Talk about the exit of the "Big 5" (I will add Kumble to the list) of Indian Test cricket has been the talking point for the last year. This now seems to be in the home stretch, where some definitive action can be expected. It only bodes well that there has been a change in guard not just in the BCCI Managing committee, but also with the selectors.
For starters, it is wonderful to see that the various powers of the BCCI are now professional appointments and no longer Honarary posts. This, hopefully, will bring some accountability into the running of cricket in India.
India is now faced with 2 home series, the first against Australia starting Oct 9th and followed by a series against England in December. This seems like a perfect set of series to effect a change of guard in the team as well. The Big 5 have done enough in their careers to warrant a pompous farewell and where better to have that than at home. It is time to Phase their exit from cricket and ensure that a smooth transition happens. Heres how I would do it, if I were in Krish Srikkanths shoes.
The Australia series will be the swan song for Saurav Ganguly. For a man who kick-started Indias resurgence with a wonderful 141 in Adelaide aginst the very same Australians, it would be apt that he signs off after a series against the World Champs. This wil motivate him to play a good series and go out on a high and in teh minds of the public as a champion cricketer, one which he surely is, despite the controversies.
Anil Kumble and Rahul Dravid will play their last series against England. For two men who made their debuts against England in England, it will be fitting that them to sign off in style against the resurgent English team.
Laxman and Sachin Tendulkar seem to have a bit more in their tank and will help the transition be gradual and not sudden. With overseas series in Pakistan and New Zealand to follow, their experience will augur well for the youngsters in the side.
Talking about replacements, it is always difficult to fill the huge gaps that these contemporary greats will leave behind. Good news though is that the bench strength looks promising and ready to take on the reigns. Subramanium Badrinath, is the front runner in my opinion and with Akash Chopra, Rohit Sharma, Mohd Kaif, Yuvraj Singh and Virat Kohli in the wings, there is definitely good choice for the selectors. MS Dhoni has done enough to prove his effective captaincy and with 2 more series at home under the guidance of Anil Kumble will see him ready to take on the toughest job in Indian cricket. The huge boots of Anil Kumble as a bowler will be difficult to fill, but with Piyush Chawla, Amit Mishra and Pragyan Ojha knocking on the doors, Indian spin seems in safe hands.
Sachin Tendulkar should play his last One Day series against England at home and then focus only on Tests, thereby enabling him to elongate his Test career. The ODi team is now gelling well into a good side.
Time will tell if any of this happens. In the end I mean well for all of these seniors and I think that they deserve a grand farewell and I hope the players do not leave it until too late and get dropped from the side.
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Thursday, October 02, 2008
Sunday, March 02, 2008
Indian cricket in safe hands
Being sick is bad enough, but being sick for over a month is worse!!!! I cant let my blog be sick for over a month atleast, so heres trying to make it better :)
It was a wonderful Sunday for Indian Cricket with India beating Australia in the first Finals of the Commonwealth Bank Series Down under and the Indian Colts (U-19) winning the World cup beating South Africa (chokers again?).
Talking about the seniors first, it was a wonderful innings from Sachin, laying quite a few doubts about his game to rest, for a while atleast. On his way to his first ever century on Australian soil, in an ODI, he went on to set the record slightly right in terms of his performances while chasing; in finals; and about staying there till the end. He not only scored the century but also took Rohit Sharma along in what was a mature innings from the youngster. The bowlers had excited early on with wickets of the brittle and out of form Aussie top order and with some miserly middle overs from the spinners, it was a wonderful effort. The wickets of Haydos and Symmo going to Bhaji was just the icing on the cake. Ahead of the second final, the worries for India are in the form and consistency of Yuvrajs batting and the injury to Ishant.
A few thousand miles to the West of the SCG, the India U-19 team were facing off against South Africa for the U-19 World Cup. The Kallang cricket ground was abuzz and the youngsters were at it. The Indians were put in to bat and failed to put up a good score, falling out well short of the 50 over mark. Tanmay Srivastava, played a decent knock, but could not carry on for long to guide the team to a better score. The bowlers came out showing intent of defending the total and the team was upbeat in their effort. With 3 early wickets after an accurate and miserly spell from Ajitesh Argal and Pradeep Sangwan, the rain came in. Play resumed and the South Africans were set a target of 116 in 25 overs, with our 2 star bowlers having almost bowled out their quotas. Ravindra Jadeja, Siddhart Kaul and Iqbal Abdulla chipped in well to restrict the Proteas. A fantastic win by the Indians, especially because they were unbeaten in the entire competition.
These results brings me to a discussion of coaches for the Senior and the Colts team. A very senior and successful coach in Dav Whatmore is coaching the U-19 team, while a relatively new coach in Gary Kirsten will be coaching the Indian team. I totally approve of the approach. Dav Whatmore in the past has worked well with young teams and the proof of that lies in how he transformed the Sri Lankan team into world beaters. He then brought Bangladesh on the World Map of cricket by guiding them to more victories than they have ever had in the past. It is this very trait that will go well with him moulding the youngsters to making them ready for International cricket at the highest level. Another advantage is that as coach of the U-19 team, he will be that much away from the media glare and the politics that are so much part of Indian senior cricket. To improve the cricketing ability of a nation, you have to catch the talent young and thats where I think Dav Whatmore has been perfectly slotted.
The coach of the senior team is more a facilitator and I think the vast experience that Gary Kirsten has as a player and the experience of having played under a revolutionary coach in Bob Woolmer will hold him in good stead in his new role. Being a contemporary of quite a few of the Indian players will help as well.
I dont want to jump the gun, but it would not be out of place to say that the future of Indian cricket is in safe hands.
It was a wonderful Sunday for Indian Cricket with India beating Australia in the first Finals of the Commonwealth Bank Series Down under and the Indian Colts (U-19) winning the World cup beating South Africa (chokers again?).
Talking about the seniors first, it was a wonderful innings from Sachin, laying quite a few doubts about his game to rest, for a while atleast. On his way to his first ever century on Australian soil, in an ODI, he went on to set the record slightly right in terms of his performances while chasing; in finals; and about staying there till the end. He not only scored the century but also took Rohit Sharma along in what was a mature innings from the youngster. The bowlers had excited early on with wickets of the brittle and out of form Aussie top order and with some miserly middle overs from the spinners, it was a wonderful effort. The wickets of Haydos and Symmo going to Bhaji was just the icing on the cake. Ahead of the second final, the worries for India are in the form and consistency of Yuvrajs batting and the injury to Ishant.
A few thousand miles to the West of the SCG, the India U-19 team were facing off against South Africa for the U-19 World Cup. The Kallang cricket ground was abuzz and the youngsters were at it. The Indians were put in to bat and failed to put up a good score, falling out well short of the 50 over mark. Tanmay Srivastava, played a decent knock, but could not carry on for long to guide the team to a better score. The bowlers came out showing intent of defending the total and the team was upbeat in their effort. With 3 early wickets after an accurate and miserly spell from Ajitesh Argal and Pradeep Sangwan, the rain came in. Play resumed and the South Africans were set a target of 116 in 25 overs, with our 2 star bowlers having almost bowled out their quotas. Ravindra Jadeja, Siddhart Kaul and Iqbal Abdulla chipped in well to restrict the Proteas. A fantastic win by the Indians, especially because they were unbeaten in the entire competition.
These results brings me to a discussion of coaches for the Senior and the Colts team. A very senior and successful coach in Dav Whatmore is coaching the U-19 team, while a relatively new coach in Gary Kirsten will be coaching the Indian team. I totally approve of the approach. Dav Whatmore in the past has worked well with young teams and the proof of that lies in how he transformed the Sri Lankan team into world beaters. He then brought Bangladesh on the World Map of cricket by guiding them to more victories than they have ever had in the past. It is this very trait that will go well with him moulding the youngsters to making them ready for International cricket at the highest level. Another advantage is that as coach of the U-19 team, he will be that much away from the media glare and the politics that are so much part of Indian senior cricket. To improve the cricketing ability of a nation, you have to catch the talent young and thats where I think Dav Whatmore has been perfectly slotted.
The coach of the senior team is more a facilitator and I think the vast experience that Gary Kirsten has as a player and the experience of having played under a revolutionary coach in Bob Woolmer will hold him in good stead in his new role. Being a contemporary of quite a few of the Indian players will help as well.
I dont want to jump the gun, but it would not be out of place to say that the future of Indian cricket is in safe hands.
Monday, November 12, 2007
My first real cricket match
A weekend full of cricket - that was what the weekend gone by was, for me atleast.
For a cricket buff like me, not having played much with a cricket ball is surprising, but its never too late. Our weekend group of friends who started off playing with a tennis ball decided to get serious and got ourselves Kits a month ago and formed a team. We started practising in the nets and organised a match against another team of Desis from another suburb. Sunday 11th Nov was the D -Day.
On Saturday 10th Nov, most members of the team met for our last team practise and also for the team meeting deciding on batting order, bowlers and strategy among other things. I was enjoying it. Playing competitive sport is a level above playing it socially. Bring it On!!!!
After a tiring session and a long nite out with friends, I woke up on D-Day, very fresh. I wondered - How come I dont wake up fresh on the days I have to get to work, but am up and running at 7am on a Sunday when i have a cricket match to play? Easy answer aye!!!!
The team assembled on time and we had an hours drive to reach the venue. We reached there 30 mins before time and warmed up and assessed the ground and fine tuned eth strategy. Once the match started, it was all bliss. The feeling of playing competitive cricket was amazing. The cheering, the sledging, the shouting, the motivating, the strategising and teh occasional misunderstanding as well. It was all good.
Our new ball bowlers did well and took a wicket early on. We had a couple of catches dropped and then lost our way. 17 overs into the game the opponents were 156/1 and we were out of the match by then. A wicket at this stage got us pumped up and we assembled in a huddle, pumping ourselves up and from then on there was no looking back. We rstricted them to 189/7 in 25 overs, a fantastic last 8 overs.
For me, it was the first ever time I was bowling in a martch with a cricket ball and I was swinging the ball in and troubled the batsmen a lot. I was impressed with myself. Lady luck was not on my side though as ball after ball missed teh stumps or the edge of the bat by a whisker and I had a couple of LBWs turned down as well. BUt 5 inexpensive overs on the trot in 30 degrees with only 1 boundary off my bowling was a job well done. I eneded up with figures of 5-0-29-0, quite a few of those runs gone in byes.
Chasing 190 off 25 overs was never going to be easy. The sun was beating at us and as planned, I was to open the batting entrusted with the role of holding one end up and playing sheath anchor. My opening partner was an explosive batsman. It felt like Sehwag-Chopra walking out at the MCG chasing a huge target.
Again, it was my first time opening the batting while playing with a cricket ball and I was a little iffy. My glasses were another factor of worry. But with all the gear in place, I started off rather well. Taking singles and giving the strike to my explosive partner who played hispart to perfection. What happened was just massacre. My partner snmashed eth bowlers to all parts of the ground, while I took singles and the occasional edge for 4 to keep the score ticking. He was on 98 when I said to him "Arey Sachin jaisa 90's main out mat ho" and true enough he holed out next ball. By now we had won the game - almost.
During that opening partnership, i sprained my calf muscle and was atrting to cramp as well. We avoided a lot of singles and too singles when there might have been a tight double. That shows how much ahead of the run rate we were. In came our number 3 batsman and while he took time to settle in, I started to beocme the aggressor and opened up with a cover drive, a square cut, a late cut and a pull each for four. We reached our target in 19.2 overs with over 5 overs to spare and I finished with 41* of an even number of deliveries.
It was a fantastic win. We enjoyed the feeling. To top it all off, the wife of one of our teammates had made lunch for the entire team. WOW!!!!! We had Tomato rice and Pudina rice with raita and chips, Vermicelli Kheer and a banana with sprite to quench our thirst. Wonderful after 4 hours on the field.
We all got home and I then watched India beat Pakistan at Kanpur. That capped off a cricketing weekend for me. Ever since that match I am dreaming about playing more competitive sport. I cant wait for my next opportunity.
For a cricket buff like me, not having played much with a cricket ball is surprising, but its never too late. Our weekend group of friends who started off playing with a tennis ball decided to get serious and got ourselves Kits a month ago and formed a team. We started practising in the nets and organised a match against another team of Desis from another suburb. Sunday 11th Nov was the D -Day.
On Saturday 10th Nov, most members of the team met for our last team practise and also for the team meeting deciding on batting order, bowlers and strategy among other things. I was enjoying it. Playing competitive sport is a level above playing it socially. Bring it On!!!!
After a tiring session and a long nite out with friends, I woke up on D-Day, very fresh. I wondered - How come I dont wake up fresh on the days I have to get to work, but am up and running at 7am on a Sunday when i have a cricket match to play? Easy answer aye!!!!
The team assembled on time and we had an hours drive to reach the venue. We reached there 30 mins before time and warmed up and assessed the ground and fine tuned eth strategy. Once the match started, it was all bliss. The feeling of playing competitive cricket was amazing. The cheering, the sledging, the shouting, the motivating, the strategising and teh occasional misunderstanding as well. It was all good.
Our new ball bowlers did well and took a wicket early on. We had a couple of catches dropped and then lost our way. 17 overs into the game the opponents were 156/1 and we were out of the match by then. A wicket at this stage got us pumped up and we assembled in a huddle, pumping ourselves up and from then on there was no looking back. We rstricted them to 189/7 in 25 overs, a fantastic last 8 overs.
For me, it was the first ever time I was bowling in a martch with a cricket ball and I was swinging the ball in and troubled the batsmen a lot. I was impressed with myself. Lady luck was not on my side though as ball after ball missed teh stumps or the edge of the bat by a whisker and I had a couple of LBWs turned down as well. BUt 5 inexpensive overs on the trot in 30 degrees with only 1 boundary off my bowling was a job well done. I eneded up with figures of 5-0-29-0, quite a few of those runs gone in byes.
Chasing 190 off 25 overs was never going to be easy. The sun was beating at us and as planned, I was to open the batting entrusted with the role of holding one end up and playing sheath anchor. My opening partner was an explosive batsman. It felt like Sehwag-Chopra walking out at the MCG chasing a huge target.
Again, it was my first time opening the batting while playing with a cricket ball and I was a little iffy. My glasses were another factor of worry. But with all the gear in place, I started off rather well. Taking singles and giving the strike to my explosive partner who played hispart to perfection. What happened was just massacre. My partner snmashed eth bowlers to all parts of the ground, while I took singles and the occasional edge for 4 to keep the score ticking. He was on 98 when I said to him "Arey Sachin jaisa 90's main out mat ho" and true enough he holed out next ball. By now we had won the game - almost.
During that opening partnership, i sprained my calf muscle and was atrting to cramp as well. We avoided a lot of singles and too singles when there might have been a tight double. That shows how much ahead of the run rate we were. In came our number 3 batsman and while he took time to settle in, I started to beocme the aggressor and opened up with a cover drive, a square cut, a late cut and a pull each for four. We reached our target in 19.2 overs with over 5 overs to spare and I finished with 41* of an even number of deliveries.
It was a fantastic win. We enjoyed the feeling. To top it all off, the wife of one of our teammates had made lunch for the entire team. WOW!!!!! We had Tomato rice and Pudina rice with raita and chips, Vermicelli Kheer and a banana with sprite to quench our thirst. Wonderful after 4 hours on the field.
We all got home and I then watched India beat Pakistan at Kanpur. That capped off a cricketing weekend for me. Ever since that match I am dreaming about playing more competitive sport. I cant wait for my next opportunity.
Sunday, September 23, 2007
T20 format - a critical Analysis
With India playing Pakistan for top honours at the Twenty20 World Cup finals in a few hours, this post does risk being criticised, but in the end it is just a matter of opinion and one that I can back with facts.
When it comes to cricket I have always been a purist - in the way I have played and in the way I have followed the game. I must admit that the Twenty20 cricket World Cup has me in a confused state. A format that will never get a purists nod, it is tremendously entertaining to watch. I am torn between being a spectator watching cricket for entertainment and a cricket analyst, trying to analyse where the game is going.
Twenty20 cricket, with its short game time, the ever changing balance of the game and the huge sixers - is very good entertainment, but the effect it will have on international cricket, in my opinion, will not be good for the game, like it known from a century ago.
Cricket coaching manuals will be rewritten when T20 cricket gets popular (are they already being rewritten). I remember being taught the basics of cricket - Place your feet close to your bat, hold the bat with a lose bottom hand and play along the ground. These basics no longer hold true in T20 cricket. The front foot comes out to the legside creating width and the bottom hand is the most prominet hand, and the ball is played more in the air than it is on the ground. Some shots are even quite similar to those seen in a Federer vs Nadal match. The crowd needs catching practise and they also need helmets.
Spinners are a rare breed anyway and T20 goes one more step and makes them near extinct. New Zealand is the only team that has played 2 specialist spinners in Vettori and Jeetan Patel, India played one in Harbhajan, while Australia, South Africa, West Indies, and even Sri Lanka played without a specialist spinner. Even the spinners who did play - Vettori, Harbhajan, Jeetan patel, Afridi were all bowling flat and even bowled a fair few yorkers. The Prasannas and Bedis will be disappointed to see the demise of flight, which is the essence of spin bowling, in this version of the game.
The most elegant of shots and the ones that got the cheers from the crowds used to be the classic cover drives, the on drives, the late cuts and the flicks and glances. But with this version, the slog over Cow-Corner, the reverse sweep, the top edge over the wicketkeeper and the hoick into no mans land is what is attracting not only the cheers from the crowds, but also the dance moves from the cheerleaders and the music from the DJs. "Pacing an innings" is another phrase that will lose its importance.
As this version of the game gets more popular, it is natural for cricketers to want to play this vesion more than the others and it is in this that ODI and Test cricket stand to lose. You will see young players trying to emulate yuvrajs murderous slogs over Cow-Corner rather than getting the basics right. The influence of T20 cricket will rub into the older forms of the game and I expect to see that straight after this World Cup is over.
With the governing body showing a clear intent to put its mouth where the money is, T20 cricket is definitely the way forward and I cant see how this will not impact mainstream cricket - Tests and ODIs.
All said and done, Its the finals of eth World Cup and what better than an India vs Pakistan clash. I am going to wear my "spectator" hat and enjoy the spectacle. may the best team (read India) win!!!!!
When it comes to cricket I have always been a purist - in the way I have played and in the way I have followed the game. I must admit that the Twenty20 cricket World Cup has me in a confused state. A format that will never get a purists nod, it is tremendously entertaining to watch. I am torn between being a spectator watching cricket for entertainment and a cricket analyst, trying to analyse where the game is going.
Twenty20 cricket, with its short game time, the ever changing balance of the game and the huge sixers - is very good entertainment, but the effect it will have on international cricket, in my opinion, will not be good for the game, like it known from a century ago.
Cricket coaching manuals will be rewritten when T20 cricket gets popular (are they already being rewritten). I remember being taught the basics of cricket - Place your feet close to your bat, hold the bat with a lose bottom hand and play along the ground. These basics no longer hold true in T20 cricket. The front foot comes out to the legside creating width and the bottom hand is the most prominet hand, and the ball is played more in the air than it is on the ground. Some shots are even quite similar to those seen in a Federer vs Nadal match. The crowd needs catching practise and they also need helmets.
Spinners are a rare breed anyway and T20 goes one more step and makes them near extinct. New Zealand is the only team that has played 2 specialist spinners in Vettori and Jeetan Patel, India played one in Harbhajan, while Australia, South Africa, West Indies, and even Sri Lanka played without a specialist spinner. Even the spinners who did play - Vettori, Harbhajan, Jeetan patel, Afridi were all bowling flat and even bowled a fair few yorkers. The Prasannas and Bedis will be disappointed to see the demise of flight, which is the essence of spin bowling, in this version of the game.
The most elegant of shots and the ones that got the cheers from the crowds used to be the classic cover drives, the on drives, the late cuts and the flicks and glances. But with this version, the slog over Cow-Corner, the reverse sweep, the top edge over the wicketkeeper and the hoick into no mans land is what is attracting not only the cheers from the crowds, but also the dance moves from the cheerleaders and the music from the DJs. "Pacing an innings" is another phrase that will lose its importance.
As this version of the game gets more popular, it is natural for cricketers to want to play this vesion more than the others and it is in this that ODI and Test cricket stand to lose. You will see young players trying to emulate yuvrajs murderous slogs over Cow-Corner rather than getting the basics right. The influence of T20 cricket will rub into the older forms of the game and I expect to see that straight after this World Cup is over.
With the governing body showing a clear intent to put its mouth where the money is, T20 cricket is definitely the way forward and I cant see how this will not impact mainstream cricket - Tests and ODIs.
All said and done, Its the finals of eth World Cup and what better than an India vs Pakistan clash. I am going to wear my "spectator" hat and enjoy the spectacle. may the best team (read India) win!!!!!
Monday, September 10, 2007
T20 World Cup
The T20 World Cup is only a few hours away and India is one of the 2 teams(England being the other) that is going into the tournament without any warm up matches.
The format is very new to Indians as we have played only the solitary T20 match in South Africa earlier this year. The Domestic season in T20 is only a year old as well. In short India are not experienced in this format. Add to that the fact that the team is full of youngsters, and we have a very inexperienced contingent. This could be a plus for India as they are underdogs.
I am looking forward to this slam-wham-bang format. India plays Scotland on Thursday and then Pakistan on Friday.
The aim of this blog to is to guess the starting line up that India will go in with. Looking at the squad, there are very few places that are sealed. Lemme try and take a punt on a starting 11.
1. Virender Sehwag
2. Gautam Gambhir
3. Yuvraj Singh
4. Robin Uthappa
5. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
6. Dinesh Kartik
7. Irfan Pathan
8. Yusuf Pathan
9. Harbhajan Singh
10.Santhakumaran Sreesanth
11.Rudra Pratap Singh
Considerations :
The format is very new to Indians as we have played only the solitary T20 match in South Africa earlier this year. The Domestic season in T20 is only a year old as well. In short India are not experienced in this format. Add to that the fact that the team is full of youngsters, and we have a very inexperienced contingent. This could be a plus for India as they are underdogs.
I am looking forward to this slam-wham-bang format. India plays Scotland on Thursday and then Pakistan on Friday.
The aim of this blog to is to guess the starting line up that India will go in with. Looking at the squad, there are very few places that are sealed. Lemme try and take a punt on a starting 11.
1. Virender Sehwag
2. Gautam Gambhir
3. Yuvraj Singh
4. Robin Uthappa
5. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
6. Dinesh Kartik
7. Irfan Pathan
8. Yusuf Pathan
9. Harbhajan Singh
10.Santhakumaran Sreesanth
11.Rudra Pratap Singh
Considerations :
- Sehwag and Gambhir will provide the Right-Left combination at the top of the order, with that hope that Sehwag can give us explosive starts.
- Yuvraj is the best batsman on eth squad and has to come in at #2
- Uthappa slots himself into #4 as a dynamic batsman
Dhoni will play at #5 as a specialist batsman, as he has the added responsibility of captaining the side. With the captain obligated to speak to the commentators live, keeping will be a burden on him. - Kartik, an improviser, will slot himself in at #6 and will wear the gloves. He is not only a better 'keeper than Dhoni , but will also take the load off Dhoni.
- Irfan Pathan will be the genuine allrounder and I do hope he lives upto the expectations.
- Yusuf Pathan is talked off highly in this format and hence will earn his chance against a lesser team in Scotland. If he can bowl as well as he is required to, he can keep this place, otherwise it will go to Piyush Chawla, another leggie.
- Harbhajan, Sreesanth and RP Singh form the specialist bowlers.
- Yuvraj and Sehwag will chip in with eth ball as and when required.
- I dont know how and why Agarkar is even in the squad!!!!!!
- The 2 Sharmas, Joginder and Rohit will sit out!!!
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Refreshing
The weekend gone by was very refreshing. I played cricket for a good 3 hours. It felt great to be out in the open playing cricket after a fairly long time (6 months atleast). The weather was wonderful and the fact that I played well added to the feel good factor.
Until this weekend, I was worried that because of the winter, physical activity was near zilch. But its good that I played cricket and I am hoping to make this a regular weekly thing - the weather permitting.
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I have never been a fan of being “gym fit”, but the winter and limited sporting activity has forced (motivated perhaps) me to join up at a gym. I will be starting off tomorrow and hopefuly I will keep that going!!!!! I remember the days as a school kid whenI used to train every morning and the feeling was amazing. I hope I can get back to feeling hat way!!!!!
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I have this uncanny knack of missing out on great movies. But then I have a few limitations when it comes to watching movies - I cant watch them alone(i try to avoid doing that too), I started watching movies on a regular basis only after I came to Melbourne and I cant watch more than one at one go. Yesterday I got the opportunity to watch Shawshank Redumption and it straight away went to my list of favourites. It was an awesome movie. The plot was smart and the movie well made.
There are some movies that i can watch numerous times and not get bored. Some of them are Panchatantiram, Michael Madan Kama Rajan, Rhythm (all Tamil) and Swades (Hindi). The first 2 are laughter riots and the other 2 strike some very sensitive chords. A couple of weeks ago when I came back home witha splitting headache ona Friday evening, I put Swades on my mini theatre and was lying down on my bed. I expected not to be able to watch more than 30 mins coz of the headache. But I got into the movie so much that I ended up watchign the whole of it and magically my headache was gone as well. Some things just happen and I dont want to question why.
Until this weekend, I was worried that because of the winter, physical activity was near zilch. But its good that I played cricket and I am hoping to make this a regular weekly thing - the weather permitting.
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I have never been a fan of being “gym fit”, but the winter and limited sporting activity has forced (motivated perhaps) me to join up at a gym. I will be starting off tomorrow and hopefuly I will keep that going!!!!! I remember the days as a school kid whenI used to train every morning and the feeling was amazing. I hope I can get back to feeling hat way!!!!!
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I have this uncanny knack of missing out on great movies. But then I have a few limitations when it comes to watching movies - I cant watch them alone(i try to avoid doing that too), I started watching movies on a regular basis only after I came to Melbourne and I cant watch more than one at one go. Yesterday I got the opportunity to watch Shawshank Redumption and it straight away went to my list of favourites. It was an awesome movie. The plot was smart and the movie well made.
There are some movies that i can watch numerous times and not get bored. Some of them are Panchatantiram, Michael Madan Kama Rajan, Rhythm (all Tamil) and Swades (Hindi). The first 2 are laughter riots and the other 2 strike some very sensitive chords. A couple of weeks ago when I came back home witha splitting headache ona Friday evening, I put Swades on my mini theatre and was lying down on my bed. I expected not to be able to watch more than 30 mins coz of the headache. But I got into the movie so much that I ended up watchign the whole of it and magically my headache was gone as well. Some things just happen and I dont want to question why.
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