A GAME OF CHANCE-A FASCINATING ONE TOO!

After watching the second Cricket Test Match at Wankhedes ,Mumbai on Television I was reluctant to write any more Blog on Cricket due to the miserable performance from Indian Batsmen But then, Cricket is a mindturner &a Glorious game of Uncertainty.It has been proved time&again in various venues all over the world where Cricket is being played. I like to prove this beyond doubt once again. This is, in fact,the reason for this Blog!. A typical example to prove this is yet another Test Match between two leading countries Newzealand&Pakistan staged at Hamilton scheduled to be played on 7,8,9,10&11th January 2011. Newzealand opted to bat first to derive the home advantage effectively. In their First Innings Newzealand was able to score a respectable 275 . Then ,Pakistan started their first innings&scored a slightly better score to finish at 367. Pakistan jut secured a lead of 92 runs. Then came back Newzealand who are well known to be born fighters especially when they play at home. Almost everyone estimated either a draw or a win for Newzealand becaudse they had their leading batsmen like B.Mecculum,Rose Tailor &a few more hard hitters. BGut Alas!on the third day they could just manage just a paltry 110 runs!!! Pakistan,naturally,overjoyed about their performance because they had conceded just a lead of 18 runs needing 19 for them to make a win. Eventualy ,the inevitable had happened giving Pakistan a Glorious win in Newzealand on the 3rd day on 9th Jan2011. Now,let us compare this very recent game with what happened at Wankhedes on 26th November 2012. The match was scheduled to play on 23,24,25,26,&27th November 2012. India opted to bat first after winning the Toss to take advantage of the homeground. India started playing well, thanks to Thejeswar Poojara who was injured later when fielding,who did yet another wonderful performance. India finished 1st innings at a healthy figure of 327 on board. England first outing followed .They did extremely well finishing at 413 taking a lead of just 86 runs. India being one of the Best batting side in the world of Cricket every one including leading commentators&reported a tuff competion&liklyhood of yet another victory for India simply for tyhe reason that Mumbai like Kolkatta rarely winessed defeat for India at Wankhedes. But Alas ! what happened!.India finished their second outing at just 142 on board with an ignorable lead &England eventually on the 4th dayon 26th November. The above two matches are similar on many respects which are obvious not needing any details from me. Now once again it has been proved beyond doubt that "CRICKET IS A GLORIOUS GAME OF UNCERTAINTY" Now ,T%he series not yet finished 2 more Tests &a few games of smaller versions are scheduled until27th of January2013. So friends my earnest wish is that Sachin Tendulkar is needed for India more than ever now.His presence in the team is a must. He has earned every honour in the book of Cricket for his Motherland. It is true that in the last around 10 innings he has not scored many runs.But his technical skill he had exhibited is more than enough to include him He might have an intention in his mind to earn 200 Test Caps to establish yet another record for India,perhaps ,the only one has left behind until now. So let us await Test matches at Kolkatta&Nagpur with Sachin in the squad .There is n change in team as announced. Poojara,Kohli&Yuvraj Singh would ,I am sure,perform their best at Kolkatta&Nagpur to get yet another honour bestowed on thier darling Teammate. All the Best to England&India. SreedharanMundanat 28th November2012 13-50 hrs(IST)