Oasis? probably not..

   Team India finally registered its first win overseas after defeating Australia in a t20 match. After the win though, when members of  team India were still seen carrying around dismal faces, one of the reporters asked the same to the team captain MS Dhoni, he said that the team had forgotten how it felt to win a match overseas and that it was ''definitely sinking in''. Don't know about the feeling, but the team definitely sank in the next one dayer against Australia.

THE 'R' policy

    MS Dhoni stressed on the Rotation policy which in reality was more of a Raina-Rohit policy and which included the rotation of senior players to allow Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina virtually a fixed spot in the side. From the word go, Dhoni seemed to have this underlying issue with the senior players, and has been regularly taking potshots on them, the latest one being how Sachin, Sehwag and Gambhir leak about 20 runs owing to their fielding. But wait, Gambhir isn't even that senior. This statement from Dhoni comes directly after running Gambhir out in the 90's. I think Dhoni has started disliking Gambhir. MS, i am pretty sure the feeling is mutual.
   " You aren't getting any younger yourself. " Sehwag was seen almost protesting to MS. The next you know out of nowhere, MS drags Sehwag by the neck into a room only to come out a good couple of hours later. It's official. Sehwag is sitting out the next match due to *back spasms*.

Dhoni the new Chanderpaul?

     While everybody else is pretty much focussed on how mighty a finisher MS Dhoni is, it hasn't gone past me that even though he might have taken the team through, he isn't batting particularly fast. This tour, his scores of 44(58), 58(69) and 56(84) clearly suggest strike rates well below 100 i.e not amounting to even run a ball. At this point, you might be thinking '' But he gets the job done?" So for now THAT is the only reason i prefer to shut up and wait. As much as i hate to say it, he WILL FAIL one day (lose his wicket while trying to accelerate the score; both the teams and his). And that day, his stats wouldn't be too different from Chanderpaul.

losing it.

Adieu to ODI ?

    Ricky Ponting has been dropped from the ODI team in what could very well be a fullstop to his career. "When you fail against a team like India, you obviously can't continue" one of the authorites was heard telling.
   Sachin Tendulkar is in a similar position career-wise and if it wasn't for the quest of his 100th ton, he would have been out a long time ago. A guaranteed way for Sachin to get to that ton would be if somehow he were to play against India.  
Sachin's plight is no different from a download that has stuck to 99%. So close.Yet So far.

One hit wonder?

Richard levi. Kinda like a fat Ab de Villiers.

   South African newbie Richard Levi created history Sunday night by hitting the quickest ton in the history of t20s surpassing the Gayle storm. He remained unbeaten on 117 off 51 balls as he made a mockery of the run-chase hitting as many as 13 sixes ( another record ) and thus downing Brendon McCullum's New Zealand. I hope atleast this guy lasts longer than the previous Loots Bosman, Morne van wyk or even a Herschelle Gibbs for that matter.

 Signing off.

Sigh..

Australia vs India, sydney test, day 3

And it happened. Yet another record has been created against India. This time its michael clarke who's done it which probably adds insult to injury. I'll sum up what i feel about the whole deal in one word: "DISGUST"

Okay how shit must you be that michael clarke hits you about 200 runs in just one day in a test match. But wait, this isn't the first time something like this happened. You know something is horribly wrong with your team when someone's hitting you a 200 odd on your every goddamn tour. Whats worse is that its pretty much the first time for these batsmen. Mccullum, Cook, Pietersen, Kallis, and now Clarke. In fact Darren Bravo must be kicking himself for missing out on one himself.

Some wise ass said Indians will have to be willing to look ugly if they were to salvage this test. But i don't think this is what he meant :

bravo!

Personally i feel India lost the plot when they let Clarke get to not 100, not 200 but 3 fucking hundred ! India must stop kidding themselves here and start preparing for the next test. And although the chances are slim, i wouldn't be too surprised if Sachin Tendulkar gets to that hundredth ton this test . Everyone is already like c'mon dude get on with it. That thing was interesting probably like a decade ago. Move on now?

In other news, Kallis and Abraham Benjamin de Villiers kicked off a run fest against Sri lanka. While Kallis hit a double ton, AB as always was more than happy to play second fiddle and remained unbeaten on 160 as South africa declared at 580/4.

..also notice AB in the background

Personally i think the declaration could have been a deal between Kallis and Graeme smith so as to prevent AB from upstaging the former,otherwise the way AB was hitting he would have got there soon. But i do not wish to go further into that. AB is happy, i couldn't care less.  
Correction: AB is always happy, a little disappointed sometimes maybe, but yeah always happy.

Enough, AB! Somebody stop him!

Anyways, speaking of a double ton, who can forget..
 

\m/

                                                                               and

lol

as sehwag got to the double ton, this guy couldn't hold himself and ran to him with a bouquet. That's affection for you. Sternly sending him back without giving a fuck, now that's Sehwag for you.

Further, a couple of tweets by 'team mate' Graeme Swann have turned into a major embarrassment for Stuart Broad (not including those feminine jokes everybody repeatedly cracks at him). he tweeted

" Not such a big thank you to @StuartBroad8 who just popped into my room for a suspiciously short time then disappeared leaving an iffy odour. "

             " I don't believe in dropping ones shopping then scarpering. I believe you should stay and endure the sulphurous stink. "

 Hahaha. Barbie's cuteness has taken a beating maybe. And Graeme Swann, I think it's time someone genuinely considered giving him a role as Sheldon's long lost twin on Big Bang Theory.

So long.

Australia vs india, 2nd test, Sydney, ' The Curious Case of Virat kohli's middle finger '

going by what i have seen in the ongoing test between India and Australia, i can only say one thing
>> '' THE VISITORS ARE SO SCREWED.. '' <<

Its no surprise how many out of form players can quickly recover playing just a game against India.But you 've got to hand it to team India. They do so much for the game of cricket. You take out a buried skeleton of any ex cricketer and make it bat against India, it will score, BIG!
Ricky ponting has been one such cricketer who always seems to have kept his best game for India.Yes just like Mahela Jayawardene or a Matt Prior maybe, its a big list. Coming back to the game,


                                      Somebody stop this son of a bitch! ( apparently his nickname is pup so the 'son of a bitch' thing is justified, eh?)

orgasmic puppy

It is never a good thing to see Ishant Sharma trying to sledge his way to a wicket but this, THIS IS INTERESTING!

Virat kohli giving a finger to the crowd at Sydney.

Whose the villain? Yes you are..you are...