As Indian we should pray for a close contest match between Srilanka and Bangladesh.In that case no one can increase their run rate by a large margin and a victory against Srilanka will put India in Super-8. Going to Super-8 with 2 extra point gives higher probability in entering to Semis. We hope India will beat Srilanka and go to Super-8 along with Srilanka so that 2 extra point will help in the second round.
RE:A close match between Srilanka & Bangladesh: Expectation from Big brother India
by sameer naik on Mar 21, 2007 07:44 PM Permalink
As an Indian it would be better to pray that lanka beats Bangladesh by a bigger margin. that will enhance lanka's chances to get into super 8. If we are going to beat lanka, then it doesn't matter if lanka's run rate gets better than us in today's game. Right?
I AM A RESIDENT OF ABU DHABI AND FOX SPORT IS RELAYING WORLD CUP IN THIS REGION. I NOTICED ONLY LAXMAN SIVARAMAKRISHNAN AS AN INDIAN COMMENTATOR! WHY WHAT HAPPEND TO RAVI SASHTRY, HARSH BOGLE, GAVASKAR or MANJEREKAR? ARE THEY COMMENTATING ON DIFFERENT CHANNEL? THIS IS SO BORING AND THANK GOD ARUN LAL DID NOT GET CHANCE.
RE:COMMENTRY
by JIGNESH SHAH on Mar 21, 2007 05:22 PM Permalink
Dear.....There is mistake....I think..Arun Lal is there on SAB TV to bore us !!! God Save Indian Fans from his boring commentry.
RE:COMMENTRY
by deleted on Mar 21, 2007 04:11 PM Permalink
Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri, Harsha Bogle are in ESPN & Star Sports. Manjerekar in is Ten Sports. As ESPN & Star Sports, and Ten-sports did not get TV right we are missing them!
RE:COMMENTRY
by Ravishankar Kumarasamy on Mar 21, 2007 03:42 PM Permalink
I agree with you.Even Sidhu would have add colour.Manjraker would have been great.Can anyone give us some insights of these great commentators.
RE:RE:COMMENTRY
by Senthil Kumar on Mar 21, 2007 05:54 PM Permalink
Sidhu murdered a person with a cricket bat. So channels might be little bit wary of him.
Manjeraker is the best in business. Don't know how he got missed out.
RE:COMMENTRY
by amit joshi on Mar 21, 2007 05:37 PM Permalink
why r u missing them?????? u shud be thankful instead.except for harsha. shastri:"'consecutive boundaries' for sehwag"???!!!as if we dont know what is consecutive."i think they shud accelerate now if india has to win this match" what were u doing in ur (non?)playing days??? fake accent,pronouncing tendulkar with a thinner d."this one will go down the wire" how many times? gavaskar:"look at the balance,the follow through(u guessed it...of tendulkar)splendid!!!" now how many times have we heard this line? manjarekar:"this is something i have against tendulkar...he has the capacity but never hits such telling blows as gibbs did now" u didnt do anything apart from getting run out or running others out.
RE:RE:COMMENTRY
by KSatish on Mar 21, 2007 07:57 PM Permalink
Thats right. none of the manjeraker and shasthri crap. But atleast u can laugh on them. This guy Sivarama krishnan is boring as hell! Looks like nothing is going right for the Indian cricket fans.
RE:RE:COMMENTRY
by sameer naik on Mar 22, 2007 04:30 AM Permalink
lol...true you have wacthed lot of cricket Shastri: that ball went like a tracer bullet...
But dude if we have to pick 2-3 commentrators ofrm india...given the options we have i would still like Shastri, Gavaskar and Co...if not anything their tone is exciting and "unboring" and understand the game better than most other indian commentrators
Wed, Mar 21: SL v Bang, Group B Wed, Mar 21: Zim v Pak, Group D Thu, Mar 22: Sco v Holl, Group A Thu, Mar 22: Zim v Can, Group C Fri, Mar 23: Ind v SL, Group B Fri, Mar 23: WI v Ire, Group B(it is not group B)
RE:correction
by ajay on Mar 21, 2007 03:23 PM Permalink
Wed, Mar 21: SL v Bang, Group B Wed, Mar 21: Zim v Pak, Group D Thu, Mar 22: Sco v Holl, Group A Thu, Mar 22: Zim v Can, Group C ( NZ v Can ) not ( Zim v Can ) Fri, Mar 23: Ind v SL, Group B Fri, Mar 23: WI v Ire, Group B(it is not group B)
I just cannot understand why people call this type of cricket event as World Cup? Is this truly a World Cup? Definitely not. We are living in a FOOLS%u2019 PARADIS, and we are becoming fools day by day. Cricket is making us fool. Look at the other countries and compare the position of India with them. Ghana not only qualifies for World Cup Football, Malta is winning Gold in Olympics, even Pakistan is winning Gold in Olympics; and what we are doing? Just becoming crazy behind some bloody jokers. Cricket is an event where, Bollywood stars, politicians, and businessmen are the dominant players, not the general fitness of sportsmen, nor the performance of the players, not even the nationalism and pride for the country. I am sure that after 20 years, India will no longer in a position for qualifying even in a single sporting event anywhere on the Globe. Sports are those things which build Morality and Ethical values in the mind of the citizens of a country. India doesn%u2019t have that spirit because of that lack of sporting spirit and good quality of sportsmen. A country like India should play Football, Hockey, Rugby, Volleyball, which need physical fitness, devotion and mental strength, not cricket, which is dominated by glamour, entertainment, match fixing and scandal. It is seemed to be a circus. Still we have time to improve our condition. It is my pray to everybody to throw Cricket and Cricketers in the sea. Being a son of my motherland, I wish India%u2019s loss in each and every match in this ICC World Fun and Entertainment.
RE:Read and Think before making astatement against me
by Senthil Kumar on Mar 21, 2007 06:01 PM Permalink
Cicket requires nuances, eye coordination and other mental skills.
Most of the games like football favor Red meat (Pigs and Cows) eating countries as they emphasis more on brute force and aggression than game nuances and skill.
RE:Read and Think before making astatement against me
by naresh sreenivas on Mar 21, 2007 06:35 PM Permalink
looks like u r a mathematican with % go back to philosophy teaching...... 2 much
RE:Read and Think before making astatement against me
by expat indian on Mar 21, 2007 03:10 PM Permalink
ok. your point is noted.. pls dont watch world cup from now on and also dont come here to post ur comments
RE:RE:Read and Think before making astatement against me
by Anirban Basu on Mar 21, 2007 04:39 PM Permalink
Think think and think and u will get the answer of what I told. U r not a lover of cricket, but running behind a freak.
I can't really understand why people call this tourmament as World Cup. This is a big joke to all of us Indians. Media is provoking us to believe this and we do. We just don't think that because of this jocker like circus, we are loosing our control over other sporting events. We were at the last position in tha last Olympic. Ghana is qualifying for WC Football, Malta is winning Gold in Olympics, and we are becoming crazy behind all these bloody cricketers. Still we have time. We should throw Cricket and Cricketers in the sea. Because, making people fool with this type of circus like game is very easy and we are becoming fool everyday by cricketers, Bollywood stars and politicians. May god bless our country...................................
RE:RE:I wish India to be looser in World Cup Cricket
by Anirban Basu on Mar 21, 2007 04:45 PM Permalink
Yes I am an Indian and I love my country and I can not see the downfall of my nation. You will see the effect of cricket after 15 years. Only time will tell.
RE:RE:RE:I wish India to be looser in World Cup Cricket
by Neil Anderson on Mar 21, 2007 10:00 PM Permalink
Some effects are already seen.
Some people are mad for the game and some are mad against the game.
It is still better than boozing, gambling or scuffling, although these three things might go along as well.
Still it is better.
The positives are - inspite of all crazy fan behaviours cricket is something on which entire India can unite. It is a sort of ingredient of nationalism.
Secondly just imagine how much money is generated and spend around the game. Spending by some means income for some others. Players coaches organisers TV commentators column writers groundsmen food packet sellers tattoo makers etc etc etc. The money these people spend generates more money and so on.
So pleez have mercy on these people.
Don't rob their livelihood.
Dont rob the livelihood of Sachin Saurav Rahul and and and and and Viru also and thers in the team or out of the team.
I beseech you do not plead for something which if the country somehow accepts would create a huge uneployment beside other reasons posted by
RE:I wish India to be looser in World Cup Cricket
by ravikumar neti on Mar 21, 2007 03:46 PM Permalink
if u dont wanna see cricket dont see, but who are u to comment those who love cricket?
We would love see India in the Super8.Even if they donot make it please understand that Cricket is only a Game played by human beings.Take a leaf from your Srilankan neighbour, they too have lots of passion for the game but donot act crazy at time of a defeat.Even Jayasuriya is just another person on the road,they all are just personalities in this country and we haven't given a celebrity nor a demigod status to them. This crazy behaviour is caused a few individuals,But think of the overall image of your country.As India as a country has been offering lots more to the world than just cricket .
it is my request in the match of ind vs. srilanka on 23 march.dhoni should be promoted on no. 4 means that after the sehvag if india follow this thing then diffinetly india will win the match against srilanka and reach the super eight. this is the my batting line up:- utthappa, saurav, sehvag, dhoni, sachin, dravid yuvraj, agarkar , zaheer , kumble, munaf,
thanks if u will send this massage to the dravid i oblige to u.
i m vimlesh tiwari pursuing mba 4th sem. my id is vimalmba07@rediffmail.com
