
…..such as it is, will resume soon. As in posts/rants/reviews on topics other than cricket.
As the all-mighty Lord (apparently prodded by the Dictator, who for some peculiar reasons thinks much too highly of American Football) pointed out, this blog has been possessed by cricket in recent times.
Should we blame the partisan Aussie media? Should we [...]
Praveen Kumar, Piyush Chawla, Ishant Sharma, Rohit Sharma.
Names I had not even heard of before this Aussie summer. But names that should come up frequently if this recently concluded series is any indication.
And if people had told me back in January that this combination was going to win India its first ODI tournament in Australia [...]
We win the series. Who would have thunk ?
Possibly, the most touching moment:
Praveen Kumar is the Man of the Match for his four wickets and he looks a bit embarrassed, all beams he has to be taken on to the stage by his captain, Dhoni, a touching moment. He takes the cheque and runs [...]
While the Sydney Morning Herald continues to embarrass itself by its near apoplectic harping on the ’scartching’ non-issue (see the previous post), one of its writers, Greg Baum, cuts through the crap (via):
“There are a lot of young people sitting here, and it was inappropriate,” one spectator told The Age. “If he wants respect, he [...]
Updated: Here is the actual mp3 of the Hayden interview from Bisbane’s triple M (via). Apart from the comment on Harbhajan, Hayden mocks Ishant Sharma, mimicking an Indian accent, while inviting the 19-year old into a boxing ring. As I said, real classy behavior from one of the seniormost Australian players.
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Matthew Hayden, otherwise [...]
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, while he is at the crease, brandishes his bat like no other player in the game.
Depending on the stroke - almost always an unconventional one - he is playing, the bat transforms into a broom, or a shovel, or a tennis racket, or most often, a club (in fact, Dhoni will not [...]
India bowled well again, but Aussies bowled better, and Indian batsmen - inspite of the abscence of their tormentor Brett Lee - entered a competition for the best ‘deer caught in headlights’ routine. Quite fittingly, Australia won, even bagging the second bonus point in a row. Well played India, but congrats to the Aussies.
But [...]
Kudos to the Indian team - especially the young bowlers for pulling off a win yesterday over Australia, espcially for bowling them out for 159. The pitch was helpful to the bowlers, but far from a minefield and to dismiss the strong Aussies line-up cheaply requires special effort (more on the bowlers briefly).
There was a [...]
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