Twenty Twagon begins

today in a schedule which would see India playing just 2 tests in next 6 months thus fuelling its critics that it doesnt take Tests serious any more.

Thats not true.  India has  toured every test playing nation in last 3 years. Windies in 2006, England in 2007, SA in 2006, Australia in 2007-08, Pakistan in 2006, SL in 2008 and NZ in 2009.  The cycle starts soon next year when India tours Saffa.

Back to the Twenty 20, the campaign today would be the beginning of the mission to get the crown back in 2010.

SL may be the finalists of the last campaign, but today they stand bruised and battered.

Good thing for them is that Slinga Linga returns.

Bad thing for them is Murali doesnt play T20.

Good thing for India is Gambhir returns.  Bad thing is that Rohit Sharma returns along side Suresh Raina, the 2 lads that live the life T20 way.

SL are bruised team right now. Sangakara is a tired man. He has spoke enough on how his team lost. I promise that after the 2nd T20, he would not have any thing more to speak and by the end of the ODIs (1-4) he would go with tape on his mouth.

Windies need to declare asap

Australia's record of 9 wins against Windies at home since 2000 wont be broken since today morning WI are playing Sri Lankan brand of cricket. They are looking for a safe score on a pitch where the highest score made in 4th innings was 233 in recent years.

Gayle has been keeping restraint when he has to go all out in Sehwag way.

If Windies declare and ask Australia to chase 335 odd runs and lose, they would be brave. But if they score 360 odd runs and fall short of a victory, they would be called cowards.

History is beckoning them and now its upto them how they take it.

Turning point for Indian victory

The turning point of the series was the runathon of Lankans in the first test when they went for another record and in the process gave away chance to put pressure on under confident and tired Indians and bowl them out.

After that to save the game, VS scored a 50, Lankans dropped him, VS moved on with scoring 100 and a 200 and Lankans kept cribbing over those decisions which they thought were theirs.

They never recovered and Indians went all over the place thumping the minnow bashers 2-0.

This is the 3rd successive series win for India at home when they haven't dropped a single Test. 

SL cribs on the number of Tests they play and on the FTP. Who schedules their tours ? They frequently tour to Bangladesh and host them in the search for easy records.  And when they lose to the strong teams, they crib citing that they dont get to play in strong teams that often.

Count number of times they have travelled to BD since 2002 and how many times they have gone to SA. They played a 3 Test series in Australia in 1995-96 and since then have travelled just 2 times in 2004 and 2007 for 2 Test series.

Problem of priorities ?

UDRS

World opposes it. Sangakara wants it cos thats what he feels could win the Tests and save the cost on the runs. Nobody except this loser have asked UDRS to continue.

Sangakara speaks crap

as expected on his series loss. The UDRS he says should have been there and as per him that would have made the difference. He is a sore loser. He is good enough to beat minnows and then do a war cry loud and high on the roof top speaking how good team he has only to find thumped royally next time he goes out of the docile lands of SL stadiums which are tailor made to suit Lankan spinners.

"The decisions cost us over 500 runs and put us under a lot of pressure. Had the DRS been there, it might have been different. All other Tests sides are using the review system. This series didn’t have it and it was certainly a handicap"

What the heck his good bowlers were for ? Keeping to cry over those decisions that did not come to him, does he have guts to challenge the likes of Kulasekra, Walagedra and Muralitharan to check their strategies and their failures ? The failures of Samarweera, himself, Blabba king and so forth ? Go find answers for the loss in your team man!!

Stop speaking your shit.

"But not to have the review system when every other side in the world is using the review system, it becomes an extra handicap and it cost us quite a huge amount of runs in the last two Tests.

"This series is probably the best advertisement for having the review system when decisions cost us over 500 runs and a lot of wickets."

UDRS was the sole reason for the 26 wkts Mendis got last year and there after he has been nullified.   Good teams take the negative decisions their stride and then further create opportunities. What did Sangakara's team do ? Nothing. played negative brand of cricket which their forefather, the fat man taught them.

 

This team should not be invited to play any cricket in India. They are the brand of negative cricket all over the world.

 

And Mahi hits it rt on the nail :

 

"The system has its own advantages and disadvantages. If we were at the receiving end, I would say its not good. At the same time if your spinners get wickets because of the review system you tend to be on its favoured side. "

 

Grow up Sangakara and SL.

WE ARE THE BEST TEST PLAYING NATION

India are 2 wkts away from the numero uno ranking in the Tests. And how sweet it sounds. Gives a huge high and a valid one for the hard work the team has put up in this decade.

Constant beatings of Australia has led the team to this point where we can proudly say that yes WE ARE THE BEST TEST PLAYING NATION.

India has not lost a home Test series for 5 years now.  Australia lost one this year, England has lost in 2007 and 2008. SL doesnt matter. Pakistan doesnt play at home. Kiwis and Windies are too inept to win at home.  Bangladesh like SL are irrelevant. South Africa lost one  this year.

India for that matter has not lost a Test in 10 games. Australia last lost 2 times in last 7 tests. Saffers lost 3 in last 6.  England lost 1 in last 5.

Apply every benchmark and Indians are on top. 

One wicket away.

Pakistan inch to first Test win in 3 years

Pakistan are two wickets away from their first win in 3 years in Test cricket.  The attritional team plagued with immense tussle of egos and conflicts followed by inferiority complex owing to the torn situations back home is now getting close to a win amidst farce in the captaincy, farce in the top of the order and farce in almost everything.

That shows how individual performances matter in a game which is perhaps the longest played with team spirits.  Malik and Yusuf wont see an eye to eye, Misbah is given a booty to this career by his mate and the captain for the tour.

And the original captain, the drama king is not even in the picture. He is the man who takes most breaks in the international cricket, whimsical and impulsive. Apt that he ran to the problems within the team.  Reports now say that he is not even going to Australia for form reasons. Well, thats good. Pakistan has never succeded against Australia in ages now. Last test win against them came good 16 years back thanks to a deadly miss by Ian Healy.

Today's win would be hailed as great event in terror torn Pakistan, in fact the ego battles of the senior players and the mess Butt has spread is more horrific than the ISI sponsered and Taliban fired terror wave back in that country.

Contrasting fortunes, a win for the embattled country would see them amongst victory in 3 years and one win to their traditional rivals would see them going on the top of Test rankings. 

I imagine how Pakisani players would react when they would win. How bugsy rabbit Kamran Akamal would go to his Danya Danya, the Gujju and hug him.  How the opportunist and the worst fielder in international cricket, the Younis Youhana nee Mohd Yusuf would walk off with his gang and Malik would walk with his gang. How the drug peddler would give tips to raw young Mohd Aamer to keep the drugs, eat it, get banned and then come back.

Wow.  Pakistan cricket is never short of Ekta Kapoor's errand soap opera tales.

Emosonal Atyachar

SL are on the brink of the  series defeat in India today and they would be disappointed that they had come here dreaming of a series win. Unfortunately that could not happen. Sanga and Maha, the 2 architects of all the pre series campaign have been quiet and reported to be fuming with each other.

Since they are playing the 3rd and final Test in Mumbai, the home of Bollywood, they slipped one day out of their hotel room in Dharavi or Naupada, Andheri to Mahboob Studios and then to RK Studio near Deonar Agar, Chemboor to catch up with the Bollywood film shooting.

Sanga and Maha reportedly went looking for Preity Zinta who could give them much needed hug, but she refused to meet them as it could anger Yuvraj and Sreesanth who being Indians reserve first right to Preity's hugs.

Mahela was fuming over Sanga over his captaincy and alleged fight between two in Kanpur inspired by Mulayam Singh Yadav's kushti akhadas. One day before Mumbai Test 1st day he composed a parody mixing three songs of movie Dev D.  He seems to have liked the movie so much so that when he lost his captaincy after defeat to India in ODI series, he wrote following lyrics.  He is probably looking for AR Rehman and Pritam to compose music for below lyrics :

Jiya jiya jiya dole

1 2 3 4 6

yeh dil pighlake bat bana lu

Us bat se BD ke against double hundred bana lu

smokin smokin nikale re dhua

sapne dekhe series victory ke

par wo mitti me mil jaye

what to tell u darling kya hua

haatho se kar do victory ko good bye

Chadh jaye hai allah jise minnows bashing bukhar

Tauba tera jalwa tauba tera pyar

Sanga-Mahela tera yeh emotional atyachar

Jao Jao re Indian victory ke builder (Sings to Viru, Dravid and Mahi)

Ho gayi dil ke paar tragedy tragedy

Murali gul sokh sokh ke murjhaye

Ajantha ki loot gayi bahar

Bol bol ke Zindagi

Why did you ditch me.

Jindagi bhi le le yaar

India se mooh chipa kaise jaau

Tauba tera jalwa tauba tera pyar

Samarweera ka  yeh emosional atyachar

Dilshan ke dill scoop ab chala chal

Man me more hook si oothi hai

Harbhajan ko shoulder arms karoo

Wari me jau sadke dhol yaara dhol

Mauj ki pinge jhoolu

De de mohe haar de de

BD ko peet ke aasman choo lo

Zimbabwe ka nathaniya laga ke jhoomu

Mahela Sanga saath saath ishaq me doobe re

Haar ke ishaq me dooobe re

Koyal jaisi hook uthi hai

O Baliyssa mere yaar re

Tohra sag tohra sang rang rangayi

Jeet ke sapne honge

Champagne ki mahfil hogi

Victory ka anchal odh lu me

To te sang baat ban jaye

India ko India me peet du

Dhol yaara Dhol

Man me hook uthi hai

Mumbai ke Taj ko ghatiya bolu

De de mohe jeet de de

Tore saath bolu

Test me hare to India ko gaali du

ODI me hare to weather ko excuse banau

Fir wapas wahi IPL khelne jau

Preity ke dimples me kho jau

Jaake jhappiya te pappiya pau

Te Bhangra Pau

Dhol yara dhol

Pukhta hai purjor hai

Kal mera bebaak tha

Aaj mera kamjor hai

Khud se hi aankhein na mil paye

Aanko ke aage manjar wapas na aaye

Fir is lamhe ki haqiqat dobara na kar paye

Jalta he dil jalta he dil

Reporter pare hat jaa re pare hat jaa re

Viru nazaro ke samne se hat jaa

Tere shot mere aankhon ke samne chalte rahte

aasoo mere bahate rehte khoon khoon ke

Aankho ka hai yeh dhoka

Aisa teri captaincy yaar

Tera emosanal atyachar

Sanga tera emosanal atyachar

Nayan tarse jeet na mile

Greatness bhi na mile

Ro ro ke bahe dhar

Mahela Jaywardhene's character goes on strike

When the opportunity beckons to play long innings or  a match saving one Mahila Jayawardhene just loses his mind. His balls go on strike and his character evaporates.

What a tame way to get out when the stage demanded an innings of substance from him, but the selfish man he is he would like to play well in sunny days and let his ass go crazy in gloomy days.

Ojha's debut

came in Kanpur at the expense of Amit Mishra. My question is he worthy of a Test debut. He is part of that IPL chauvinistic brand of people in India who would love T20s.  So then is his debut worthy ? I think he is just good for the short and shortest format of the game rather than the Tests.

Deccan chargers seems to be the best bet for him to be in.