Roger Federer-Master of Lawn Tennis

Roger Federer is undisputedly the greatest Tennis Champion of today in the world. Tomorrow is the day in which he is appearing in yet another final of the Miami Open. While wishing him yet another title tomorrow ,let me take this opportunity to remember his latest achievements as a tribute to him from an ardent fan of him for the last many years. The last time I was feeling sorry for him with unbearable agony was when a youngster had beaten him in the Australian Open 2018. But surprisingly he was not at all upset by the event! In the 4th found of Australia open he was beaten by Stefanos Tsitsipas in the worst surprise of Australian Open. Thereafter,Federer was seen playing in the Dubai Open 2019 to take a sweet revenge on the same youngster to complete his 100 the title of his carrier.I t was an unforgettable moment of unexpected surprising pleasure for me.All the despair I had been keeping with me suddenly ended as if Sun light did to Mist. I was so glad that day and marked it as a day to remember for ever. Here are s few of his achievements of the carrier of the Swiss Maestro. All carrier achievements of 30 Grandslams.None in the recent time had achieved sushi a Glory. The greatest among Tennis ttles called Wimbledon,he had some 8 times. Australian Open Titles 6 times. US open titles 5 times. There are many more instances of various laurels Referer had won during Long carrier. We wish Roger Federer tomorrow yet another Miami Open title. Long Live Roger Federer SreedharanMundanat 30th March 2019. In

Exchange of Jersey at the end of a football match.

The procedure of exchanging of Jerseys of two football teams has a story behind it.

The story is in brief as follows: In 2003 the United States of America had lost a football match 1-0 to Brazilian the Confederation Cup.but when the final whistle blew in Lyon France,the American defender Greg Berhalter Walked off the field with a moment from a tough night. In his hands Berhalter recalledthat night recentlyit was heavyhelpfulness of wistfullnesd and not for loosing the ball that lead to the game,,'s only goal.A few days after the games,at a hotel in Paris where,Ronaldinho was then the famous star for St-Germain, Berhalter sent his dirty clothes for cleaning.Into the bag,he absentmindedly tossed the iconic yellow and green jersey. Needless to say it never came back from Laundary. The exchange of Jersey at the end of a match is a longtime ritualthat is well established in the sport even as it has evolved.With each swap, there is usually a story. Often,the tales are perdonsl,speaking toa player's standing in the game or marking a chapter in his carrier. It is just a sign of respect after a game in which you fight each other ss if kicking orv killing,but at the end of the game again you become friends. The gentlemanly ritualis believed to have begun in in 1931 when France had beaten England for the first time. The French players were so ecstatic that they asked English players if they could have their jerseys for keepstakes The English obliged. At s world cup the exchange took place only in 1954. In 1966 England defeated Argentina 1-0 In quarter final.The match was so rough and vicious .The coach of England And Ransey scalled Argentina Players animals. He also stopped one of the England players exchanging Jersey to Argentina player.The rivalry continued until 1998 when Diego Marston's had a God given goal againstcEngland when Beckham had a red card. Later on the sportsman spirit was restored when the Los Angeles galaxy was played between Barcelona and AC Milan. Later on in 2006 works cup Jerseys were exchanged between Trinidad Tobago and Paraguay. Now Jersies are of more importance. Players likeDavid Beckman, Lionel Messy,Christian Rinaldo,Wayne Rooney,And Ronaldinho keep Jerse for remembrance. SreedharanMundanat 22nd March 2019.

INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE 2019

https://m.timesofindia.com/sports/cricket/ipl/top-stories/ipl-2019-auction-how-the-franchises-spent-and-how-teams-are-stacked-up/amp_articleshow/67150455.cms#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s This year all the new look teams in the IPL 2019 beginning on the 23rd of March 2019 are equally balanced with Batsmen,Bowlers and Wicket keepers. One can not distinguish a team particularly until the league is in progress. However,basically the matches depends upon the number if rubs sciredand the target kept for the second team to bat. Taking into account all these into account ,the Chennai Superking headed by MSDhoni seems to be favourites to attract the fans. The other teams to watch are Royal Challengers ,Bangalore ,Punjab Eleven and the Sunrisers . This does not mean Delhi Capital and Mumbai Indians are lagging behind. So all teams can hope for wins on their days of Play. Areal trend can be observed only after the progress. One peculiarity for Chennai Superking is the extraordinary ability of their wicket keeper and their willpower and willing news to play for win. Dhoni is specacial batsman suiting the pattern of the IPL. He has the power and mind to apply according to circumstances to build Besides Dhoni is more actibmvecabd prominent when defeat looks at him and change defeat into a a Golden Victory. So let us welcome every team to the event to show their capability to entertain us SreedharanMundanat 21st of March 2019

Quadrangular under 19 tournament at Trivsndrum

On 11th of March 2019,the final of the quadrangular Tournament was held at the Green field Stadium between India under 19A & B. Under 19 B team won the toss and wisely elected to bat. A.Sethi and Tilak Varma opened the innings.A.sethi was ,however unlucky to become caught behind after facing 14 balls without scoring.The Bowler wasAkash Singh.score card 8/1. The game progressed .V.S.Lavande who joined Till Varma returned to pavlion in the 10th overfor 7runs again caught behind by Jurel b. Tyagi.The score was 28/2. Next to come to crease wasRSChandrol.in the 18th overTilak Varma also returned to Pavilion after scoring a very useful 38runs with 3fours by facing 54 balls.Thescore card read a very healthy score of 71/3. The new batsman joined in the middle was Smeer Rizvi. In the meantime RSChandrol made a glorious 70 runs from 74 balla with the help of 4fours and 2sixes in the company of Rizvi.However he was out when the score was 170/4.itcwas 38th over.In the 43rd over Rizvi also fellwith 67 runs to his credit(4fours&1six) The score card read 199/5.Thereafter wickets fell rapidly .The innings of India B ended at 232/9 .A very healthy score.The IndiA needed 240 to win from 50 overs. The innings of India A began with Iqbal and Veer as openers.Before scoring 15 runs both fell. Theresfter wickets began falling in quick successions without offering a reasonable fight. S.Hegde with 42 runs,Jaiswal and Rawat both 27 each only could offer resistance. Otherwise it was just like the previous ganmme between them. indiaA surrendered at in 39 over with just 160 all out. The final was won by India under19 B. Altogether the tournament was a great success being the first time schedule a competition was staged in Trivandrum. The quality of the stadium was once again proved fit for playing any form of cricket including Test matches. SreedharanMundanat 11 the March 2019

The 4th onedayer in the 5 match series-India vs Australia

The series between Australia & India is on a challenging mode after Australia won the match at Ranchi on 8 th of March 2019. India leading 2-1,the 4th onedayer is of a challenging nature India needing a win to claim the series and Australia to level it with a view to wining it on 13th March in the decider ifbthe win today. This makes the series more challenging for bothbthe teams. India retained the team minus DHONI who allowed rest while Rishab Pant replaced him behind the stumps with gloves. Australia retained their winning combination of 10 th March at Ranchi. The weather being sunny ,the game began on time. The toss which was vital today won by Virat Kohli and promptly elected to bat at ISBindra Stadium MOHALI in Punjab. The openers for a change began playing cautiously.Rohit Sharma kept the vigil while Shikar Dhavan adopted aggressive role to keep score card moving rapidly unlike previous games. In 22 overs both kept he scorechealthy with 130/0 with Dhavan 78 with 10 fours and i six while Rohit Sharma remained on 50 with 1 six and 3?fours. In the 31st over Rohit Sharma was caught by Handscomb b Richardson five runs short of 100 from 92 balls.(7 Fours and 2 sixes).the score atvthis stagecwas 193/1 The game progressed after LokeshvRahul joined Dhavan in the middle.On completion ofv36 overs the score board showed Board showed 233/1. the further progress of the match is crucial for India . The present trend of 254/2 in 37.4 overs when Dhavan got out with a well deserving 143 from 115 balls with18fours and 3 Sixes,would appear to be verybcompetitive. The present trend of 12 overs still to play India might reach theRegion of 350+ in 50 overs. With 12 overs still remaining India is likely to finish the 50 overs in the region of 350+. Finally India finished the the first outing for 356/9 with Bumrah sending the lastball over the fence. Australia needs 357 runs to win. Although they lost wickets of Around Finch and Shawn Marsh cheaply ,they are still trying hard to find the rarget. At the moment being 117/2,the required run rate is just over 8 runs per over. This might look difficult but not next to impossible. Unless Indian Bowlers rise to the occasion and bowl exemplarioy well ,nothing can be taken for granted as Cricket is a Glorious Game of Uncertainty. Australia crossed 200.still no further loss of wickets. The RRR at present is over 9 per over. The progress is commendable. The wicket of most dangerous batsman Khawaja claimed by Bumrah as a catch by Kuldeep yadav forv91 glorious runs. Australia progressed steadily and crossed 300 easily. And finally met the targetwith a glorious 358/6 with 13 balls to spare. This was an exemplarily expert fight from Down under in the recent past. They deserve all the praises especially,Hands comb and Khawaja. Now this series has become not merely interesting but a challenging one for both zindian and Australia.After having Locked at 2-2 the final decider on 13 the March 2019 assumes vital importance The decider is to be played at Phirosha Kotla at Delhi.we could witness the survival of the fittest on Wednesday next. SreedharanMundanat 10 the March 2019

Quadrangular under19 tournamentbatvTrivandrum2019

The quarts gulag under19 series match to be played toda at Trivandrum today was held on today promptly. The first match today at st Xaviers Ground was between indaA under 19& India B under 19 teams. The match was a surprising event in every respect . First team to use bat was India A. Their score was surprisingly low as compared to previous matches. Just three batsmen found double digit individual scores. They were Y.Jaiswal 30,Dhruv jurel 40,&Harsh dubey 23. They were all out in 40.3 overs for a very blow score of 129 . The under19 B had an easy target of 130 in 50 overs @2.6 runs per over. Arya Sethi 51 with 8 fours from 52 balls ,A.ankolekar with 29,&P.Tyagi 14, togetherbwithbthe single digit scores from others found home by scoring 130 in just41.4 overs and won the match handsomely. Match between South Africa under 19 & Afganistan under 19 : ************************************************************** This match for the Third position was of no much interest as bothbthe teams had lost both their earlier Matches without collecting anynpoints. Today's match between them was to decide the third position in the match at Green field Stadium in Trivandrum. South Africa who was to bat first did their best and scored 200 runs From49.5 overs. Afganistan in reply could make just 191 from 40.5 overs Thus S.Africa won the third position match. The final of the Quandrangular tournament would be held at Green Field Stadium on 11th of March 2019 Between India B & IndiaAnunder19 teams with points 15 & 14 respectively WinningbofvIndia under19 B over B was a surprise. Cricket is such a game With surprises and disappointing shocks. This is why CRICKET IS FONDLY CALLED A GLORIOUS GAME OF UNCERTAINTY Sreedharan Mundanat 9 th of March 2019

New Arrival in Cricket

One would be wondering what's meant by the title of this blog?yes it is true. There are different kinds of catches in cricket by which a batsman can be declared out in the game of cricket. 1)caught behind by wicket keeper. 2)Caught and Bowled by the bowler. 3)caught by fielder in any position on field. 4) Caught by a fielder at the border when the ball is not allowed to touch the ground by pushing it back to ground if the Fielder's feet is outside the fence and complete the catch by entering back in the field. Apart from all these a new kind of catches has taken birth in a match held at Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday the 1st of March 2019.

This unusual catch of cricket took place in a match between the touring women cricket team of NewZealand & the Governor General Eleven ofAustralia at Sydney Cricket ground What exactly happened is as narrated below: This unusual catch by the Bowler had happened in the 45th over ofNewZealand innings.Hither Graham of Australian Team was the bowler .She bowled to Kathy Penkins who wanted to strike the ball to the opposite boundary line.She did it.But unfortunately for NZ & Luckily for the Aussies women team the ball went straight to the non-striker's end whereKathy Martin was standing.Thevball was very fast .Kathy Matin turned away from the path of the ball to save herself from becoming a target .Had it hit her it could have been a case of serious injury.Whikevturningvto save herself the ball touched the bat in the hand of Kathy Msrtin and Rose in the air.Hither Graham the bowler did not offer a butter hand & safely accepted the catch gracefully. Although unintentionally Kathy Martin was indirectly the cause for the loss of the wicket of team mate Kathy Penkins.However Kathy Martin compensated for her error of judgement by scoring a Glorious 72 runs. Thus the Kiwis made,perhaps,a historical score of 323 runs for the loss of 7 Wickets. In reply,thecAustralian women could make just 157 runs (all out) Finally the NewZealand Women recorded a Historical victory over the Governor's Eleven of Australia. This match may not enter the History to books of international cricket being a tour match. But this will be remembered for a long time as a First classCricket Match in the books of cricket as an event in which an unusual catch took birth. SreedharanMundanat 2nd March 2019