One thing that is common to our generation is our craze for cricket.. We have been born and brought up in an environment where watching cricket matches is like a ritual and cricketers our heroes..Though I have lost the enthusiasm I used to have when I was quite young(I have turned 21 :O) and used to play it regularly,but even now, given a chance I won't miss a match and play a match for that matter..
Yesterday,at our flat,we had this discussion on cricket which brought the old memories and I could visualize each and every match we discussed..Like almost every Indian, I am a big big fan of Sachin..My flatmate Amogh is someone to whom you can't say anything bad about Saurav(and you should have seen the fear on Suyog's face when he said something bad about dada,and then me and Raju burst into laughter)..Raju bhaiya is a fan of cricinfo.com, and also someone who'll catch anyone who makes up any statistics(and that person usually is Suyog :P)..
Last night we covered almost all games in the 90's and it left our adrenaline pumping so much that I decided to write a blog today..All of us surely miss Sharjah and the innings played by Sachin and the sixes he gave to Mcgrath,Olonga and so many others..What Saurav did at toronto was mesmerizing and so was Yuvraj and Kaif's partnership against England..Not to forget Sachin's sizzling 186 against New Zealand,Saurav's blitzkrieg against Srilanka in Taunton, Laxman's marathon knock against Aussies, Srinath-Kumble partnership against Aussies at Banglaore, Sachin tormenting Pakistan in world cup,Kumble taking 10 wickets against Pak, there are so many memories that it will take days to write about all of them..
We also learnt some interesting facts about people like Mohinder Amarnath who has been out not only due to 'handling the ball' but also due to 'obstruction of the field'..and the explanation given by Raju is that "usne wicketkeeper ko utha liya hoga taki vo use run out na kar sake"..can't blame him,that is the only way he thought field could be obstructed :D..some other names also came up, which am sure, would only come to people who lived cricket in their youth.. people like praveen aamre,manoj prabhakar(I somehow hated this fellow and couldn't figure out why did he used to open till now), Vinod kambli,Robin singh,S.ramesh and many others who came and left..
Point is that in our generation,most of us have found cricket indispensable in our lives and watching matches has always been so much fun..In recent times I can remember the day we were shown the 20-20 world cup final between Ind-Pak in our college audi and it was so much fun watching it with 2000 more college mates..Trends have changed,new players like Dhoni, Yuvraj have taken the front seat, but still we all will remember those days..and it seems India is going on the right track these days,hopefully they'll perform the same way and give us more reason to celebrate..kudos to us and our passion for cricket :P..
PS:Don't ask about CAT ;)
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true man...watchin the sharjah innings of 98 you can still feel the excitmnt..also awesome was yuvraj in nairobi mini wc v/s aussies..aise hi 84 maar diya...and ob in last two years the best was auss vs SA 434 match.. aussies _|_ ..they seem to b at the receiving end of highest chased scores : odi + tests..
all in all these classics are must watch...n u dont get bored watchin the replays again n again..star cricket \m/
and anyone who wants to criticize dada can <3 .. no indian captain can come close even...
bhai whatever ... you cannot beat the office boy here. He is the biggest fan of ganguly and dhoni despiser. He once virtually manhandled bake for suggesting that dhoni was the best captain India has had. Poor bake now has to sit with him throughout the cricket match showing him cricinfo and not doing his own work.
@Nimit lolzz baake ki stories are ultimate ones
@Prats Yeah cricket will always be a very big part of our lives.. given us so many doses of thrill and so regularly that we feel addicted to it.
btw its also one of the most important thing to make discussion with specially with the Australians \M/
lol@baake!! y does he alwayz gets into such thngs??poor him.. nimmo teach him the same trick u used to jerk the guys off.. htttp://... ;)
@gaurav..haan saale! singapore mei rehke u must alwayz b luking fr a conversation starter with aussies and i dnt knw who all! :P
really man, watching dat 20-20 finals in audi was an experience one of its kind...and so hve been countless oder legendary matches...cricket's alwys been in and around us and no matter how frequently the matches are played, it has alwys ensured us sme thrilling moments..infct wid indian time on a rock'n roll ds season, i can say dat evry nxt match is gonna kick up our hormones...
the most recent full cricket match i'd seen was the t20 final :P
but one thing i knw is that no matter how impassive abt cricket i might b usually, but if u actually sit down to see it fr a while(not the test matches though..they will always remain boring fr me) u will feel like watching it more... cricket-excitement is so contagious!
@ amogh i say.......
dhoni > dada
So true...I cud recall every match u listed on the blog... no wonder cricket continues to bind us together...cheers to cricket...wat more!! ps me thread me bhi cricket updates milte rhte hai :)
haa.. I cud actually visualise all those matches ya have listed. I used to make fun of ppl who never had the time to watch the matches (tests included) but sadly even i am in their group now:( I miss those days...
matches ki baat hi naa karo ab.... tumhaare blog se inspiration leke main office mein hi match dekhne laga...( live streaming that is)..... i was very careful so that i dun get caught.... but alas as fate wud have it....i turned back to take ps diary from my bag and when i looked back i was mortified to see CEO standing and looking at my screen with " no expression on his face" . I closed the site.... and he went away without saying much... lets see what happens today..
fingers crossed :-/
arre baake kyu fas jata hai tu in musibato mei.. jst prey he is a cricket fan like u and mite give u a job and one day u bth mite b wtchn it frm his office with beer in ur hand :D..and dost as a true cricket fan u shud find a bttr way nw to elude him nw :P
@other guys..thnx fr ur comments :)
PS:fingers crossed :D
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