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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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Mumbai Cyclothon – 21st Feb, 2010
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The Mumbai Cyclothon takes off on the 21st of February, 2010 here in Mumbai.
The BSA Hercules India Cyclothon- Mumbai 2010 is a mass participative cycling event for professional, amateurs and the casual biker. The event intends to promote the cause of cycling and promote the various benefits.
The race categories are as follows:
International Elite (Men)
100kms
18yrs and above
Entry By Invitation only
Elite Indian (Men)
50kms
19yrs and above
Entry By Invitation only
Amateur
24kms
18yrs and above
Online Registration
Corporate Group Ride
24kms
18yrs and above
Online Registration
Green Ride
12kms
14yrs and above
Online Registration
Kids Ride(8-13 years)
2kms
8yrs and above
Online Registration
I have registered myself in the Amateur category i.e. the 24 kms race. Cycles are not available to lease though registrants were promised that it was a possibility that they would be provided.That would be difficult since cosmopolitan India does not have a cycling culture yet!
24kms should be a breeze! I’ve been doing 45-50 kms on my stationary bike at home! Have still not got around to purchasing one for the race, though I have made enquiries.
The website is http://mumbaicyclothon.topdoctorsonline.com
Have a great day!
Cheers!
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Sports, Champions and Celluloid
A couple of sports-related articles from the Mint.
http://www.livemint.com/2010/02/11211942/Weissmuller8217s-Tarzan-is.html?h=A3
http://www.livemint.com/2010/02/10210525/Champions-born-or-made.html?h=C
One details how many sportspersons have made the transition from the field to celluloid.
The other talks about the similarities in champions across nations and generations.
Have a great day!
India Vs SA – First Test – Results & Selections
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Two posts on the India Vs SA series.
First, a point to be made. Even the most fanatical Indian cricket team fan would admit that after losing 3 top draw players in Dravid, Yuvraj Singh and Laxman and then having Rohit Sharma injured at the last minute, it was going to take all the effort the team could muster to make a draw of the game, let alone win it. In the end, SA ended up winning comfortably. Also, Dale Steyn proved that quality fast bowling can only be negated by quality batting, not dead pitches!
A +ve for India was Badrinath proving that he is competent enough to be a part of the Indian test team.
Tendulkar and Sehwag scored hundreds , but could not get the middle order to bat around them. A question arises again: Is Tendulkar playing only for the record books? Does it seem that way because he makes batting look so easy, when he’s out there?
Dhoni & Gambhir were not able to stand up and be counted when it mattered!
That’s all for now!
Let these posts say the rest!
http://the22yard.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/raina-sreesanth-and-karthik-in-for-eden-test/
Have a great day!
Professional Cycling!
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A post on professional cycling!
Have a great day!
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India Vs South Africa
A quick preview of the upcoming India-South Africa test series.
Courtesy not-yours truly!
Have a nice day!
Risk Management & IPL
For all the hullabaloo about how the Pakistani players were snubbed at the IPL players auction, it just seems a case of smart risk management on the part of the IPL team owners.
Risk is about uncertainty and exposure.
There was uncertainty if the Pakistani players would be available to play for the IPL teams, for various reasons.
Was there exposure? Yes, if you had a Pakistani player on your team.
So, it was risk management and the reason why it appeared pre-planned was because it seems that all the IPL team owners looked at the situation through the same lens.
No cricketing logic to it! Just not cricket, as they say! But then who says the IPL is just about cricket? Are any of the IPL team owners cricketers?
Have a good day!
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