Two Heroes nearing their end ??

I have to get back to Cricket once again. The addiction is just too much. Cant get out of it.

The last few days were a great testimony to the fact that All the stars are mortal. The ongoing test series between the Kiwis and the Windies has been of my interest just because of Brian Charles Lara. How he failed to live upto the expectations of the cricketing fans !!! It is a sad tale for a guy who holds world records going down without a fight. It was the same Lara in his prime with a similar Windies team gave them a series victory against Aussies. Remember the two consecutive innings of 214 and 153*. The 153* is touted as the best chasing innings ever played. Now the same guy is struggling against lesser known pacemen at the Kiwiland. Will he bounce back and shut my mouth in the last test ? I will be the happiest guy if he does so !!!

Why to go that far ?
We have our own god, Tendya struggling for form. The Calcutta crowd went to one extreme when Ganguly was dropped and it is the turn of Mumbai crowd going beserk by booing Sachin. It is a pity that the same crowd, the same people whom he grew up with, treat him like this. "The Hindu" says that the sporting culture of the country has become corrupt and we have become mad behind instant celebrities.(The standard of the The Hindu magazine has come really down. Will rant about it sometime later). To some extent, I would agree with this. The same Sachin who melted our hearts by playing those great innings at Sharjah braving the sandstorm is given a raw deal by the spectators. He is currently going through a bad patch and if the board feels that his performance is not upto the standard, let him be dropped. The yardstick should be the same for Sourav and Sachin. If he is not getting runs, let him be sidelined. (The tour of South Africa and the Carribean are nearing. Will they drop him ??) But booing the local hero, who still is the darling of the country is harsh and shows the immaturity on our part. We still have one more innings to go Tendya !! Show the Mumbai crowd that you still are the king !!!

I was expecting similar kind of innings from Dada during the Karachi test. Dada promised on both the innings and failed. Now it is Lara and Tendya in a similar situation. Can they bounce back ??


"Thaye Yashodha" - By Maharajapuram ....