1 billion Indians- 1 Dream- World Cup-

I dont know what would happen on 2nd April, dont know whether our country would make it to the final or not, but one thing I know that it is the best ever chance of India to make our dream true- am not saying it emotionally- its purely logical- if there is any constraints that is the format of the tournament- one bad day in office in a crucial day & u r out, otherwise India have that firepower this time to lift the Cup.

When am talking about Format I have to explain a little. This year 14 teams are participating in the World Cup and they are divided into two groups with 7 teams each. First four teams would qualify for Quarter Finals- If we see minutely, out of the 7 teams in each Group 4 teams are really strong and other 3 are minnows- thus, loosing 2-3 matches in the group league stage  doesnt matter much for the good teams- but once they qualify for the Q/f its knock out which is ridiculous- same thing happened in 1996 (Remember the famous Ind-pak Q/f in Bangalore& infamous Ind- Srilanka Semifinal at Eden gardens ??). The problem with this format is somebody might have a bad day in office in Q/f after winning all six matches in the Group League stage & they are out- Straight out, no 2nd chance- I think it would be better if 3 teams from each group qualify from Group league stage to Super Six with point carry over- It would make the whole tournament much more competitive and engaging- Chance factor would be eliminated in this format- Good Teams can have 1/2 bad day in such a long tournament but there is every chance to come back - Counter argument of thius format is every big tournaments is played like this- Many are citing example of World Cup Football- that is also knock out from Pre-quarter final stage- 4 straight win and you are world champion !!! We cant ignore this logic also !!! Team who would be crowned World Champion should have the firepower & capability to win three consecutive big matches without fail, otherwsie they dont deserve to be called World Champion for next Four Years !!! Hmmmm...am leaving this debate to you- To me super six would be a fair call for all the teams-

Now I am comin gto the main point- why this much of expectation from Team India this time? Expectation was always there in all the world cups, but this time it really have some logical base. Think about the batting- Sachin, Viru, Gambhir, Kohli, Yuvi, Dhoni & Boom boom pathan- what more do you want? everybody is matchwinner on his day- Suresh Raina, Man of the tournament of IPL, Test century in his debut warming up the reserve bench- even if we compare the batting with the 2003 WC side we would se that time India have 3 real match winners with bat- sachin, Viru n Sourav- rahul dravid was struggling with form where he was forced to keep wickets to keep his place in the team, yuvraj inexperienced-cant rely on him singlehandedly and the name of 7th batsman was Dinesh Mongia !!! that time also bowling was dependent on Zak & Vajji n same this time- As a skipper MSD is equal to sourav, rather many beleive he is better.. Only concern is fieding and in 2003 also concern was that only- & the biggest advantage is Home condition.. Raina / Yuvraj/ Sehwag / Yusuf may find the going tough in South African or Australian condition but in Indian pitches all of them are absolutely unstoppable & it is a proven fact- Somebody out of the seven batsman will play, no doubt until n unless there is a real bad day in office when everybody fails !!! 

We can only pray that this type of bad day will not come in quarter final / semifinal / final-  This is really Now or never situation- Last world cup of Tendulkar (probably !!!), Indian condition- flat wicket having some spin in every track- If you are a really good team with real character you have to stand tall tthis time !!! Go India Go...

Betting sucks II.....

So Pakistani Media has eventually came up with the Indian conspiracy theory...most palatable dish in Pakistan- Majhar Majeed is a Raw agent and Sharad Power & Indian Board wants to ban Pakistan for 3-4 years !!!!! Mind Blowing !!!! This is Pakistan and this is why their cricket is going thru such incidents.

Every Indian should remember the year 1999 when Indian cricket was also rocked by Betting controversy..we have to admit that BCCI had really taken a great initiative at that time by expelling the convicted cricketers at one go n gave charge to Sourav Ganguly. C these allegations are very tough to be proved in  the court. U have to go by the circumstancial evidences and Indian Board did exactly that at that point of time becasue they had realised ritely that Cricket is a golden goose in India and it should be made clean immediately so that ppl dn loose faith on the game. Fortunately Indian cricket was blessed with some exceptional human beings that time namely Sachin, Sourav, Rahul, Kumble, laxman & a young lot led by dynamic Sourav Ganguly. That is why India never heard the name of match fixing in future. At that time India dint say ke its a Pakistani conspiracy to defame some of our cricketers.. But our neighbours are doing that !!!

Blunder they are committing !!! But they have to answer millions of cricket fans all over. Playing with fire is not advisable, it will burn your own hand first....

Betting sucks...

Its Back !!!!  - After a pro longed hibernation it is back again - yes, am talking bout Match fixing , ohhh..sorry, SPOT FIXING...Shame to those ppl who are trying to  protect the famous Trio by calling it spot fixing ,  not a match fixing, n so we should not consider banning them for life time n all.. is it so? match fixing or spot fixing, betting is betting n its shameful to c cricketers wearing national uniform is going by the word of some Bookies n using their national Cricketer status to earn money in a wrong way, at the cost of sentiments n emotions of millions and millions of fans.

But I am simply amazed to see how a youngstar like Mohammed Amer can involve himself in such an act !!!!.. This guy is an amazing bowler, may be best in the business for Pakistan in recent times- his career is just strated  n what a disgraceful act he committed !! If anybody has to beleive that a 18 year old new guy is fixing the moments of the match independently without the consent of Team Management then everybody should also beleive that Sun may rise in the West occassionally or there might be more than 7 days in some week !!!! N Salman Butt !!!! U r d skipper man !!! I dont think these fellows understand the passion of the people of this subcontinent for the Game of Cricket. Cricket is religion to us, we worship our cricketers as GOD and this is what they are giving in return. It is not the matter of India , Pakistan or Srilanka !! Its the matter of entire cricketing fraternity. ICC should remember that once people loose faith on the game, Cricket is finished.  These guys have toyed with the spirit of this great game and thus, they should be banned from playing cricket. We do not want these type of cricketers.

Most pathetic part of the full story is we know it is just a matter of time before the whole issue would  again be burried under carpet. PCB would wash their hands by suspending the trio initially n then would lift the suspension after one year saying " that was their first offense, they are deeply repented and thus, for a "mere" spot fixing we should not spoil the life of three young cricketers", blub blub.. again evrything would go on as usual.. we would again sleep cricket, eat cricket, drink cricket n people like Majeed would continue to utilise our cricket mania to make money in a wrong way-

This should not happen. We should not let it happen. ICC  should not let it happen.

Because, We really love this game. And, we want to respect the cricketers.

May GOD save Cricket.