Format Changes..Fortune doesn't !

Feeling very dejected after watching India’s disastrous outing against Australia in first of the T-20 International. The script remained same only the characters were changed in this match. India suffered yet another humiliating 31 run loss against Australia in the Olympic Park Stadium. I would be really surprised if India gonna win one of the remaining match of the T-20 International. It is difficult to understand why India loses the plot every single time. Well no matter how much rant you show against Indian team, for them it doesn’t matter. But being an Indian I am not gonna lose faith on my team, I will still pray for that elusive win. Till then, enjoy life!!

India's Debacle In Australia !

After seeing the merciless beating of Indian cricket team firstly by the hands of England and then by Australia in test matches even the ardent fans of India has lost faith in the team. Everyone is shaken & stirred. Well I am also one of them, even I hadn’t expected such a scathing wrath on Indian team. Today was the 4 th day of final test between India v/s Australia and as usual India is staring at another humiliating defeat by the hands of Aussies. The Australians are just four wickets away from 4-0 whitewash. For Dhoni & Co. it would be straight eight losses on the trot in overseas. Indeed it is a very shameful chapter in the Indian test history. I hope this should be the last Australian tour of the Trinity’s of India’s batting - V V S Laxman, Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid. Selectors should not waste any more time in dropping these trios from national team. I am sure even these trios wouldn’t have wanted this tour to go like this. But after seeing India’s debacle in Australia, I think it is the right time to bid farewell to these guys. They have served Indian cricket more than enough, made more than enough money to survive and now they should themselves retire respectfully. Let the youth brigade of Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma take the reins from them. The only Indian who managed to salvage some pride of India in the batting department was Virat Kohli. He was the only batsman to score hundred against Aussies, I know this hundred came very late but at least it came. After proving his mettle in T-20 & One dayers, Virat Kohli again showed why he’s such an asset to the team. Surely he has bright future in test cricket also. The manner in which Indians played Down Under it is no doubt a strong wakeup call for selectors to think seriously about the future of Indian cricket team.

EPL- Election Premier League

As India is in process of selecting next government with the next general elections 2009, on the other hand Indian Premier League (IPL) is creating a storm in South Africa. A mad cricket crazy nation like India failed miserably by the hands of its own government to host this cash enriched league. Lame excuses were given by government to excuse themselves which are as follows:

· Inadequate security personnel
· Voter turnout will be low because of matches
· Fear of another terrorist attack

By stating these excuses, it seems government has surrendered itself in front of terrorists. With shifting of IPL out of India can be clearly seen as victory for the terrorists. But terrorists yet again failed to realize that it is not easy to generate the seeds of terror among 100 crore people. It’s been long 62 years since India got independent, but still we are fighting with the terrorism in our motherland. Now we want strong government which has capability of helping us to get rid of this global menace called TERRORISM. It’s a sincere request from my side to all Indians to go out and vote. Let’s hope this time we get that government which may perhaps heal our wounds and has excellent analytical mind for taking sensible decisions.