Black day for Indian cricket

Yesterday (27.12.09) will have to be labelled as a Black day for Indian cricket, as claimed by reputed newspapers, news channels etc, in other words the Media. This time the dig on media continues because the way they projected this was really humorous.

Well, the exact reason was that one odd ball from an Indian pace bowler bounced way above usual height and the pitch was deemed to be useless and declared as unfit for play due to non preparation adequately.

This happened at the time when Indian's were removing the shit out of the Lankan's who were reeling at 83 for the loss of 5 wickets. One of the wicket included a really spectacular one handed throw at the stumps to get rid of a Lankan without the aid of the replay.

Suddenly, the spectators were bedazzled when players left the field after discussion by the umpires and then began this funny conversation between a news correspondent and an expert Saba Karim (former Indian player)



Correspondent (C): Saba ji, aapka swagat hai, yeh bataiye ki hua kya hai, aakhir kyon match ko radh kar diya gaya hai

Saba (S): Well aaa, match ke shuru mein yeh andaaza nahi laga paye the ki pitch mein kitna uchal hai, aurrrrra captains ko bhi iski ummeed nahi thi.

C: Toh is baat ke liye kise doshi maana jaye, BCCI (Board of Cricket control India) ya phir DDCA (Delhi district cricket association)

S: Dekhiye, ye toh kehna muskil hoga, BCCI ki alag committeee banayi gayi hai jo sirf pitch ko dekhti hai aur pass ya fail karti hai. etc etc fart fart...........
Par yeh kehna muskil hai ki dosh kiska hai

Not satisfied , the correspondent frames the question differently

C: DDCA pitch tayyar karne ke zimmedar hain, kya inhe doshi theraya jasakta hai

S: Dekhiye, DDCA ne apni taraf se pitch tayyar ki hai par BCCI ke jo adhikari hain jinhe "pitch committee" kaha jaata hai, unki zimmedari hoti hai ke pitch ka jayasa le aur sahi report pesh karen.

At this point, S is not aware of C's intentions to find the culprit and blame him solely. S is merrily being the expert and offering grey solutions to the problem. C is now wild at this point of time and will try once before giving up.

C: Kya action lena chaiye aapke anusar?

S: Dekhiye, abhi toh yeh kehna mushkil hai, aaaa, mere khayal se BCCI ko apni committee par dhyann dena chaiye aur system checks rakhne chaiye ke aisi galti phir na ho. Unko apna system fit karna padega. Jahan tak DDCA ka sawal hai, toh unko bhi khel ke niyamon ke anusar apna kaam karna padegaa.......blah, blah, fart...etc.

Now, I got really pissed and switched off the Television to look for better avenues like walking on a half moonlit street and enjoying the winter!!
Just chill, chill just chillllllllllllllll...........

Rejuvenation

Had a blast last week and watched "Avatar" at our very own multiplex in Gandhidham. But before that, had a nice massage and heartache while travelling from Mundra to Gandhidham. The experience was like never before, a raging bus carrying 20 passengers, one driver, one conductor, 6 tyres, one engine, one rear axle, one front axle, 50 ltrs of diesel in a shoddy container, around 1000 nuts and bolts, sheet metal moulded for seats and a grill which prevents passengers from reaching the driver.
Hell, wonder if the grill would not have been there, nobody would have spared the driver for the bumpy roller coaster ride.
Eventually, curses galore just could not prevent the experience. An amazing two hour ride for just Rs 30/-, wonderful isnt it?
Coming to avatar, I wish it would have been a true story, it is true in a sense but non nature lovers would make no sense of it. May be, James Cameroon should have included scenes from the cartoon "Captain planet" or the movie "the Matrix" to incorporate the dangers of losing precious natural resources. But, a commendable effort by him. Not everyone will be impressed by the movie but sooner or later, the theme of this movie will inevitably be the future.

The timing is just right, hope the swines negotiating a 'Climate change protocol' in Copenhagen watch this movie to justify how they want our future to be.
Folks, unfortunately, our future lies in their hands. Especially somebody like me from a developing country. So, this famous dialogue from the Matrix holds false for me:

Morpheus: "Tell me Neo, do you believe in fate"

Neo: "No, I dont, I am not comfortable with the idea that someone is controlling us"

Morpheus: "I know exactly what you mean"

Hail Copenhagen. Sayonara.

Scooby Doo, Where are you????

Scooby dooby dooooo was the instant reply to the question. Wish I could tell the same. Its been almost 2 months since the last blog post and suddenly, I am out of ideas regarding the subject.

No TV, no newspaper, nothing to speak about. This post is turning out to be such a rude one that people who read it will never visit this website again. But, have to take such risks and the mission should be accomplished.

So, started with reading other's blogs. Two of my favorites, one by Rakesh Jhunjhunwala and the other by my IIT friend Amrit vatsa. Surprisingly, an avid blogger like Vatsa posted his last story after a 15 day interval. I dont see any blog updates by others too. May be, occassional writing is the mantra. But, occassional, not such a long interval.

Surely, will be back with more once I settle down (the one after marriage). Till then, as Sharukh said (Movie: Om shanti Om)

"Picture abhi baaki hai mere dost"