Thursday, April 30, 2009

Suresh Raina Deserved a Hundred ...


Heartbreaking !
The news of Raina missing the century..
What a great knock from Suresh Raina.. and it had to do with the mistake on the scoreboard which wrongly showed him to have completed his century with that four.. and poor fellow.. he did look confused.. yet he raised his bat and also went for that shot which any sensible man on 98 would not play.. after all century is not scored every other day in Twenty20 cricket.. I am sure the keepers of scoreboard need to be penalised for their mistakes too.. if a captain does for slow over rate.. why not the scoreboard erring and devoiding a well deserved century to the young Suresh Raina.. my heart cries for him.. it still becomes the highest score by an Indian in the IPL beating 94* by Sehwag.. yet a century is a century and he deserved it every bit..

The game is far from over.. some may feel that 165 is a big asking I for one do not rule out a great fight being on the cards.. only there should be some support provided to Yusuf Pathan..
Smith has to fire and I expect Mascarenhas could lend the extra bit of support.. A good game is on cards..

Congratulations Raina.. you have been deceived by some conspiracy and denied a well deserved 100... I feel you would get there in this season in one of the games of IPL 2 itself..Well played..

Abhaya India April 30 2009 10:03 PM IST

I shall now address you with some peace of mind returned.. Delhi have registered a comfortable win.. as I noted a little while.. no, they are still not on top of the charts yet they have regained their second slot the net run rate is far too much in favour of Deccan and it will take some time to dislodge them from the top.. Yes.. They did paly well despite the loss with more than an over and two balls to spare.. or had it to be three.. I remember Ravi Shastri mentioning that one of the over from Deccans was called off aonly after five balls were bowled.. if it is true it could have had serious implications.. if not.. it should be important for the commentators to keep a good track of the balls as they are bowled.. and yes Edwards was wrongly charged with tqwo of the wides.. it does mean a lot every single extra that comes to be added to the score.. I had prayed around that the net ryun rate for DD should not climb above 10, somewhere between or after the 15th over.. and Dilshan and Dinesh Karthik probably heard me well.. and in the end did wonderful job by winning the game by 6 wickets and eight balls to spare.. good job.. a tough opponent has been defeated..

I look forward to another thriller between Chennai and Rajasthan.. Warne is good but Dhoni is the best when it comes to captaincy.. even if the points table depict a different story.. Chennai should in all probability have a comfortable win.. yet to predict in cricket and to predict in T20 game could be somethink akin to commit a blunder if not harakiri.. the game is bound to be good in any eventuality..

have a nice time in front of idiot box..

And the story of Lucknow's two Nawabs.. The nawabs of Lucknow are known for their extreme courtesy and providing the other man a first chance.. The pahle aap (you first syndrome ) tehzeeb has come to stick with them..
So the two nawabs were to board a train.. they reached the station.. the two of them were about to put their foot on board.. the other realised his Lucknow tradition.. and reminded of it he offered to the other nawab- pahale aap ( you get in first..) the other nawab was no less a nawab either he too retorted back- nahi nahi Pahle aap (no, no, it should be you first).. The tow of the nawabs were caught in the pahle aap and the other also insisting nahi nahi pahle aap.. in the meantime the train had left the station and two Nawabs of Lucknow were caught unaware.. It is often referred when people insist on pahle aap syndrome.. that pahle aap pahle aap ke chakkar mein kahin Gaadi na chhoot jaye ( in this first you argument.. should not miss the train..)

More later, Rajasthan has won the toss and decided to field first.. and yes.. Is Shane warne reading my writeups here or http://abhayaipl2.blogspot.com .. guess what the successful Siddharth Trivedi finds a place.. and yes Dirk Nannes picked up the man of the match for his cavalier 2 wickets for 16 runs.. A hard worker.. A very very hard worker..

Pathan has removed the danger man Hayden.. that is interesting I must now catch up with the match.. Warne always has something up his sleeve to surprise the opponents..

Abhaya India April 30 2009 8:16 PM IST
Another wicket for Pathan.. Is Warne going to pull off a surprise win over Dhoni..
....
Dilshan-Dinesh duo of Delhi Daredevils deliver a defeat for Deccans...

Earlier I thought I would remain neutral to teams.. that is not possible when one of the teams in an PL 2 game happens to be Delhi.. It is all right.. I think it is perfectly all right.. to back one of the two teams in a game..

What a game.. what a great game of cricket.. I was convinced earlier that if someone could dislodhe Deccans from top it could only be Delhi.. atleast in the first part of the IPL 2.. and have they not done it.. or the net run rate still leaves Deccans on top.. I will need to check that later..

More Later I should catch up with you more often later in the day as the second interesting game is also to begin in a few minutes time.. and I have to be there for presentation ceremony.. no, no, not at the SuperSport park at Centurion.. but at the Television set.. here at D-30 Indraprastha of Anushakti Nagar..

Abhaya April 30 2009 7:23 PM ISTRespected Brother
Sadar Charan Sparsh

yes, I did see you cast the vote.. where.. on the tube.. on the same idiot that you mentioned in such great spirit.. yes.. we do tend to depend a bit too much n the tube that has been with us in good bad and every moment.. India is such a large democracy that world definitely has to take a note of it..

I was just removed from the idiot box by virtue of the loss of Sehwag.. his kind of btasman not knowing how to tackle the T20.. is sad.. it was a good call on part of AB to put the Deccans in and yes Delhi had done well enough to restrict them to less than 150.. yet with two wickets gone.. my mobement away from the tube fot not watching wikcets tumbling did not stop by my absence.. so it may not be after all related to my being present to watch the boys doing well..

Yesterday a small total of 119 was ablt defended by the Kings and that too agaionst mighty Mumbaikars.. they are truly the best side in the tournament.. yes better than even Chargers.. who are currently on top of the table.. it will take lot of good work to be able to do so yet the minimised window tells me a third wicket has fallen too.. have they sealed the fate of Delhi.. let me see who has gone.. oh it is outr of form Gambhir.. it is all right.. a game after all is a game and I must return to the tube.. my side need me to watch as they do far worse when I am off it.. with 7 overs gone and Delhi struggling at 50 for 3 needing 99 runs more for the important win.. I take a leave of all of you.. good luck Viru..

Bye

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