The year 2007 through my Cricket eyes,
btw,I am a self-confessed obsessive fan of this Game:):)
I have been following this game since the past 13 years, but never have I encountered such a year in its history.
Yes, this is the year in which India was knocked out in the second leg of a World Cup and this is also the year in which India won the first ever T20 Cup.
We as followers of the game, have had a roller-coaster ride of emotions, we ridiculed them after the shameful exit from the world cup and showed praises when they won the T20 cup.
The year started with Saurav Ganguly announcing his return to the team with exceptional batting and a gallon of runs against South Africa which booked his seat in the World cup squard. The plane to West Indies had a number of first timers namely M.S Dhoni, Robin Uthappa,Shreeshant, Munaf Patel, Dinesh Kartik and the old horses with Captain Rahul Dravid leading from the front . But who could have imagined that India could loose to Bangladesh and pack its bag in the first leg of the tournament itself. Well they faced dire consequences when they reached home because we all know how seriously we take our Cricket. Once the blame game started it ended with Greg Chappell’s resignation and soon the heroes of yesterday were made to look like zeroes.
At last the Aussies bagged the top honor making it three times in a row.
The World cup debacle followed India’s tour to Bangladesh in which the Indian ripped them apart and avenged the defeat of the world cup.
India then played against England and South Africa, in which they showed some caliber and managed to win a test series aboard after a gad of more that 5 years.
The month of September set the stage for the first ever 20-20 world cup, which was a shorter version of the game and ensured slam-bang cricketing experience. No body could even imagine in their wildest dream that India could bag the top honor over here. But they did and that also in style.
The T20 cup was a welcome surprise for the entire nation, firstly no one expected India to go so far in the tournament without Sachin, Saurabh,Rahul in the dressing room and beat the likes of Australia and South Africa, who believe in slam-bang cricket which the shorter version of the game was all about. But the youth brigade bought it on and played like champions beating Pakistan in a final to remember. Unknown names like Joginder Singh and Rohit Sharma became house hold name with their Captain M.S Dhoni proving yet again why the entire nation chants his name, Yuvraj came of age and showed what he is capable of. And booked their names in the history books for generations to remember and showed our presence in the Cricketing world map.
And when they returned from South Africa, the entire nation erupted into festivities and the players were showered with cash prizes from all sources possible.
And after Dravid’s resignation, M.S Dhoni was crowned as the captain of the ODI team , a job which he did with full responsibility and poise.
Next up was the Aussie tour to India which apparently witnessed Racism from the crowds on a few occasions something which was unprecedented in India. But unfortunately they ran all over us and won the one-day series.
The next assignment was the Pakistan’s tour to India in which we showed them who’s the boss by bagging both One-days and test series. It also witnessed come drama over appointing Anil Kumble as the Captain of the test side.
The tremendous popularity of T20 cup paved the way for the creation of ICL ‘Indian Cricket League’ who roped in players from the domestic as well as the International circuit .We saw the likes of Brain Lara, Inzamam Ul Haq, Lance Kluserner playing for local teams under the ICL banner. This landed them in dispute with BCCI who oust the players playing for ICL. Leaving a big hole in the Domestic circuit which was filled by young guns waiting in the wings for their 20 minutes of fame.
This year saw a unprecedented rejuvenation of Cricketing talents in India’s armory. And the future looks bright.
The year ended with India touring Australia and losing the first test from over 300 runs.
Coming up the review of the test series.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Saturday, January 26, 2008
tag # 3
Found this awesome tag on Umang's blog ,so tagged myself:):)
So I have to choose two snaps which I clicked and pin it up here stating the reason.
hmm tough job !!!
lets see which once do I end up with :)
Taken at the Ranthombore National Park ,absolutely love it .
I consider myself close to the nature and this picture depicts the colors of nature in it's true sense.
Just have a look at the picture, I was spell bound !!!
hmmm the next.....
Taken at Gir forest
Awesome short !!!!
TRY IT :)
Tagging everyone who is interested.
So I have to choose two snaps which I clicked and pin it up here stating the reason.
hmm tough job !!!
lets see which once do I end up with :)
Taken at the Ranthombore National Park ,absolutely love it .
I consider myself close to the nature and this picture depicts the colors of nature in it's true sense.
Just have a look at the picture, I was spell bound !!!
hmmm the next.....
Taken at Gir forest
Awesome short !!!!
TRY IT :)
Tagging everyone who is interested.
About this bLoG # 2
I started this blog about a year back for writing random stuff, at that point of time. I had never thought I could get such a great response from everybody.
'Thanks you soo much for supporting me and I hope you all continue in doing so'.
Thank you sooo much :):)
I had different blogs for writing about different things but from now on,I will be writing about everything here.
Cheers
:)
'Thanks you soo much for supporting me and I hope you all continue in doing so'.
Thank you sooo much :):)
I had different blogs for writing about different things but from now on,I will be writing about everything here.
Cheers
:)
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Kyle XY
I have been watching this series for about 3 months now, it airs every saturady at
8 p.m on Star World. Its one of the Sci-fi serials which has everything super-natural about it, but is very innate and real which deals with simple human emotions of life, love, friendship, destiny etc etc etc.
Matt Dallas who plays Kyle is really cute too :)
And i'v always had a thing for everything super-natural.
LoLzz
Take a go at it.
Saturdays at 8 on Star World
Have a look !!!
The only reason I am putting them up is becuase of a few requests
btw these are the pics of the shark I disected .
:(:(
yaah!! I did this.
2 votes and these pics are out.
btw these are the pics of the shark I disected .
:(:(
yaah!! I did this.
2 votes and these pics are out.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
blabbering
Well I don't have any content to write today, but haven't posted for about 10 days now, so I high time I write something.
Its already the 16Th day of the year and my resolutions have gone down the drain,'I wonder why I make them '.
I have been really frustrated these days 'dono why',I don't feel like talking to friends or anybody 'really don't know the reason'.Its like all the tensions have engulfed me and I have isolated myself. Plus I am not helping myself getting past those tensions.
Well I guess its just a phase and I'll get over it.
btw I recently dissected a shark 'one feet long', it was part of our Life science practicals, at the beginning I felt a bit pukish, but then I saw all my calssmates doing it, so I opened it up with scissors and observed it circulatory system 'the heart and the aorta'.And ill be lying if I said I didn't enjoy the process.
I got pictures too but they are a bit graphic 'so I won't put them up'.
After doing it I kinda felt bad because for our experimentation we had to kill a living being :(:(
Its already the 16Th day of the year and my resolutions have gone down the drain,'I wonder why I make them '.
I have been really frustrated these days 'dono why',I don't feel like talking to friends or anybody 'really don't know the reason'.Its like all the tensions have engulfed me and I have isolated myself. Plus I am not helping myself getting past those tensions.
Well I guess its just a phase and I'll get over it.
btw I recently dissected a shark 'one feet long', it was part of our Life science practicals, at the beginning I felt a bit pukish, but then I saw all my calssmates doing it, so I opened it up with scissors and observed it circulatory system 'the heart and the aorta'.And ill be lying if I said I didn't enjoy the process.
I got pictures too but they are a bit graphic 'so I won't put them up'.
After doing it I kinda felt bad because for our experimentation we had to kill a living being :(:(
Monday, January 7, 2008
Musical tag
This was a unusual tag found it during blog hopping
So tagged myself :)
Rules:
1. Put your MP3 player/Media player on shuffle
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. You must write the name of the song no matter what
Here it goes....
IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY?" YOU SAY?
Makes me wonder- Maroon 5
I still don't have the reason
And you don't have the time
And it really makes me wonder
If I ever gave a f%$# about you
hmmmm hmmmm hmmmmm, ROT IN HELL FOR ALL I CARE lol.
WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
She's a Maniac - Flash Dance
She's a steel town girl on a Saturday night
looking for the fight of her life
In the real time world ,no one sees her at all
They all say she's crazy.
Ohh man, fits in completely. LoLzz
WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Woh Lamhe - DJ Suketu
SHIT!!!this tag is getting freAky ,I really don't look for that in a guy .LoL
HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Somewhere I Belong - Linkin Park
I wanna heal, I wanna feel what I thought was never real
I wanna let go of the pain I’ve held so long
(Erase all the pain till it’s gone)
I wanna heal, I wanna feel like I’m close to something real
I wanna find something I’ve wanted all along
Somewhere I belong
hmmm today ,YES there is somewhere I belong. The pain has healed and I have found my way.
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE?
Show me the meaning to being lonely- Backstreet Boys ???
hmm didn't fit it quite right ???
WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Floorfiller - A teens
Give me a track with a phat kind of beat
A groove so unique that it kicks me off my seat
Cause I won't find a mood with a new spine chiller
When the crowd hits the room, it's a true crowd thriller
just love this song !!!
Life is all about having fun, but not just fun ,its about a lot more.
WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Frostbite - MLTR
my fav. band
I'm running on empty alone in a steel cold town
The colours are fading to grey when you're not around
I'm going over what you said
The words keep ringing in my head
What happened to the promises
The promises we madeWell ,lets make it the other way ,what I think of my friends.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS?
Wake up call- Maroon 5
hmmmm , they'll been telling me to make better choices and be responsible ,so I guess in a way this song says that.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
If Anybody Cared - Nickel back
awesome song !!!!
If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
Then we'd see the day when nobody died
Yaah ,I do think about this a lot,ABOUT whats happening in the world, why is there so much violence and disturbance in the world today.
WHAT IS 2+2?
Rock the Party - Bombay Rockers
ahhaha Says it all!!!
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Dont have one, but a few close friends
Ronnie - Metallica
Story starts, quiet town
Small town boy, big time frown
Never talks, never plays
Different path, lost his way
Their lost in their own ways but I am there to help them. LoL
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Get Down - Backstreet Boys
Your the One for me
Your my Ecstasy
LOL, dont have anyone at present lets see what happens when I get one.
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Real to me - Brain Mc Fadden
Showbiz dinners and the free champagne,
Men in suits who think they know it all
No one knows me
but they know my name,
That`s not real to me.
Love this song, but right now, it doesn't fit in quite right cuaz a few people are still real to me.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
hmm ,I am all grown up now 'going to be 20 on 2nd Feb'
So ill take a pass on this one.
WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Tanha Dil - Shaanhmmm,a few lines fit.
Tanha dil,tanha saraf
Dhunde tujhe phir bhi nazar.
Nice song !!!!
WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Unforgiven II - Metallica
ohhh I so love Metallica, I wish I could dance on it, but yes will play it for sure.
WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Burn it up - R.Kelly
LOLzzzzzzzzzzz
WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Nothing else matters - Metallica
woowww ,My favourite song
Just defines me.
WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
All out of love - Air Supply
I am all out of love
I am so lost without you
I know you were right
I have been living for so long.
Completely the opposite, I am so great now
Out of it and having a blast . LoLzz
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
More to Life - Stacie Orrice
It's gona be more to life
than chasing every temporary high
to satisfy me.
Well,I keep on telling them this Life is a lot moreee.
WHAT SHOULD YOU POST THIS AS?
Kya hua tera wala - Amar,Akhbar,Anthony
LOL DONO WHAT to fill in here
Just adore this movie...
THE END
This tag was quite something, LOLzz
some of the songs matched , others didn't
but had a great time doin it
TAKE A DIG AT IT :):):0
So tagged myself :)
Rules:
1. Put your MP3 player/Media player on shuffle
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. You must write the name of the song no matter what
Here it goes....
IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY?" YOU SAY?
Makes me wonder- Maroon 5
I still don't have the reason
And you don't have the time
And it really makes me wonder
If I ever gave a f%$# about you
hmmmm hmmmm hmmmmm, ROT IN HELL FOR ALL I CARE lol.
WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
She's a Maniac - Flash Dance
She's a steel town girl on a Saturday night
looking for the fight of her life
In the real time world ,no one sees her at all
They all say she's crazy.
Ohh man, fits in completely. LoLzz
WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Woh Lamhe - DJ Suketu
SHIT!!!this tag is getting freAky ,I really don't look for that in a guy .LoL
HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Somewhere I Belong - Linkin Park
I wanna heal, I wanna feel what I thought was never real
I wanna let go of the pain I’ve held so long
(Erase all the pain till it’s gone)
I wanna heal, I wanna feel like I’m close to something real
I wanna find something I’ve wanted all along
Somewhere I belong
hmmm today ,YES there is somewhere I belong. The pain has healed and I have found my way.
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE?
Show me the meaning to being lonely- Backstreet Boys ???
hmm didn't fit it quite right ???
WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Floorfiller - A teens
Give me a track with a phat kind of beat
A groove so unique that it kicks me off my seat
Cause I won't find a mood with a new spine chiller
When the crowd hits the room, it's a true crowd thriller
just love this song !!!
Life is all about having fun, but not just fun ,its about a lot more.
WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Frostbite - MLTR
my fav. band
I'm running on empty alone in a steel cold town
The colours are fading to grey when you're not around
I'm going over what you said
The words keep ringing in my head
What happened to the promises
The promises we madeWell ,lets make it the other way ,what I think of my friends.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS?
Wake up call- Maroon 5
hmmmm , they'll been telling me to make better choices and be responsible ,so I guess in a way this song says that.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
If Anybody Cared - Nickel back
awesome song !!!!
If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
Then we'd see the day when nobody died
Yaah ,I do think about this a lot,ABOUT whats happening in the world, why is there so much violence and disturbance in the world today.
WHAT IS 2+2?
Rock the Party - Bombay Rockers
ahhaha Says it all!!!
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Dont have one, but a few close friends
Ronnie - Metallica
Story starts, quiet town
Small town boy, big time frown
Never talks, never plays
Different path, lost his way
Their lost in their own ways but I am there to help them. LoL
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Get Down - Backstreet Boys
Your the One for me
Your my Ecstasy
LOL, dont have anyone at present lets see what happens when I get one.
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Real to me - Brain Mc Fadden
Showbiz dinners and the free champagne,
Men in suits who think they know it all
No one knows me
but they know my name,
That`s not real to me.
Love this song, but right now, it doesn't fit in quite right cuaz a few people are still real to me.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
hmm ,I am all grown up now 'going to be 20 on 2nd Feb'
So ill take a pass on this one.
WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Tanha Dil - Shaanhmmm,a few lines fit.
Tanha dil,tanha saraf
Dhunde tujhe phir bhi nazar.
Nice song !!!!
WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Unforgiven II - Metallica
ohhh I so love Metallica, I wish I could dance on it, but yes will play it for sure.
WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Burn it up - R.Kelly
LOLzzzzzzzzzzz
WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Nothing else matters - Metallica
woowww ,My favourite song
Just defines me.
WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
All out of love - Air Supply
I am all out of love
I am so lost without you
I know you were right
I have been living for so long.
Completely the opposite, I am so great now
Out of it and having a blast . LoLzz
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
More to Life - Stacie Orrice
It's gona be more to life
than chasing every temporary high
to satisfy me.
Well,I keep on telling them this Life is a lot moreee.
WHAT SHOULD YOU POST THIS AS?
Kya hua tera wala - Amar,Akhbar,Anthony
LOL DONO WHAT to fill in here
Just adore this movie...
THE END
This tag was quite something, LOLzz
some of the songs matched , others didn't
but had a great time doin it
TAKE A DIG AT IT :):):0
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Tats from the past
Finally I am writing my first post of'08, but firstly would like jot down a few things of 2007.
I got my hair colored for the first time in '07, the color was purple and now it has turned blonde 'looks bad' ,btw I got just a few strands colored 'thank god for that'.
Wore a Saree 'cuaz it was compulsory at my college 'but never again'.
India won the T20, 2 days after winning it, I saw the entire Cricket team here in Mumbai' for the first time' was really memorable. But could'nt manage to see Shreshant 'sob sob sob'.
What else yaa,in terms of my academics it was a disastrous year cauz I bearly studied. Had the time of my live this year ,this year of my college life will be remembered forever.
Made a lot of new friends and lost a few.
But life goes on, another year another life.
GOODBYE 2007 AND HELLO 2008
I got my hair colored for the first time in '07, the color was purple and now it has turned blonde 'looks bad' ,btw I got just a few strands colored 'thank god for that'.
Wore a Saree 'cuaz it was compulsory at my college 'but never again'.
India won the T20, 2 days after winning it, I saw the entire Cricket team here in Mumbai' for the first time' was really memorable. But could'nt manage to see Shreshant 'sob sob sob'.
What else yaa,in terms of my academics it was a disastrous year cauz I bearly studied. Had the time of my live this year ,this year of my college life will be remembered forever.
Made a lot of new friends and lost a few.
But life goes on, another year another life.
GOODBYE 2007 AND HELLO 2008
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