Champions trophy 2013

India won hands down. 

Won all the matches, fought well. 

But then, more than the team, BCCI needed the championship badly than anybody else. Could this be scripted, this victory, this win? Considering their money power, BCCI are like Gods, they can pull off just about anything.

Well, this is what IPL and the match fixing over the years has done to me. Could not even enjoy a great win, without considering being fooled. 

Thank you, for killing my game.

Sachin Tendulkar

Does it matter if Sachin Tendulkar scores "100" or not?

Not the least.

For me, Sachin Tendulkar is much more than the 1oo, the whole of India is supposedly waiting for. He is the true breed of Indians who took their craft to the best of the world and proved, he indeed is the best.

He belong to a generation of Indians, the confidence on whom, prompted the elders to liberate our economy. Though difficult at first, for the home grown Indians to cope with the world standards this change challenged the young of India with, the good among us did well in computers, accounting, Engineering, advertising and such. All of it is history as we all know.

The Australians were perhaps the best of the cricket ever had. They had all the best of the cricketing system, which spotted the young talents, provided them with sponsorhip and world class training facilities, exposed them through well organised local tournaments and moulded them to super competitive international cricketiers who could beat any team any where.

But in India we had nothing of that scale. That's why I love Sachin Tendulkar, he loved his craft, thanked god for giving him the gift and stayed true to his talents till the end working hard and training well to develop his skills, while being grateful to God always for the blessing.

Man, that's the true spirit of India.

Sachin Tendulkar, you will be our hero, whether you make that "100" or not. You will own our hearts till the day we die.

Englad Tour

When West Indies were super power, we had tasted defeat like the one India has during the on-going England Tour. We are beaten and beaten badly in all the aspect of the game. Nasser Hussein the cricketer turned commentator and columnist has even gone to the extent of comparing some of our fielders to donkeys. Before taking that as an insult I was wondering, was our team that bad on the field?

Is it possible for bowlers like Ishant Sharma and Sreesanth to ever feel like India's top bowlers again, when they were hit around like practice bowlers while the British bowlers drew blood of Indian batsmen. Can they ever feel like men in-front of Zaheer Khan whose unfortunate injury took him out of the team and eventually made Indian attack look like some kid pack on the beach playing soft ball.

Even with all these, most of us back our team whole heartedly, yes they have been defeated, yes they have played badly, but its the same team who lifted our joy and spirit with their world conquering feats earlier. We should also not forget the fact that, we had a recent change of the Coach and the manager, Mr. Fletcher, what was his contribution to this mess? It seems, he has taken the team to an unbelievable low, far from anywhere near maintaining our level for which he was hired.

Yes, England will be touring India soon, hopefully let us see how their strategy of aiming at a batsman's rib cage and call it the spirit of the game work on our pitches.

I am sure the Indian team and cricket loving Indians will not forget the "Donkey" remark.