83-3 DOOMED.
Sehwag, honestly, what can I say. He was playing like a dream come true and he gets himself run out in the most ridiculous fashion, going for the 3rd run, where there really wasn't one. It's just so stupid. How badly did he underestimate the Sri Lankans to think that they wouldn't be able to get the throw back in time?
And they were 83 runs in 12 overs come on! The third run was not even necessary, they have so many more overs to go! Stupid.
And Sachin was given out wrongly again! Totally utterly ridiculous. Now Yuvraj and Raina.
[edit @19 27 hrs]
The umpiring is RUBBISH. Gamini Silva gave Yuvraj out LBW when there was the BIGGEST nick on it. Seriously, how are they going to make up for it now? TWO wrong decisions, and for Sachin, the second time in the series. 183-5 now.
This is turning out to be a farce.
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[edit2 @ 23 47 hrs]
Come on India, get more wickets... with just 3 wickets down, SL can still win this. And Jayawardane seems to have suddenly found his form. Talk about inopportune moments.
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Saturday, January 31, 2009
India-SL continues
Second match going to start.
Sehwag replaces Rohit Sharma [:( and :)] and Praveen Kumar replaces Munaf (hopefully this pays off).
Apparently India is on a mission to be No. 1 in the rankings. It's going to be a tough sort of mission... because frankly Australia might just be going through a bad patch. Plus, they're playing NZ next, which means that they have plenty of chance to win the series and reclaim the No. 1 position which SA now occupies. And India has to win every match for an extended period of time to even be in the reckoning for No. 1. Can they do it? Looking at the current form of the Indian team, it seems possible. But form is such a fleeting thing. A couple of bad matches and form evaporates- because so much of it is based on confidence. Two bad matches can test a team's mettle and their captain's abilities and kill their confidence. It's a fragile mission then, the one that India is adopting.
sheeshe ke khwaab leke
raaton mein chal raha hoon
takra na jaaoon kahin
I don't quote lyrics on my cricket blog usually, but this happens to be very apt.
Let's see how the 2nd match goes.
Sehwag replaces Rohit Sharma [:( and :)] and Praveen Kumar replaces Munaf (hopefully this pays off).
Apparently India is on a mission to be No. 1 in the rankings. It's going to be a tough sort of mission... because frankly Australia might just be going through a bad patch. Plus, they're playing NZ next, which means that they have plenty of chance to win the series and reclaim the No. 1 position which SA now occupies. And India has to win every match for an extended period of time to even be in the reckoning for No. 1. Can they do it? Looking at the current form of the Indian team, it seems possible. But form is such a fleeting thing. A couple of bad matches and form evaporates- because so much of it is based on confidence. Two bad matches can test a team's mettle and their captain's abilities and kill their confidence. It's a fragile mission then, the one that India is adopting.
sheeshe ke khwaab leke
raaton mein chal raha hoon
takra na jaaoon kahin
I don't quote lyrics on my cricket blog usually, but this happens to be very apt.
Let's see how the 2nd match goes.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Finally.
Comment on one Cricinfo article about Jayawardane's current form:
"I think people should just shut up and stand with Mahela when hes going through a bad time. After all, it is under him that Sri Lanka has been very successful. Sri Lanka hasn't lost any major series so far. And getting beaten by a team like India is nothing to be ashamed of. Remember they brought the high riding Ausies down to their knees."
:D :D :D This is precisely the kind of sentiment I've waited 10 years to see.
Please live up to it, India.
"I think people should just shut up and stand with Mahela when hes going through a bad time. After all, it is under him that Sri Lanka has been very successful. Sri Lanka hasn't lost any major series so far. And getting beaten by a team like India is nothing to be ashamed of. Remember they brought the high riding Ausies down to their knees."
:D :D :D This is precisely the kind of sentiment I've waited 10 years to see.
Please live up to it, India.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
1-0 to India
13-1 India uh oh...
And almost 19-2. Gauti got a major life, though I must say there was plenty of doubt (Arun Lal claims otherwise, but who listens to him? :P)
[edit at 8pm]
When Dhoni on drives in one powerful bottom-hand stroke... oh sweet adrenalin rush :)
There are few better feelings in the world than watching TeamIndia march to victory. Especially against good opposition. This is going to be an interesting series :)
And almost 19-2. Gauti got a major life, though I must say there was plenty of doubt (Arun Lal claims otherwise, but who listens to him? :P)
[edit at 8pm]
When Dhoni on drives in one powerful bottom-hand stroke... oh sweet adrenalin rush :)
There are few better feelings in the world than watching TeamIndia march to victory. Especially against good opposition. This is going to be an interesting series :)
India-SL Again!
I am absolutely thrilled, because for once, I am watching India-SL live online in hall and I have time between lessons to comment a little bit on it :)
So what's happening now? Well Munaf's getting smashed by Jayasuriya (unsurprisingly- they really should have picked someone else like Irfan or maybe even RP WHY IS HE NOT IN THE SQUAD?) because Munaf is a tad inconsistent and his fielding leaves much to be desired. Of course, he may yet prove me wrong, and I will be happy to admit it if he does, because at the end of the day, what I desire most is India's victory.
It's odd how Yusof Pathan seems to have made it into the squad ahead of Irfan Pathan. Ok perhaps they wanted an extra spinner for this game, but they already have Ojha as the specialist spinner and Yuvraj bowls wonderful part-time spin. We'll see how that decision turns out, because after all, Yusof is also a good batsman (not to say that Irfan isn't).
Ok the live stream that I'm watching has really infuriating background music (now it's playing Himesh Reshammiya yikes) and I can't hear the commentary properly because of that. Sigh. I guess you can't ask for much when you're watching free streams online. Beggars can't be choosers :P
Zaks is brilliant as usual :) In his fourth over, and he's barely given away five runs. Let's see how this match goes (Rohit Sharma is playing! I like.)
So what's happening now? Well Munaf's getting smashed by Jayasuriya (unsurprisingly- they really should have picked someone else like Irfan or maybe even RP WHY IS HE NOT IN THE SQUAD?) because Munaf is a tad inconsistent and his fielding leaves much to be desired. Of course, he may yet prove me wrong, and I will be happy to admit it if he does, because at the end of the day, what I desire most is India's victory.
It's odd how Yusof Pathan seems to have made it into the squad ahead of Irfan Pathan. Ok perhaps they wanted an extra spinner for this game, but they already have Ojha as the specialist spinner and Yuvraj bowls wonderful part-time spin. We'll see how that decision turns out, because after all, Yusof is also a good batsman (not to say that Irfan isn't).
Ok the live stream that I'm watching has really infuriating background music (now it's playing Himesh Reshammiya yikes) and I can't hear the commentary properly because of that. Sigh. I guess you can't ask for much when you're watching free streams online. Beggars can't be choosers :P
Zaks is brilliant as usual :) In his fourth over, and he's barely given away five runs. Let's see how this match goes (Rohit Sharma is playing! I like.)
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