INDIA -Vs- CHENNAI SUPER KINGS

The State Associations in cricket in the country! are you listening ? Do you want your player or players in the Indian team ? All you gotta do is to copy the T N C A. They purchased Mr. M S D for a whopping ____ crores to captain CSK and see the result. Last three years saw more TN players in Team India than in the last three decades. MSD will see to it that the players are given chance after chance till they finally perform on a flat track to justify their inclusion.

MSD is a proven leader of CSK, but has to grow up a little more to marshall his resources in team india. How else could he explain his teams' tie with England, Scrape with Ireland and loss to S. Africa in the ongoing World Cup. His good work behind the stumps and in the media room deserve applause. But his bat has not done any talking for some time now. He has to explain why he sent Gambir ahead of Yuvraj or Pathan in the S.Africa match. He must also explain his love for Piyush Chawla and the wicket-less Harbhajan. Plummeting from 261/1 to 296 all out can be explained in non-cricketing terms only.

Colin Cowdrey, Clive Rice and Bob Simpson played till past their early forties, and I guess that must be Mr. tendulkar's next real target, not an Indian win. India had already lost the match when Sachin- Gambhir frittered away valuable balls, leaving nothing for the remaining batsmen. M S D seemed concerned more on Gambhir's return to form than a certain India win.

I hope to frequently post my opinions now that the WC is on. See ya soon.

Crocs dont cry anymore but BCCI does!

It is funny; the Board of Control for Cricket in India(BCCI) recently shed crocodile tears on three of its illustrious players who were not touched by any of the teams in the players' auction.

Look at the players:

1. Saurav Ganguly- The most successful & aggressive captain India has come across. Still a crowd puller with thousands of genuine fans. Every body seems to be afraid of Ganguly the man rather than the player.

2. Wasim Jaffer - The most prolific run-getter in the history of domestic cricket. Led and still leads Mumbai & west zone from the front. Poor guy does not know what wrong has he done to be treated thus, this in spite of a deodhar century this season. Most wronged India-player till date, shabbily treated after Mr. Srikant took over the selection mantle.

3. V R V Singh- the lesser mortal of the three. But not a bad player to be ignored by the IPL clowns.

The first two players above are any day better than a Mahela Jayawardene or the score of Aussies who have managed to come in through the ,Aussie coaches'.

This is where B C C I is making the biggest mistake. If it can not sell its genuine cricketers then why it should own the IPL circus at all ? Who the heck are these fading film stars and business magnates to decide who plays cricket in India ? If the hundreds of cricketers who shoulder the domestic (essential) cricket in India are not benefited by the IPL, then we can do with out the farce called IPL. It shouldnt be outgrowing the board or even the game.