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We’re too self-absorbed!
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What do you think?
I agree, to a large extent, that cricket, the Indian public’s passion, is not a true team sport.
Team sports are about understanding, a true choreography , a meeting of minds, hearts, souls translated into fluid motion, team action.
A similar thing could be said about tennis , specially the Indian Davis Cup team except for the doubles pair. And, mind you, team harmony does not mean that 2 players should be buddy-buddy. They just need to be civil and challenge each other to be better, to complement each other. Perhaps, that’s why we may never see another champion Davis Cup pair like Paes and Bhupathi come out of India for a long,long time.
But then, I guess, that’s why we are about genius and individual excellence. Not bad traits by themselves but then why in a population of over a billion do we have such few instances of them? Ah then, the excuses for this failing have been trotted out by our politicians for over 6 decades and hence I refuse to recount them here.
Just as we could never be another US or a Japan, but come on , China faces the same challenges as us, maybe even more! So why cannot we be the tiger we were meant to be? Our national animal is the tiger, after all!
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon can then have quite a different undertone! Quite a notion! But then nations are formed of notions, are they not?
Have a great weekend!
Mumbai Cyclothon – 21st Feb, 2010 – Well Done!
I participated in the Amateur Community Ride on my new Fomosa Power Sport mountain bike! The Amateur & Corporate riders started their race at 8:30 a.m from Rangsharda grounds at Bandra Reclamation. We started a bit late, around 8:35 a.m. I completed the race at 9:30 a.m. 24kms in 55 minutes! More time than I anticipated! I didn’t go all out to outrace participants. I was happier being safe rather than sorry! I also decided to conserve energy for the Sea Link stretch! And did I need it! The Sea Link leg was fantastic. It was quite warm and the uphill climb at the start of the Sea Link was really hard on the thighs. Gatorade to the aid! I guess road cycling really is not the same as stationary biking 
.Good fun!
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Sachin’s Double!
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I completely missed Sachin’s double, since I was just too busy catching up with my beauty nap!
But some articles from the blogosphere for the cricket fanatics!
http://jinojoy.wordpress.com/2010/02/24/the-little-master/
http://childoftheocean.wordpress.com/2010/02/25/tendulkar-odi-double-century/
http://newshyderabad.wordpress.com/2010/02/24/sachin-becomes-first-batsman-to-hit-odi-double-ton/
http://morethanjustagame.wordpress.com/2010/02/24/and-then-there-was-the-one/
Have a great day!
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It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It keeps him young. – Konrad Lorenz
Tennis, AITA, Mumbai University & Kalina Campus
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The All India Tennis Association now has a Tennis Centre of Excellence at the Kalina Campus, Mumbai University.
It boasts 7 State of the art Synthetic Floodlit Tennis Courts, a fully equipped gym with trainers, professional coaching for children and adults, pay & play facilities and ample parking facilities.
The address is:
AITA Trust,
University of Mumbai,
Vidya Nagari,
Kalina Campus,
Santacruz East,
Mumbai – 400 055
Tel No: 3265 3930/2290 9415
Email:tceaitatrust@yahoo.com
PS: This is for informational purposes only. This is not, in any way, an endorsement.
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Notoriously bad starters!
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With the 2nd day of the India-South Africa 2nd Test Match in Calcutta drawing to a close, a few thoughts on how India are notoriously bad starters in a Test Series.
Over the past 3 years, India have won just 3 of the 1st Test matches in a bilateral series.
This considering that India has played 12 Test Series in the past 3 years.
The 3 First Test Matches India have won have been the following:
England in India Test Series – 1st Test
India won by 6 wickets
India in New Zealand Test Series – 1st Test
India won by 10 wickets
India in Bangladesh Test Series – 1st Test
India won by 113 runs
Even amongst these 3 matches, India conceded the 1st innings lead against England and scored just 243 vs Bangladesh with Bangladesh replying with 242. The only Test Match where India seems to have been on fire right from the start was the Test Match against New Zealand at Hamilton where India scored a huge 520 in reply to New Zealand’s 279.
It seems to be India’s bane that by the time India wake up in a series, they are lucky if they have salvaged a draw in the 1st Test of the series. This seems to have been the case in the last 2 series as well. India were lucky to win against Bangladesh; a stronger team would have punished India’s batting ineptitude in the 1st innings.
South Africa proved that India have still to learn the art of being ‘ready to go’ right at the beginning of the series and won handily at Nagpur to go 1 up in the series without even a semblance of a fight from India’s top cricketing team – we are ranked No. 1.
Use the link below to check India’s performance in Tests over the last 3 years, both away and at home.
With luck we should be able to retain our No. 1 ranking by drawing the current series, riding on centuries by Sehwag and Tendulkar.
But why , oh why , are we such poor starters?
A good beginning is a job half-done. And that definitely holds true for the India cricket XI.
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