ASHWIN KUMAR

Story of a son and father

2009-06-30T08:15:00.000-07:00

A young man was getting ready to graduate college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.
As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the morning of his graduation his father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped gift box.
Curious, but somewhat disappointed the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible. Angrily, he raised his voice at his father and said, "With all your money you give me a Bible?" and stormed out of the house, leaving the holy book. Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business.
He had a beautiful home and wonderful family, but realized his father was very old, and thought perhaps he should go to him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son.
He needed to come home immediately and take care things. When he arrived at his father's house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search his father's important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he read those words, a car key dropped from an envelope taped behind the Bible. It had a tag with the dealer's name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words...PAID IN FULL.

Dismal show by the Indian Team

2009-06-29T11:18:00.000-07:00

The second ODI between India and West Indies has raised serious doubts about the form of the Indian Batsmen and also the team chemistry.The Indian wickets tumbled like cards.Except for good batting by the Indian Captain M S Dhoni and good stand by R P Singh,it was a total failure.

Initially Dinesh kartik was forced to play the shot ,he had no other option except to go for a drive .It was nicked and went to the keeper ,who seemed not to give any chance to drop.

Next two wickets of Gautam Gambhir and Rohit Sharma were unnecessary.Gambhir was expecting a bouncer and he went prey to the keeper.Rohit Sharma also got out by being over optimistic about his form and he perished without scoring any runs.

As a matter of fact Dinesh Ramdin was a very good wicket-keeper.He took as many as five catches in this particular match.The bowlers were very fantastic.Then came a good partnership between Yuvraj Singh and Mahendra Dhoni.Yuvraj was obviously in his best-ever form.He played in such a manner that batting was so easy.But he was unlucky to get out after a good start.

Then came Yusuf Pathan and Ravinder Jadeja ,both of them were not seemed to be unaware of the situation played very casually.Yusuf was the third batsmen to depart without scoring any run.Ravinder Jadeja ,I think didnt realise the importance of getting a chance in the Indian Team.Its was a wonderful oppurtunity which he desperately needed to capitalise ,but he didnt.He got out by playing a casual shot.

The partnership between Dhoni and RP Singh deserves a special mention.Dhoni cleverly drafring the plan and RP seemed to have no objection.They didnt take singles,played very patiently and cautiously and put a century partnership stand which was one among the 5 century partnership stand for the ninth-wicket.

Any way Dhoni's form as a batsman which was the talk during the 20-20 matches will not be scrutinized atleast for some time. He added proof for being the No. 1 ODI Batsman

Mortaza is the new captain

2009-06-26T05:04:00.000-07:00

The Bangladesh cricket team is a resurgence.It has rose from nowhere to a level of consistently participating in all the big events.It ofcourse upset the great teams like India,Australia and Pakistan.It was at its best when it beat India to reach the super eight of the ICC World Cup.It ofcourse lit the spirit of the Indian team too which after that played like a champion ,thanks to M S Dhoni's Captaincy.

Right throughout the uprising of the Bangladeshi team ,one man was instrumental who is none other than 'Mohammed Ashraful'.To make an analogy,we can reconcile him as the 'Sachin Tendulkar' of Bangladesh.

But recent dismal performance of the Bangladesh team cost Ashraful his captainship.In the ICC 20-20 World championship,it lost both the matches between India and Ireland.The Bangladesh cricket Board thought the pressure of captainship led to the poor performance of Ashraful and hence removed him as the Captain so as to allow him to concentrate on his batting.

The new captain of Bangladesh is Mashrafe Mortaza,the spearhead of the Bangladesh bowling attack.This team has a lot of talented spinners and batsmen. Lets wait and watch how the decision of changing the captain works out for Bangladesh cricket team.