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Who started this? And is it true? :-) I got this in mail.

Not sure if you've heard this. But India chances have opened for India to advance to the Super 8 stage as four Bangla Deshi players tested positive for performance enhancing drugs and the team may be banned from the tournament. If they are banned, then the next team in the Group B (India) will advance. Read the NDTV exclusive bulletin.


Update: I made this post as I was watching Australia-Bangladesh match. And even if someone took drugs, we know what happened to Shane Warne and to the Australian team last world cup. So I didnt actually mean that question. But thanks anyway, AP.:-)

Time to smile

The SL-SA match was a thriller today. When 4 wickets fell in a row, suddenly SL was in with a chance. It was hard not to think about our team or our performance. Watched the final overs of that match wistfully. I gotta agree with Oracle. SA was done in by stupid rules in the '92 edition. I can't forget the sight of Pringle pinching his jaw and having a sad face then. I hope they go on to with this world cup.

While the games go on, its time for us to do what we do best - laugh at ourselves. I try not to paste FWDs or chain mails here but this one is too funny. Check this out.

1979 - India was out from the world cup in the first round!
1983 - India won the World Cup.

2007 - India is out from the world cup in the first round!
2011 - India Will win the world cup

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We are like this wonly.:-)

Et Cetera

After watching Bermuda-Bangladesh match and Australia-South Africa, one got the feeling, India was probably the only team that didn't want to fight. (Pakistan is probably the other one) People who paid money to watch Indian matches didn't get their money's worth even for a single match. Anyway, we lost and end of story.

The best thing to do when everything around you is going wrong is to keep your mouth shut. Try telling this to Sharad Pawar. Next time, Ponting pushes him aside and snaps his finger to call him, I don't think anybody would run to support Pawar or condemn Ponting if one goes by the comments section of this report.

Wanted....

A few more hours to go for the Ind-SL match. All I am praying for is a Taunton innings (remember 1999 World Cup?) Since Ganguly is in form, thats not asking for too much. Play it agaian, Sourav.

Update: OK, bye bye India. Hope you qualify for the next version and go to the 2nd round. Ponting is having the last laugh I guess.

Sachin scored a duck. What can I say!?

Poor Kumble

We lost the game against Bangladesh and the Inidan players would've been shocked if there was no backlash, effigy-burning, donkey-naming etc back home. Thats no surprise for any of us, I am sure.

Yeah, but in their enthusiasm to insult the players, people in Patna did something funny.

Fans took out a procession on a donkey to vent their ire against Team India. Organised under the aegis of ‘Cricket Fans Club’, the donkeys named Sehwag, Tendulakar, Harbhajan and Kumble were made to move around Kadamkuan and Patna College with slogan shouting youth following them. It was the same group of people who had performed a ‘Mahayagna’ to ensure a victory for the team.

Yes, Kumble didn't even play the game. He is one unlucky man.

Read the city by city reaction here.

What do you suggest the Karnataka Govt. do now?

a. Declare a state-wide bandh to protest against this unforgivable action.
b. Extend unconditional apology to Kumble and his family and gift a house and/or car and/or land.
c. Prevent Patna people from working in B'lore.
d. All of the above.
e. None of the above.

PS - R.I.P Woolmer. May God give your friends and family a lot of strength.

So much for prediction...

Sehwag's "maravetti" shot kind of gave a hint as to how serious the rest of the team would be about the match. Ideally, a good cricket fan would want a good team to win and India didn't deserve to win the match yesterday and Ireland didn't deserve to lose. Since Ind-Bang match was a no-brainer, I got to watch Ireland-Pakistan match. The luck factor played no role. Thank God the rains stopped and the Irish were able to continue the game. A win by D/L method wouldn't have done justice. And people would say "Its because of the rains....". Go Ireland! It'd be interesting to see how Ireland play the rest of their matches. And India? Well, they have crazy fans to contend with. Would we deliver once again in a do-or-die situation?

World Cup Prediction

World Cup has started and West Indies, Australia and kenya have won their matches. 2 more days to go for India's first match and there are creative forwards already doing the rounds. Predicting the winner is the in-thing to do now. I got the following as a forward.

Year 1981
1. Prince Charles got married
2. Liverpool crowned Champions of Europe
3. Australia lost the Ashes
4. Pope Died
2 years later India won the world Cup!!!


Year 2005
1. Prince Charles got married
2. Liverpool crowned Champions of Europe
3. Australia lost the Ashes
4. Pope Died

2 years later will India win the world Cup???? .........


Trivia -2



1982 Football World Cup won by Italy

1983 Cricket World Cup won by India



2006 Football World Cup won by Italy

2007 Cricket World Cup: INDIA ???

K(r)aapi with Karan

I recently discovered that Koffee with Karan is being aired on one of the channels during weekends over here. I couldn't wait. Isn't Karan a unique character - an out-of-the-closet guy (I mean gay) from our land? I watched one episode. It was so superficial that I couldn't get enough of it. Last weekend, got to watch so many interviews thanks to youtube. The conversation is only in english. And most of the time one's body, one's sex-appeal or one's crush, love, ex-love is whats discussed. If the producers ask Karan not to use the word "sex" or "sexy", he'd probably resign. I don't think he is capable of talking in english without using those words. The star guests are very forthright or frank or open. Thats why Preity Zinta talked about "grabbing" Abhishek's butt. Even the King Khan and KJ gave subtle hints about their "relationship". And Abhishek said Mallika Sherawat represents Indian women of 2005 and that he'd like to see her run in slow motion.

Unfortunate are those who never got to watch this show. The guy who directed 3 movies (one of them was a flop) is actually a guy the stars suck upto. Everytime he has guests, those guests fight over the coffee hamper that K hands out. I am pretty sure those people might toss it the second they get out of the set. But they are magnanimous enough to provide us entertainment with such funny tiffs and competition peppered with humour that I promise I would "do anything" to watch this show.

PS - The "do anything" was pun intended. You'd undertsnad if you watch this clip.


Update - The post reflects what I feel about the show but that doesn't mean I wouldn't watch it. I love the entertainment. Go KJ! (OMG, Am I inadvertently sucking up to him now?:-))