Random musings
Happy Birthday Sachin Tendulkar. You have done a fantastic job entertaining millions over past 2 decades. But please retire now from all forms of the game — except IPL. When it came to retirement of players like Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid it was an easier decision as their performance went down significantly from their … Read more
The Indian cricketers cannot possibly be involved in match fixing. Typically, in match fixing, the bookie will ask you to throw the game — drop catches, bowl badly, score ducks — for a fat fee. But the Indian cricketers will be puzzled by such a request from the bookie.
The Wall — Rahul Dravid — is more like a sieve these days. Ganguly was able to leave at the top of the game. He announced his retirement while the series was ongoing, hit a century after making the announcement, and was carried off the field by his teammates.
What a sorry performance by the Indian cricket team. Suck they indeed. Before the team left for Sri Lanka the main story was that Tendulkar needed 172 runs to surpass Brian Lara’s record in Test cricket (which probably was obtained in lot fewer tests). At the run rate Tendulkar is managing these days it will … Read more
Bollywood is famous the world over as the movie capital of India. Bollywood is in Mumbai (Bombay), the capital of the state of Maharashtra. Movies produced in Bollywood, Maharashtra — and elsewhere in India — typically feature an item song performed by an item girl. An item song is defined in the dictionary as: An … Read more
The owners of the IPL (Indian Premier League) have paid big bucks for brand ambassadors: Katrina kaif for Bangalore Royal Challengers, Hrithik Roshan for Mumbai Indians, to name two. Bangalore Royal Challengers have lost 4 games in a row and Mumbai Indians haven’t done well either. The (initially) lowly rated Rajasthan Royals have won several … Read more
A few weeks back, Matt Hayden called Harbhajan Singh an “obnoxious little weed” and was reprimanded. They patched up in India where they are playing in the IPL tournament. There was another incident in Australia involving Harbhajan and Symonds. Yesterday, Harbhajan was in a bad mood as Mumbai Indians lost the third IPL match in … Read more