Day 39 - The Stars of Cricket
My God!!! I love Star Cricket…. One good thing about being in Noida is that I can enjoy my evening watching Star Cricket in an AC guest house (bill paid by the company). One bad thing is that I will have to try hard to make people in Noida understand that 1) I am speaking in Hindi & 2) Make them understand whatever I want to tell in Hindi.
Anyways, after a long time I had the opportunity to watch TV daily evening. It is good to see that cricket has shifted back from the boring Set Max to Star Cricket. With Harsha, Sunny and Ravi, things get a lot more interesting.
Watched some excellent moments in the third test match.
Sourav Ganguly lifting Sachin Tendulkar after he got Pieterson out on his first ball. Camarderie back?? Anwyays, I love Sachin’s leg spinners. The slip catches, the LBWs off his googlies and the catches he takes off his own bowling…He does everything with style. One of the few players who still reminds us that cricket is an intelligent game and not a power game…
Without a doubt, the entire Indian team’s joy was evident when Kumble hit his hundred. Watching Sourav jump(literally) as if he had got a hundred!!! And everyone in the dressing room behaving as if he himself has achieved something great – No words to describe that moment. Rahul finally said “We were more nervous than Anil during his 90s”. After Sourav's exit as captain I never could accept Rahul as the captain even though he is my all time favorite sportsman. But now I am seeing my hero as a role model again.
The “Chak De…. Chak De India” package they show at the end of the game. Whoever makes that, Kudo to you!! It is a very good compilation.
Most importantly the commentary team - Professional & Excellent.
A sample…
Towards the end of the 3rd day, Chris Tremlett was batting with Monty Panesar - the last wicket for england. Tremlett had scored zeroes in both innings of the first test, his debut test. Now, he started scoring a few runs. So the other commentator said “He has started playing well, Chris Tremlett. He has become better now”. Harsha quipped - “I guess he can only get better after that performance”.
I adore you Harsha…Without you, cricket for the last 10 years would have been a lot less interesting…
7 comments:
i can c noida is nurturin ur creativity!
- me
i wanted to comment abt the post..but the most curious thing is who is the "me" above :)
karthik
yeah even I enjoyed that comment by Harsha.. that guy is just amazing..but i am missing siddhu too ;-))
India winning was indeed a good feeling... but realistically speakin, the series shud have been drawn... we shud have lost the 1st... not to steal any thunder from our team, but thats the truth right? and ya, cricket looks far better on channels like star/espn, rather than on set max or zee... the cricket "experts" on max/zee are, simply put: lame, and underdressed... if u know wat i mean... [:)]
i've heard a lot about the famous akshardham in noida ...
i want u 2 visiT it and write a blog describing it in ur oWn way .. :)
Even i am not sure who that "me" is...
And Anonymous,
Couldnt visit Akshardham when I was in Noida. Could only get a glimpse from the highway.. Btw, who are you?
If i say anonymoUs was me --
den am i telling truth r false? :p
umm im giving 1 more idea .. write some True/False Blog also
[This Idea's credit also goes 2 anonymous only :)]
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