Entries from March 2007

March 26, 2007

India’s status in the cricketing world

There were some very interesting observations made by Amrit Mathur in the ‘Hindustan Times’ today. Some of them I would like to share with you.
“Indian cricket is a landline while the rest of the world has gone wireless.
It is still trapped in the Chitrahar/Krishidarshan days of DD when other channels have progressed to Saas Bahu [...]

March 25, 2007

No Security Alarms Buzzing Yet?

Has it occurred to anybody that even after Bob Woolmer’s murder nobody considered West Indies an unsafe venue for ODIs? In the subcontinent whenever there has been a bomb blast or some other incident even if it was far away from the venue of the game, hell breaks loose and ex-cricketers and managements start threatening [...]

March 25, 2007

Trying to be positive about India’s defeat

After being depressed for a while,  when India lost to Sri Lanka and couldn’t qualify for the Super Eights I tried to find something  positive about it. First thing I would enjoy Cricket more because there are no patriotic feelings involved and I can be objective and not emotional. I can appreciate Murali’s spin more [...]