Rahul Dravid will be playing for his state in the quarter-final of the ongoing Ranji trophy.
Details:
Match: Karnataka vs Punjab
Start time: 9.30 A.M.
Pitch report: Bouncy wicket
"The youngsters have been come into the Ranji scene and have straightway delivered. Be it Mithun, Manish Pandey, Ganesh Satish or Amit Verma they have all put in big performance. Also we have played in good wickets. Our fast bowling attack has been exceptional this year."
-Rahul Dravid
Will Rahul Dravid make a comeback to the ODI team?
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Friday, December 18, 2009
(Youngsters = Great fielding) ! Ohhhhhh, really?????????????
India vs Srilanka: 1st T20
Yuvraj was too much excited - he was wearing colourful goggles, he entereed the ground with some shiny cream applied on his hair and wearing typical arrogance on his face. It was as if he was going for his ad-shoot.
The match began. 2-3 times the ball was in the hands of Yuvraj and everytime he threw the ball towards the stumps to pressurize (!) the batsmen. Useless throws for sure!
Then came the lollypop catch- and guess what, our best (!) fielder dropped it as easily as the catch was. Now look at him - he thought it was a part of advertisement where he was supposed to drop the catch, take some pill (Revital! jiyo jee bharkein), and take the next catch diving to his left. Everything was going as per the plan, but he was amazed to see the crowd turned up to watch his ad-shoot. After some time, he was told by someone that it's a real game and Yuvraj got angry. Where are those Revital idiots? Didn't they ask me to come on time?
It's just an example of how good the youngsters are at fielding. Looking at the way Yuvraj, Raina, Rohit Sharma, Uthappa, Jadeja field, I can safely conclude that the best fielder is the one -
1. who can cry in pain as if the finger is fractured after dropping the catch
2. who can think of diving over the ball if it's too easy to field
3. who can move away from the line of the ball and then dive and stop it (in the meantime, the batsmen are through with a single)
People like Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar do not fit in this criteria. They are silly - they do not drop a single lollypop catch nor do they dive over the ball. They can never become good fielders! sad.
Yuvraj was too much excited - he was wearing colourful goggles, he entereed the ground with some shiny cream applied on his hair and wearing typical arrogance on his face. It was as if he was going for his ad-shoot.
The match began. 2-3 times the ball was in the hands of Yuvraj and everytime he threw the ball towards the stumps to pressurize (!) the batsmen. Useless throws for sure!
Then came the lollypop catch- and guess what, our best (!) fielder dropped it as easily as the catch was. Now look at him - he thought it was a part of advertisement where he was supposed to drop the catch, take some pill (Revital! jiyo jee bharkein), and take the next catch diving to his left. Everything was going as per the plan, but he was amazed to see the crowd turned up to watch his ad-shoot. After some time, he was told by someone that it's a real game and Yuvraj got angry. Where are those Revital idiots? Didn't they ask me to come on time?
It's just an example of how good the youngsters are at fielding. Looking at the way Yuvraj, Raina, Rohit Sharma, Uthappa, Jadeja field, I can safely conclude that the best fielder is the one -
1. who can cry in pain as if the finger is fractured after dropping the catch
2. who can think of diving over the ball if it's too easy to field
3. who can move away from the line of the ball and then dive and stop it (in the meantime, the batsmen are through with a single)
People like Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar do not fit in this criteria. They are silly - they do not drop a single lollypop catch nor do they dive over the ball. They can never become good fielders! sad.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
The journey never ends
Source: The Deccan Herald
Considering the extent of the world he has seen, Rahul has a word or two about any book you mention. But reading never sits heavily on him. At a recent discussion on Dilip D’Souza’s latest book Roadrunner: An Indian Quest in America, Rahul was his modest best.
“I am no critic of books but I am here only because I enjoy some good reading and even better, I love good writing,’ he says.
But soon Rahul, the erudite took over. “The book gives you an insight into the religiosity and patriotism of the people of the United States. It takes you through a journey of discovering the same,’ says Rahul.
Metrolife later caught Rahul for a brief chat amid endless stream of men ad women who wanted to get a photo clicked with him. Rahul says he manages to grab sometime to catch up with his reading and writes just about anything that interests him. “Reading and writing are the best ways to unwind,” he confesses.
So will he write a book someday? “I barely snatch enough time to read and writing a book seems like a far cry,” he admits.
What about television and of course does he watch movies at all? ‘Oh no, I am far away from all that. I don’t have the luxury of time,” he rushes off shying away
from women, men and kids who lost no chance to click a picture with him or even stand somewhere next to him just to get his face in the frame.
But the talk with the one of the cricketing greats naturally soon veers to cricket and his roots in the game. Rahul says he has always been simply crazy about cricket as a young boy, “I’ve played on the street, what we call rastha cricket and this game is very close to my heart,’ he says.
He points out that he’d always dreamt of making it big in cricket, “I will play for the Indian team for as long as I can, it’s passion, dedication and discipline that has brought me thus far,” he observes.
He says he’d best like to term his cricketing experience as a journey of sorts. “For someone like me who has grown up on a diet of cricket, the journey never ends," he avers.
Considering the extent of the world he has seen, Rahul has a word or two about any book you mention. But reading never sits heavily on him. At a recent discussion on Dilip D’Souza’s latest book Roadrunner: An Indian Quest in America, Rahul was his modest best.
“I am no critic of books but I am here only because I enjoy some good reading and even better, I love good writing,’ he says.
But soon Rahul, the erudite took over. “The book gives you an insight into the religiosity and patriotism of the people of the United States. It takes you through a journey of discovering the same,’ says Rahul.
Metrolife later caught Rahul for a brief chat amid endless stream of men ad women who wanted to get a photo clicked with him. Rahul says he manages to grab sometime to catch up with his reading and writes just about anything that interests him. “Reading and writing are the best ways to unwind,” he confesses.
So will he write a book someday? “I barely snatch enough time to read and writing a book seems like a far cry,” he admits.
What about television and of course does he watch movies at all? ‘Oh no, I am far away from all that. I don’t have the luxury of time,” he rushes off shying away
from women, men and kids who lost no chance to click a picture with him or even stand somewhere next to him just to get his face in the frame.
But the talk with the one of the cricketing greats naturally soon veers to cricket and his roots in the game. Rahul says he has always been simply crazy about cricket as a young boy, “I’ve played on the street, what we call rastha cricket and this game is very close to my heart,’ he says.
He points out that he’d always dreamt of making it big in cricket, “I will play for the Indian team for as long as I can, it’s passion, dedication and discipline that has brought me thus far,” he observes.
He says he’d best like to term his cricketing experience as a journey of sorts. “For someone like me who has grown up on a diet of cricket, the journey never ends," he avers.
Friday, December 4, 2009
3 sixes in this series: Are we seeing Rahul Dravid 2.0?
Believe it or not, but Rahul Dravid has hit 3 sixes in this test series.Needless to say, this is something unexpected from someone who has hit only 15 sixes in 233 innings. Clearly, he has got this confidence from somewhere - may be IPL or may be from ODI exclusion. All the sixes hit were clean and safe. He played few shots in the air (even if it's a test match) which contradicts to what he is known to be doing throughout his career. But he knows that the stupid selectors want him to do it as a proof that he is still capable of playing ODIs.
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