Australia 5 Pak 0

Can Pakistanis show some fight tomorrow in the ODI series against Aus ?

Will Afridi leave behind the anger of IPL snub and get going in the ODIs ? Although he is a man without brains, he would pretend to have it for few moments before he would lose it again to get out in idiotic way.

And would Yusuf still blame the loss to the T20 cricket ?

5-0 series win for Aussies up in the corner.

India win its 3rd consecutive Test

Ishant is truly back and firm in Test attack.

Sreesanth is on his way out. What a loss. He is not wanting to improve.  Time for antics in IPL for him. Give a glare or two to Sangakara.

Mishra is good, but he is no replacement of Anil Kumble. His 5-for in Mohali seems an one - off event and since then he has struggled.

301 is a flattering score. Thanks to bat swinging,  M Rahim got a 100.  Otherwise Sehwag's statement on their test status and quality remains same.  They are poor Test side and their batsmen know just one way to play Tests -- self destruct.  Having said that, they can on this day beat Pakistan's strongest side in Test cricket 2-1 or 3-0 in Test series.  Bet a Butt on it ?

With this win India are now undefeated for 13 Tests.  Shakib would like to have a look at this record and might want to take back his words that Aus and SA are better sides than India.  That's a weak statement, actually a retaliatory one for Sehwag's comments. To prove him wrong BD batsmen self destructed.  They played poor shots. Lest they improve on it, they wont be winning more tests.  They need to spend time on wickets and if they do that, they would go past Pakistan in the rankings, which at the moment are most pathetic test team in world.

Pak's IPL Snub : Politics

Pakistan cricketers and PCB bosses are not helping themselves by issuing some  temparamental and nasty comments over IPL snub.

India or BCCI did not ban Pak players from IPL-2 last year, it was their own government which banned them from playing in a cheap act of retaliation (cancellation of Test tour by Indian govt).

PCB wants ties to resume asap to arrest its financial loss. Pak players want India to support them to ensure cricket returns to their land.

Unfortunately this is a complex situation. Pakistan are a volatile nation and perceived to be the disturbers of the peace and harmony in the world. 11/26 has not been forgotten and that will play a key role in deciding the matters on cricket for a long time to come, like it or not.

This matter, the politics would continue to dictate the terms on sports and thats not bad either.  So for now Pak players and PCB need to wait and prolly not watch. India has turned their back on the troubled volatile global sponsors of terror neigbhours.

Nautanki

He was unfazed yesterday and today is aggrieved.

Ijaz Butt is faking to support his rattled players.

Fake IPL Player ?

Will FIP make an appearence this season too ?  Will he charm us with his insider info ? What will he do this time ? Blog or tweet ?

What about the cricketing version of fake IPL players -- S & M ?

Who helps IPL franchisees with player profiling

2009's highest paid IPL cricketers were flop.

2010's highest paid IPL cricketers --Keiron Pollard.

Will he be a hit or will he be a flop ?

I am not sure if one or two T20 innings play role in this pricing and bidding.  The reason behind such a huge price is not clear. Not helping the fact is also that I dont know much about Polly.

Who helps the non cricketing owners of the teams in player profiling is a bit of questionable fact.

KP, Duminy and Freddie's successes are well documented.

Pakistan hurts itself after snubbed in IPL

Shahid Afridi feels IPL has hurt his country and his team by ignoring him and other players. Actually he is hurt and he is trying to paint it green by saying huge words like hurting his country and all.

Who would risk a Pakistani player this point of time who lack team spirits, basic skills and are prone to brain freezes. That was evident in the last 8 tests they have played.

Besides their government is not too enthusiastic to send them across the border to play. Actually the relations between the Indian and Pakistan countries is not too good after 11/26, so Pakistani cricketers are looked upon with suspicion and are not very welcome here.

Besides there is no guarantee that the Pak players would be available for entire tournament. Shilpa Shetty, the irritable and yawning owner (co) of RR sums it up.

Besides IPL has its own commerce. So nobody would bet on a losing side. The snub seems fair to this blogger and this blogger feels that lest Pakistani players work on their attitude and team spirits, they would be continued to be ignored.

And Afridi is not doing any good by issuing temparamental statements like this.  Not to forget his verbal spat with VVS and then a MB with Gautam Gambhir. The tempers might get flared in the stadiums should Afridi and his men do another kind of such behavior.

Thanks to Ajmal Kasab, the geopolitics and the scenario of cricket between the 2 countries have changed.

India vs BD, T1D3

Mahamadullah something something loves Indian bowling attack.

50s in the league games of tri series followed by 69 in the first innings and then a brain freeze which ensured BD squandered a chance to take a lead.

Viru and Gambhir put on another decent partnership to give 2nd innings a solid start. Actually Sehwag lived upto his reputation of not going bonkers againsst weak teams. His top score against BD is 52 and 45 in this game.

Mishra then showed some heroics with Gambhir to ensure India lost no more wkts.

Tomorrow, if India would make 300 odd runs  tomorrow weather permitting, the game is set shut and over. BD is far too weak to chase anything over 340.

And Indian batsmen would not repeat the first innings mistake of a collapse.

Kaif goes Punjabi from Rajasthani

Rajasthan Royals left out Kaif and Kings Punjab brought it. And the original youths of Indian new age cricket team now unite once again in IPL.

Yuvraj Singh and Mohd Kaif would now play for KXIP. But if they both would play would depend on a pig who would litter his shit all around KXIP dressing room. And all we would hear in the songs of Sangakara's choice rather than the Bhangra mixes.

I wonder if Sangakara was present in the auction.

Good for Kaif though, he should use this opportunity for trying to make a comeback in the team. Some good fielders in the team is the need of the hour in limited formats.

DK misses again

Sreesanth to Mahmudullah, 4 byes, slower ball, 93ks, beats everyone including the keeper, first Mushfiqur presses forward and misses and then the ball dies on Karthik who misses it