Rajasthan Royals Team Anthem - Halla Bol

Rajasthan Royals - Halla Bol

Rajasthan Royals vs Punjab Kings XI
Rajasthan Royals Rocks!!

Breathtaking – if there’s one word to describe the match of the DLF Indian Premier League (IPL) that took place at Jaipur yesterday, that would be just the right word. This is my first experience of any 20-twenty cricket match in stadium. SMS Stadium is completely occupied. I purchased a 500/- ticket in 250/- only as they were selling them at lower price due to no rush. But soon as this price was lowered every ticket is sold out. We reached stadium before 1 hour of starting time of the match.

Ila Arun performed the anthem of Rajasthan Royals. Whole atmosphere was just fascinating. Dance by Sameera Reddy was too sexy and what more I can say: बस मज़ा ही आ गया . IPL is Sheer Entertainment . The Redskins Cheerleaders, dressed in red, yellow and white, and flashing their red pompoms, were an instant hit among the spectators. Style razzmatazz, scurrying lasers, resplendent fireworks and dancers/cheerleaders from around the world, set the tone for the tournament.




(Photo courtsey: indiatimes.com)

Match:
Nail Bitter
Rajasthan Royals romped to a six-wicket win against Kings XI Punjab in the sixth Indian Premier League match (IPL) at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium. The Jaipur team chased the 167-run target, set by the Punjab team, at the loss of four wickets in 18.1 overs. For the home team, Shane Watson slammed his first IPL fifty, as he scored an unbeaten innings of 76 runs. In their match here at Jaipur's Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Shane Warne cast a spell on Punjab's batsmen, finishing with 3-19 in his four overs.

Preity's prayers fails to show colors @ IPL
Preity and Ness may be upset with their team's defeat but the match was a pura paisa wasool for the crowd as they got to witness a spectacular innings. But it is only the beginning and more games, more entertainment and more twists and turns will be seen in the coming matches. So, Preity should not be disheartened.

HongKong Sixes @ MNIT

Hongkong sixes:
This name seems very unusual but true this is the Cricket tournament going in MNIT campus these days. This tournament catching the nerve of everybody present in the campus.
Some silent features: Matches are played by Tennis ball instead of Leather one
Ground prepared for it very short
12-12 overs matches No run for leg byes
Important: Every team must have a Girl- Manager. These managers are authorized for toss not captain (Strange!!!)
Every team have 11+1 players, 1 coach and 1 manager

Nearly 40 teams get registered for the event. Many more were in rows to get register but registration had been stopped because there were sufficiently enough already.
I too coached MKB but we lost in very first match.

Highlight: Bhokalies Vs Gurillas (Bokali lost the match)
Favorites: Patliputra XI (This time Bihari's in the campus get a very strong team and strong contender to win the tournament.
Few pictures taken during different matches:

Bhokali's Vs Gorilla's

Border villages celebrate Indian team victory

AMRITSAR: The moment Indian team won the cricket match while defeating the Pakistan team on Monday, the celebrations begun at all the border villages Doekey, Mhawa, Attari and Rorawali near the Attari Check post.

All these villages are a stone throwing distance to Pakistan from Indian side. Residents of village said that victory of Indian team for the border villages is not less than to win the international war.

Hundreds of villagers near the Attari check post came out of their houses and started dancing to the tune of Punjabi music while moving the directions of speakers their towards Pakistan, said Munish Sharma resident village Mhawa.

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1123343

India crowned Twenty20 world champions- My experiences

"Play without pressure, play to enjoy the game, express yourself, and don't worry about the results." That has been the mantra for Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Indian team over the last ten days, and the results of that philosophy have been nothing short of spectacular. This Indian team has shown the ability to hold their nerve in crunch situations and, quite appropriately, this quality shone through again in the biggest game of the tournament.

This format of cricket will going to be most popular in near future. Each and every ball is pulse breaking. This is the most enjoyable part of the Cricket. Finally we wins against our traditional opponent. India play well through-out the tournament.
My place for watching the match was tv room, it was roaring like anything. Every ball was creating a lot noise, one can resemble it like real viewing in ground even more than that. When India won everybody stand up and started dancing. Nothing can be hear up to 100 mts or so. It was great feeling to watch that match in such a atmosphere. Today when India reached only up to 157 runs the message by Kaushal is worth mentioning -
"Dont worry
Chidi naal te Baaz ladavan, Tan Guru Govind Singh naam dharavan"
This really made me to think that We will surely win. Also one of message by Prerna is that " she is watching the match today so India is on back foot" when it seems easy for Pak to achieve the target suddenly change in to that India won because she was watching the match is really funny. After the match my mobile is flooded with congratulation messages.
I think that when Shahrukh was cheering the Indian team, we should invite Sunny Deol to demolarize and thrash Pakistani team with a hand pump.

Celebrate and enjoy. Director should announce a holiday to celebrate it.

Celebrations all over

Asia Cup Victory in Hockey
Nehru Cup Victory in Soccer
Future Cup Victory over SA 2-1
Test Series Victory over England after 21 years
Now 20-20 World Champion

We lost Nat-West final after a great come back because of the dubious umpiring in the final by a Pakistani Umpire. India clinched the inaugural Twenty20 cricket World Cup after a thrilling five-run victory over arch-rivals Pakistan in the final in Johannesburg.In a match that saw fortunes fluctuate till the dying moments, the young Indian team scored 157 for five and then held its nerve to dismiss Pakistan for 152 with just three balls to spare. It's been a dream run for India, doubly unexpected because, coming into the tournament, the expectations were so low.

India set a final date with Pak

India stunned favourites Australia by 15 runs on Saturday to set up a mouth-watering final against Pakistan in the Twenty20 world championships.

This is really a great match to watch. Whole Hostel 5 is Jampacked. Only two TV' s are showing match for 1500 guys, one may be in GH. GMP is giving her best service by LIVE telecast of World twenty20 cup as food at that place sucks!! What a finish, everybody was stunned after India's win.In a humdinger of a semi-final, India rattled up 188 for 5 in their allotted 20 overs and then held their nerve to restrict Australia to 173 for 7 and set up a title clash with arch-rivals Pakistan in Johannesburg on Monday.

Yuvraj Singh smashed 70 off 30 balls as India, electing to take first strike at the jam-packed Kingsmead, made a challenging 188-5 and then restricted Australia to 173-7 in a rousing semi-final. Australia, needing 27 off the last 12 balls, were kept down to five runs in the 19th over bowled by left-arm seamer Rudra Pratap Singh and six runs in Joginder Sharma's last over. Sharma, who was hammered for 31 runs in his first two overs, was gambled for the final over by Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and came good with two wickets at the end. So Indian team really deserve great applause for their tremendous efforts & success.

India’s chances in the Twenty20 Cup

India after losing series to England, reach SA for twenty-20 World Cup, This news catching headlines in nearly all the papers. Is there ant real chance for India to win this world cup? Absence of Tendulkar, Dravid & Ganguly become quite important when we consider Indian chances.

In India, cricket lovers are keeping their fingers crossed over the question of India’s chances in this first twenty-20 world cup. India’s interest in this form of cricket has been Luke warm so far. While most of the international teams have already played quite a few number of such matches among themselves, India can boast of having played only one international match so far and that too more than 9 months ago. Even Kenya and Bangladesh have played more such matches. It is to India’s credit that although inexperienced, they recorded an emphatic 6 wickets victory over South Africa Africa in the former’s debut match!

The “new look” Indian team which will participate in the September 11-24 showpiece, will also be without the names like Zahir Khan, Munaf Patil, Ramesh power. The mercurial Mahendra Singh Dhoni will lead the team with the dashing Yuvraj Singh as his deputy. Other known faces of the Indian team which will be seen in the T-20 world cup are Virendra Singh Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh, Irfan Pathan, Gautam Gambhir, Robin Uthappa, Dinesh Kartic, Ajit Agarkar, Piyush Chawala, S.Sreesanth and Joginder Sharma. Rohit Sharma of Mumbai and Irfan’s brother Yusuf will complete the 15 member squad. As is clear from the list of the players, the Indian team will be one of the most under-prepared ones to participate in this world cup. The players had hardly any opportunity to adjust themselves in the format of T-20 cricket. More than half of the 15 member squad was busy playing test and one day cricket in England till recently, 8th September 2007 to be exact. There is a fear that these players might already be very tired and jaded as there already away from their home for over a couple of months.

For some of the players of the India team, the tournament will be a great opportunity to rehabilitate themselves in the Indian test or one day squads. This is very true with test discards – Virendra Sehwag, Irfan Pathan and Harbhajan Singh. The tournament also opens up opportunities for all rounders like Yusuf Pathan and Joginder Sharma. The Indian test and one day teams will soon be in the re-building process and Gautam Gambhir, robin Uthappa, Dinesh Kartik who are already in the Indian team, should use this T-20 world up championship to cement their places in the national squad for the bigger versions of the game.

Innovations in Cricket

This article appearing on the Telegraph, discusses how the Aussies are working on new technologies on the bat, to increase the dimensions of the sweet spot and to reduce shock and vibration arising out of the shot. As per this article, the handle is equipped with “electro-mechanical sensors and a vibration-absorbing synthetic material which converts shockwaves into heat and dampens vibration”. The article further goes on to state that the new bat will not contravene any of the existing ICCs laws unlike Ponting’s graphite bat. Recently, the Aussie Vice-Captain, Adam Gilchrist was also in the news for using a squash ball in his glove during the course of his mammoth 149 against Sri Lanka in the ICC World Cup finals. Even fielding has not been spared.

However, the point of this article is not to discuss these innovations and their rights and wrongs but to forewarn the Indian authorities that the Aussies and their ilk are not content with only winning all there is in Cricket but are professional enough to look beyond competition and change the way the sport is played. Not that I agree with it, but Cricket cannot afford to bury its head for long and to compete with other modern sports will be forced to innovate. So when the time comes for change and like football we must not be caught with our shoes off, literally. This also shows how much the Aussies and the Sri Lankans (Jayasuriya and Sangakkara also used the graphite bats), think ahead of their times and hence no wonder are at the top of the sport. Compare this with India, where we still keep talking about change, while Indian juniors still rough it out on mud flats across the country.

With the way things have been going on, unless we change our mindset rapidly and begin thinking about the game rather than going through the motions, we would soon see Cricket join the likes of hockey and myriad other sports which live more on borrowed glory from the past than bask in the expectancy of a glorious future.

Till then, enjoy…