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.

A mature Kris Srikkanth

Srikkanth is a big mouth at the best of times - speaking before thinking etc etc. Good to see that he has *so far* mellowed down after taking on selection committee responsibilities. His latest on Dravid - Dravid is on innings away from regaining form - is mature, and sends out a lot of positive signals to the struggling Dravid. Here's hoping Dravid goes back to domestic cricket, scores some serious runs, throws away the demons that are in his mind, and comes back with a triple in Ahmedabad against England.

England starting to struggle already

Barely a week into England's tour of India, and they have begun struggling, getting shot out for 98 against a MCA XI side comprising of Mr. Unknowns. KP put up a brave face saying it didn't really matter, but 2 collapses in the last 3 games is not good for them (the previous one being the Stanford implosion).

What I find ridiculous though is that India go straight from a rip-roaring Test victory over Australia in Nagpur into a ODI series against England - massive gear switch for the Test boys in the ODI team, and non-stop cricket from here on right through until Christmas. Terrible scheduling by the BCCI.

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!

About this blog

I am a fan of Indian cricket, and generally follow most other sports. My fav cricketer is Rahul Dravid. The blog title is reflective of the cricket Dravid hates!! Go figure!! With Dravid disappearing from the scene, I may have to quickly develop another favourite cricketer, but can't find anyone on the horizon.

This corner of the Net will be my no-holds barred views on cricket (mostly) and other sports (sometimes) and other topics that screw my mind up (if at all).