An Indian who makes me proud to be Indian

It's hard to imagine Sachin was picked on for saying he's an Indian first.


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Salutations to one of India's finest.

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The final

The most predictable team of the T20 World Cup so far, and the most unpredictable of them. Sri Lanka and Pakistan meet for the last match of what's been a terribly boring tournament. (The only lingering memory is of Dhoni turning up at a press conference with his team in tow.)

On form, Lanka look like taking it away in a one-sided game.

However for the sake of the game in that country, I'm hoping Pakistan make it to the spot they missed 2 years ago.

Score a duck and a hundred in the very same match;
Now how many players wear this sinusoidal badge?
It's a long list with over a hundred over the years
Centurions and blobs; a funny tale of joy and tears.
I've found the list and if you'd like to know
I make you a request, please click, below.

BELOW IS HERE.

ICL. IPL. ISL?

8 wise men, they met in a room, to pick the men in blue
And before they emerged, all was out. But who, who, who?
Selectors? Captain? Or coach? Who is the mystery leak?
Call in the CBI I say, and let's find that blabbering beak.

Or go live on every channel, that's smoking in the air.
Give everyone an ear to the door, I think it's only fair.
Add a commercial break or two, rake in a million more;
Bring in the dancing girls, and you could make it four.

Let's play it under the lights, at the Eden, Kotla or Mumbai;
Coloured clothing, sponsorships, tickets. Surely that's okay!
A giant scoreboard and screen? To play back every catch?
When the circus is done, a prize for the man-of-the-match?

The Indian Selection League, sirs, is what I propose today
Make me the Chairman or CEO, I'll make the tamasha pay.
Much, much more moolah, than the IPL will ever bring
Poor Lalit will have to wait in line, while the Board my praises sing.

Yuvraj resorts to violence to regain his test spot

A battered and bruised England will bear testimony to the ferocity of this assault. 138 off 78 balls in the first ODI; 16 fours and 6 sixes included. 118 off 122 in the second with 15 fours and 2 sixes. Numbers that straightaway put Yuvraj at No. 1 in the list of contenders for the test spot vacated by Sourav Ganguly.

From pauper to prince

'Twas a downpour of sixes 'n' fours galore;
The Poms only clapped, their legs too sore.
The crowd went wild, bayed for more blood,
And Yuvraj, he obliged with another flood.
Just after the game, I heard 'em voices ring;
"Singh is King, Singh is King, Singh is King."
Pause a moment, consider this irony;
The king just lost his vice captaincy.