T20 more important that Tests

Surely that's what BCCI thinks. The CL T20 ends the night before India play England in Ahmedabad. Unbelievably, they all realized the stupidity of it all when they figured that Dhoni would have to take a late night flight out of Chennai (if Chennai Super Kings made it to the finals) and turn up for the toss of a vital Test series the next day. Hence a last minute request to postpone the test by a day.

England is chewing on it - clearly wondering what they can get back from BCCI in return. Players are just a pawn in the bigger political chess game being played out by BCCI and ECB.

India V Australia

India's terrific win against Australia at home inspired me to blog on cricket and other stuff, right here, right now. Expect some ugly cross-batted hoicks from me, almost all definitely caught at deep midwicket. Yay India - well done to win. Punter, you goose - how can you choose the no-ban option over a potential win in India and a chance to retain the Border-Gavaskar?

This series had it all:
- Dhoni's emergence as a Test captain - lucky or not, he is a winner so far.
- Ganguly's last hurrah - phenomenal, Dada. I may not like you as a cricketer for the questionable ethics, but as captain, you were awesome.
- Kumble's retirement - what a player. India's greatest match winner
- Gautam Gambhir's emergence
- Sehwag playing in a different planet
- Dravid (oh my god) flopping badly.

My fav player in the world - Dravid - would hate my blog title - it is everything he isn't. Such is life!