Mr. Lavakare, I respect your wisdom and experties on Cricket but try playing Cricket and reach 194 and then let your captain declare the innings. We would love to see your happy and excited face then.
Sachin knows Indian cricket better than Greg Chappel. In retrospect, Sachin's sending a signal that he should open the innings was right as the results of his playing at 6th position is for everyone to see.
As for Pawar's backing for Marathi people is concerned, not sure what would you call Dalmiya's backing of Ganguly OR Karnataka's 6 players in the team when Deve Gowda was PM. This is the way in India. This is the precedent. And I'm not sure if we should blame Pawar for that.
