The Masters of Kochi encounter between England &India

Mahendra Singh Dhoni the captain of India's Wordcup Team who was responsible for winning the Work-ld Cup against Srilanka on 2ndApril 2011 at the Wankhedes ,Mumbai & Ravindra Jadeja a prominent member of "Tuskers" of Kochi which was later on removed from the IPL by the cricket Authorities of India were the two Masters behind the 127 runs win against England at Kochi yesterday. Inspired by the will Power&might of his captain Ravindra Jadeja played like a magician with as maby as hits to the fence&over the fence just the way his Captain did.He scored 66 runs from 37 balls&remained Not out. Ravindra Jadejs's task&will power did not end there.He showed hisability as an all rounder of the squad at the most approprite moment by climing 2 wickets at an expense of just 12 Runs. Certainly Dhoni might have recommended him for the Man of the Match award at the end of the day despite his being the topscorer & the captain responsible for the turning point of the Match. So Jadeja was rightly nominated for the award. Dhoni did not forget to mention about the role of Bowlers as the main reason for the Victory in the post match interview with the commentators. Both heros together had added 96 runs for the sixth wicket. Overall India had posted 108 runs from the last 10 overs of the Innings.A tremendous achievement after a long time from the Indian Players. Captain Cook the England Counterpart of Dhoni did not forget to praise the Indians& express his concern over his bowlers for conceding 108 runs in last 10 over which ultimately turned out to be the turning point of the game resulted in the defeat of England. Now comes on 19th Jan the next match at Ranchi the home ground of the Indian Captain which could turn out to be yet another match to remember provided Cheteswar Poojara an expert in defending&selecting balls to strike as was obvious from his show in the recently concluded Test Series against the same England side. SreedharanMundanat 17thJanuary 2013 18-05Hrs

Britt Cricket ship sinks in Kochi

Such was the enthusiasm& interest people expressed in Kochi on a day when England was Beaten by India by a victory margin of 127 Runs. India batting first ,after an initial setback from the openers,rose to the occasion at the most appropriate juncture when runs required to be piled up quickly to post a Challenging total on the score board became inevitable. Mahendra Singh Dhoni leading from the front with tremendous & able support from Virat Kohli,Yuvraaj Singh,Suresh Raina& Ravindra Jadeja could post a score of 285 needing England to make 286 From 50 overs. England too started disaster fully loosing the wicket of Ian Bell very early. Alistair Cook& Kevin Pietersen made a bold effort to take England ahead well but briefly.Alistair Cook was the next to return to Pavilion !! The Cookies started to crumble! The Indian spinners & medium pacers ,for a change,shown they could do something too when absolutely when thebsituation warranted. The support from the crowd of Kochi was something never seen before in any of the Indian venues as opined by Najyothsing Siddhu one of the commentators.he also opined that it was time for Sreesanth the Golden boy of Maradu to return to Indian Cricket. Perhaps he made such a remark after seeing Sreesanth balling in the nets as per request from the Indian Skipper Dhoni. Anyways,the defeat by 127 runs wes something Egland can not forget easily. Their Challenge is likely to be many folded in the next 3 games to follow. The cricket lovers could therefore expect a feast with all ingredients in the next 3 Matches. Despite the need for including Cheteswar Poojara in the Playing eleven by the Coach & Captain was obvious from the first RAJKOT starter,this wasn't done at Kochi. Let us hope their eyes open at least at Ranchi on time to avert any more defeat from England.this is necessary for India to return to the Glorious first rank from ICC which they enjoyed until a few days back since the victory in the World Cup of 2011. SreedharanMundanat 16th November2013 05-45Hrs

A Majastic win at Kochi for India

MahendraSingh Singh Dhoni&Ravindra Jadeja virtually & literally wrested a Majastic win from England today at Kochi the commercial Capital of Kerala.

india making use of Bat first in a batsman's friendly pitch of Kochi began their encounter very very badly by surrendering two early wickets to England .Both the opening batsmen made the score board to reflect an extremely sorry affairs. But then,later on Virat Kohli,Yuvraj singh ,Suresh Raina,Mahendra Singh Dhoni,& Ravindra Jadeja lifted the score toba healthy 285 for 6 wickets. Captain Dhoni,R.Jadela& Suresh Raina posted significant score especially Dhoni 72 runs With a few hits to the fence & over the fence.though Dhoni was the Top scorer of the match the MOM award was bestoved upon Ravindra Jadeja.this was a very wise move . Many viewers raised the doubt to the commentators whether they have ever seen a harder hitter than Dhoni today. Perhaps a very reasonable question since Dhoni was performing like a possessed man forgetting the world for a moment thinking only about cricket & his devotion to it as a Captain.yes today he played a Captain's innings in all respects of the game. England in reply crumbled like cookies. The Indian Bowlers did their job well ,for a change,& virtually sealed the hopes of England for a win. Today's match was unforgettable experience like the world cup final at the Wankhedes On 2nd April 2011. In that occasion also Captain Dhoni was the man behind victory playing with unparellel Enthusiasm,willPower & extraordinary spirit to win. Long live Captain Dhoni to lead India from the front for a long time to come. India deserves every praise with all suitable words in the Dictionary. Next onedayer with England is scheduled for 19th of January2013 at Ranchi the hometown Of Captain Dhoni. SreedharanMundanat 15th January 2013 21-35 hrs (IST)

Cheteswar Poojara-A skillful cricketer in the making

Every cricket lover of India must have watched Cheteswar Poojara playing cricket in the recently concluded Test series against England which was awarded as a Christmas& New year gift to England. Despite the presence of talented Batsmen& to some extent talented spinners in India, the Indian Team could not do anything to prevent England from leaving the land with Enormous amount of Glory after winning a Series in India since a very long time. If this can happen in India ,then it is better to forget what is going to happen around the World when India visits different countries in future! But after having lost miserably ,some so called critics of Indian Cricket have formed a New habit of blaming Sachin Tendulkar& MahendraSingh Dhoni for every disaster! Let us leave it aside or conveniently forget what had happened.WHAT IS DONE AND HAPPENED CAN NEVER BECOME UNDONE& UNHAPPENED! Now let us come to the present.Cheteswar Poojara was selected to the one day squad because of taking into account his talent playing cricket technically the real way In which the game should be played. Resting him in RAJKOT in his home ground is justified to some extent being a tired man From his outing in the Ranji matches.But if he is continued to be kept as a teammate engaged in bringing caps,Bats& water to the players in the middle at Kochi also,then the cricket loving fans won't forgive the selectors,coach& captain because such a course of action amounts not only criminal waste of talent & time of Poojara but in the prospects of Sourashtra in Ranji matches adversely as well!!! Cheteswar Poojara should play in the rest of 4 matches in the one day series against England without showing any kind of indifference to him.He should not become a victim or a scapegoat as in the case of what happened to Rohit Sharma of Bombay . The playing posion for Poojara in the Team is the headache of Captain& Coach.If necessary ,there should not be any kind of reluctance in including him as an opener in the position of Gautam Gambhir. SreedharanMundanat 13th January 2013 05-15(IST)

A LOSS AS GOOD AS A WIN-RAJKOT STARTER

England were lucky to win the toss& electing to make first use of the pitch at RAJKOT Stadium. The beautiful Stadium with a pavilion resembling a miniature of Lords was good enough for England to make Merry after their return to India celebrating Christmas. England made maximum use of the healthy pitch which provided fluent runs.An ideal Pitch for an encounter between Bat & Ball. Captain Cook& surprisingly Ian Bell as opener certainly took full advantage of the Toss they won hitting the Indian Pacers all over the Stadium at their will & pleasure. Ian Bell was leading from the front, a battle which ultimately turned out to be a challenging one in every respect of the game. Ian bell who made 85 runs From 96 Balls with 9 4s& a 6 was unfortunate to miss his most deserving century when he got himself ran out by Rahane of the Indian Squad. All the leading batsmen of England did their job well & finally posted a challenging score of 325 on the board .India needed 326 to win.In normal conditions a difficult total to achieve playing second. India rested Cheteswar Poojara of home ground.An extremely wise decision to do so because Poojarara just on the previous day played for nearly 12 hours continuously at The same ground& indeed needed rest.He was playing in the Domestic Ranji Trophy match for his home state Sourashtra.He had made a triple century in the match. Mahendra Singh Dhoni ,the Indian skipper had taken a wise decision not to give bowling to Yuvraaj Singh while India was fielding,obviously reserving Yuvraaj to do his job as a Batsman.. India in reply started their innings earnestly ,with Gautam Gambhir& Rahane opening Their innings. Gambhir ,for a change ,did a good job in the company of Rahane scoring a fluent 52 runs from equal number of balls with 9 hits to the fence.Rahane also did his duty well scoring47 from57 balls with 7 fours. The first wicket of Rahane fell at 96 on board in the 17 th over. Thereafter Gambhir also followed suit in the 19th over at 102/2. This wicket brought Yuvaraaj singh& Virat Kohli together.Kohli ,however,took exit with a brief score of 15 runs. Yuvraaj Singh stayed upto the expectation of his captain & did justice scoring 61 Glorious runs from 54 balls with 8 fours& a six over the rope. The score read 4/198 in the 35th over. Dhoni & Raina together provided entertaining cricket with contribution of their might. Raina scored a 50& Dhoni made 32 from 24balls with 4 Sixes over the rope. Both fell unfortunately.when Dhoni fell attempting yet another six which was a very appropriate attemptbat that stage of the game.Dhoni's wicket fell at 6/271. Thereafter the match was an affair of suspence ,though India finished their innings just short of 10 runs to win.the final score of India read 316. The so called tailenders did a fine job. Though India lost the match ,it looked as good as a win giving hopes to keep their Prospects of winning the series alive. The next match at Kochi on 15th of January at 12 noon(IST) is likely to be an affairs of battle in which Cheteswar Poojara also might show his presence SreedharanMundanat 12th Jan2013 at 5-20AM(IST)

Dhoni needs a second wind as Captain--Rahul Dravid

This Blogger is a rejoinder to my earlier Blog on the Captaincy of Dhoni in which I said"Blame Dhoni for every disaster if you want total ruin of Indian Cricket" On the eve of the start of Oneday internationals betweenIndia&England,Rahul Dravid the veteran cricketer&former skipper of Indian Cricket presented an article in the cricket site"cricinfo" in which he has brought out all merits Demerits & pros and corns in reply ,perhaps,to the critics who make HUE&CRY about the Captaincy of Mahendrasingh Dhoni. Sunil Gavaskar,Sachin Tendulkar&Rahul Dravid are the "THRIMOORTHYS" of Indian Cricket. Sachin alone yet to retire from all versions of Indian Cricket except "one day internationals" about which he ,perhaps, took an early decision to retire. The effect of his retirement was obvious from the humiliating loss sustained against Pakistan.Sachin's very presence in the Team could have produced some Inspiration & discipline in the team.This could have also stood as an obstacle from humiliation. Sachin had a reputation of playing against Pakistan very well.But Indian Cricket failed to take advantage of Sachin by putting pressure on him to retire just because he was not among glorious runs.No one bothered to think about the occasional ups& downs of any cricketer.But in Sachin's case it was something different.He is the only cricketer who had brought many laurels in cricket for India(Difficult to count). Sunil Gavaskar is a former veteran who always thought about welfare&good name of Indian Crocket. Rahul Dravid the other veterans among thr "THRIMOORTHYS" is not only a veteran cricketer&former Captain but a thinking expert of Cricket. His comments about Dhoni in the Article mentioned in the Blog subject is worth reading. Let us all, who love cricket, wish India every success in the series starting tomorrow with the hope that every Plyer would remember that either 4 wins or a whitewash of 5 match series could bring back the first rank for a Team affordede by The International Cricket Council SreedharanMundanat 10th January2013 19-35{IST}

Blame Skipper DHONI for every disaster if you want total ruin of Indian Cricket!!

I am forced to write the above subject because of total disappointment of the perform,ance of The World Champions against the neighbours&arch rivals Pakistan. it is time for Indian Players to learn a lot from our neighbours.They are not our rivals .They taught a good lesson for the Indian Cricketers.Their unity in performance&their National Spirit is something totally absent in the Indians.So Pakistan cricketers are our close friends¬ rivals any more. One good lesson Indians should learn is Cooperation &Natinal pride alone could flourish a country not only in Cricket but in all matters as well. The another good lesson for Indians is about the Lack of Isspiration&Discipline alone could, perhaps,help Indians to achieve success.SR.Tendulkar is a typical example for this statement. His mere presence in the Team alone could have saved a lot of Humiliation for India. Rahul Dravid&Sunil Gavaskar veterans&former Skippers of the Indian Cricket had repeatedly reminded the Indian Cricketers about just what mentioned above .But of course they said differently .Not so so explicitely because they happened to be the Honourable Skippers of Indian Cricket. Our Cricketers especially the opening pair who always make a big impact in prsenting a winning total on board should always bear in mind that they are playing for National Pride ¬ for personal gains.Once they wear the Blue Jercy of India they should forget IPL&money involved in it. Everyone who is interested in Cricket knows now that it was owing to the able leadership&performance of the Indian Skipper Mahendrasingh Dhoni that India could escape from total AGONY&HUMILIATION against Pakistan! If only Sachin, Poojara&Irfan Pathan become part of Indian cricket again!!! SreedharanMundanat 8th January2013 18-50 Hrs(IST)