Why not Tendulkar?

Why only Laxman and Dravid?   Why not Tendulkar?  

Most of the websites I have been reading the last few days don't talk about Tendulkar's retirement. 

These are the Desi websites and newspapers. Most of the cricket celebs in India (as expected) are afraid to come out against Tendulkar !

The Aussie/world press is quite strong in saying that everyone should be out.

Indian cricket needs these three to go now, for cricket to prosper.  Enough is enough.  

Indian press and the experts of the game must have the guts to get these guys to retire.

Cement Srini & Co - It's crunch time !

Why we lost 0 - 4 ?

Why did we lose to the Aussies  0 - 4?

Pic courtesy: WWW

When the team left India on Dec 14th,  Saturn was at 23 degree ascent directly opposite to Mars at an elevation of 250 miles.  Sun was eyeing the Moon with anger at 18.5 and Mercury was at 0. Uranus which is the ruling planet for the team was sleeping since it was early hours !  

The Indian Management did not listen to the BCCI astrologer and went ahead with the plans to fly the cricketers out.  What a blunder!

The team flew out of Bombay sorry Mumbai,  which was on Earth's lowest elevation on that day.  It's well known that starting anything at that point would result in failure.

The team flew Air-India.  If you add up the digits for Air-India ( minus Hypen which is called Uchishma in Astrology )  it comes to 5 which is odd and very BAD.  The odds also played a big role in this series.

It was widely reported that several cricketers sneezed when the plane too off.  This is real..real bad omen.  The BCCI should have asked the ATC to immediately ground the plane.  And we all know what happened due to this.

Agreed that most cricketers wore yellow, black, green and red threads ( to name a few ) around their necks and wrists.  Laxman even wore a pre-historic wrist guard in Perth to see if it will help ( ignoring the stink of the aged guard ) !  Sehwag was looking at the Sun..but nothing worked.  Reason -  no matter what, this is a bad year for Indian cricket.  The Houses of Sun and Moon are rotten now, clearly white due to the recent whitewashes.

Unless BCCI cleans up the houses, Indian cricket is doomed for more failures!

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Our Astrologer's desk

Tomorrow - Astrological remedies for the One-days and T20s 

Bad Profession for me !

Bad Profession for me to be in -  Astrology / Psychic reading.  I failed miserably. I admit !

Silver lining though: One of my predictions - Ponting's performance, came out true.  What a series !   I wish him well !  I am a big fan of Ricky Ponting !

Same with Virat Kohli.  He did well, but he must learn to keep quiet and not care about what the crowd does or says.  He must worry about his game and always try 'Gandhi Karate'.  I mean..show the other cheek !

The weeds have to go - Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman.  They have done well ( Old Glory) , but it's time for them to go home and take care of other businesses .

I know VVS's resume has solid SAP skills along with Oracle, Teradata, DB2 etc. He can come over to US on a H1B.  Sachin can squeak in the commentary box and Dravid can be a charming talker and lecture kids about Walls, fences etc ! 

Dhoni must be fired.  Sehwag must be shifted to one day and 20 overs cricket.  Zaheer Khan for his stupid game in Adelaide Inning 1 must be dropped for a few games. 

BCCI has to be cleaned up - Srikkanth, Cement Srini and Co must be asked to leave !   A seasoned cricketer must be made the chief of BCCI.  Same with the selection panel.

The Indian team needs to clean the 'White Wash'.  We need young blood . We need quality young players in the team ..not 'Vinay Kumars'.  

Who will bell the cat?

The selectors and BCCI have no flesh on their butts and are a bunch of jokers !  

We need a Anna Hazare to try and cleanse Indian cricket.

Old Glory !

I've written quite a few posts on this subject : OLD GLORY

I was only laughing at Gautham Gambhir's comment today about Mr. Wheel Chair Laxman !

This is what is reported in Cricinfo: 

• He has been a legend of the game. He has served Indian cricket for a long, long time.
• Gambhir said it was not fair for anyone other than the player himself to talk of retirement, or for people to criticise just one man

This is a typical desi comment clearly on the lines of 'OLD GLORY'.

Mr.Gambhir - Mr. VVS Laxman has done well in the past, everyone agrees.  Doesn't mean that the world shouldn't criticize him ( also applies to Dravid and Tendulkar )and ask him to retire when he fails continuously. Would you agree?

Let me give you examples:

• You have dinner at a restaurant that has been traditionally serving wonderful food and you notice a worm in your soup.  Will you be angry?  Will you go there again ?  Won't you complain?

• Your sister gets married to a nice guy and they have a wonderful family. Suddenly he has an affair with another woman. Would you advise your sister to take it easy because your BIL was good in the past ?

So, give us a break and play your game.  I saw you wearing diapers the last innings you played.  Thankfully the diapers went back to the pavilion without damage !  You did play well.  


Please focus on your game and let the seniors take care of themselves.

BOYCOTT - IPL 2012 !

Wonderful piece in 'The Hindu' today about Billionaires Control Cricket in India.  

Thoroughly enjoyed the piece.  Lots of truth and grief in that article.

Indian Cricket - thanks to IPL has gone to dogs.  All the cricketers have been transformed into 'ITEM NUMBER' performers !  They don't care, as long as they see the $ !  

IPL is a wonderful platform setup cleverly by BCCI and the crooks to help convert Black to White masked with Glamour !

Who else to blame?  The fans of this format of cricket and the Glamour.  

If the cricket fans of India rise up to the occasion and don't patronize IPL-2012, BCCI and rest of the world will learn a lesson. 

Question is - Who will bell the cat?  Can we have a Anna Hazare for Indian cricket !

How am I going to contribute to this cause -  I won't buy the games on TV. I don't even want to patronize the websites that carry the details of IPL!

BCCI - Idiots !

Everything gets copied ! I mean everything from the West in particular.  Umbrellas to underwear. A-Z. Even the 'Middle finger' gets into the Indian culture !  But not the sacking of the captain, coach or revamping of a team when there are severe failures.

Most of the world would have dismantled the Indian team and their captain, after the pathetic show in England, but the idiots at BCCI didn't do that. Remember what happened to Ricky Ponting after the Ashes?

The Idiots at BCCI went with the ageing, arthritic Grandpa Gang...forgetting that they need wheelchairs  and not knowing that the grandpas also need Oxygen Masks to help them walk and run.

The Grandpas led by Sachin, Dravid & VVS Laxman even demanded that they leave early to practice in Aussie Wickets.

The end Result....almost a white Wash! A well deserved trashing ! 

At least now, cricket enthusiasts should send a strong message to BCCI.

The captain DHONI must be fired, the team must be dismantled and the entire group of selectors led by Srikkanth has to be let go.

Will that happen? I doubt it, knowing Indian Cricket. An example today is Sachin's inclusion in the ODIs.

What a shame when youngsters are overlooked even in the faster formats.

The ODI Squad:

MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Manoj Tiwary, Parthiv Patel (wk), Zaheer Khan, Umesh Yadav, Irfan Pathan, R Vinay Kumar, Praveen Kumar, Rahul Sharma, R Ashwin

BCCI & Selectors - Show your guts !

The Indian selectors are going to stick to the seniors !  After all which selector has the guts to bring in changes?  Spineless aren't they ?


I feel that Virat Kohli will be axed and Rohit Sharma will be in  and Umesh Yadav will probably be rested and VinayKumar or Varun Aaron will play.  

I won't be surprised if Ashwin is dropped for Ojha!  

So, here is my guess of the eleven for tomorrow: 
(Note that I went for 2 spinners!) 

Probable XI	Preferable XI
Gambhir	Gambhir
Sehwag	Sehwag
Dravid	Rohit Sharma
Tendulkar	Tendulkar
Laxman	Kohli
Kohli	Dhoni
Dhoni	Ashwin
Ashwin	Zaheer
Zaheer	Ishant
Ishant	Varun/Vinay/Mithun
Umesh Yadav	Ojha

Drop the Seniors !

It was nice to see Maninder Singh's comment in Cricinfo:

(Someone who shares my feelings):

"The pendulum has shifted. Indian cricket must be bold and be prepared to lose with younger players. Let them learn the ropes. There is no point losing with declining giants."

Maninder Singh, former India off-spinner

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I've written about this in my blog for a few years now and I will do it again and again.

Drop all the Senior players.  So what ?  We keep losing even with these men in the team.  If this is affordable, we can also lose for a few years grooming youngsters.  Let's give the aspiring young cricketers unconditional chances.  Let's prepare them for the future.

So, here you go again:  

BCCI , Selectors and Indian cricket Lovers -  Let's say 'Bye Bye' to the seniors in the team.  Never mind if they are due for landmarks etc.

( See how Clarke declared... despite the records being so easy for breaking ).

Drop - Sachin, Dravid & VVS Laxman.

It's good for Indian Cricket. 

BCCI - A Suggestion for ODI Team selection

Dravid wants to come back to the One Day Team

Ganguly is desperate and wonders how he can get in

Laxman wants to be there

Sachin is holding on

Zaheer Khan, RP Singh are getting ready after injuries

Yuvaraj isn't sure - To Date or To Bat

Dinesh Karthik, VRV Singh, Pankaj Singh - Tired carrying drinks

Sehwag - Losing hair over ODI Thoughts

S Badrinath, Murali Karthik and the likes:

Learning SAP to try and get into IT rather than wait forever for a chance

Ajit Agarkar - The Warrior

Still trying hard, using the 'Kar' value !

My suggestion to BCCI:

Just like Under-19, have a few more teams

20 - 28 ( Team Acne )

29 - 35 ( Team Amrutanjan / Idupvali )

and then finally a

Senior Citizens team of India ( Team Viagra )

Hold a Lottery to choose which group goes for a series.

That way you can satisfy all !

Show cause Notice to BCCI

Subramaniam Badrinath
Born - August-30-1980

Photo courtesy: REDIFF

I am wondering if someone can file a case against BCCI. Wondering if I can do it sitting here.

The team for Australia has been announced and S.Badrinath isn't in the probables.

The probables for the Australian tour’s Test squad


Anil Kumble
M.S. Dhoni
Sachin Tendulkar
Rahul Dravid
V.V.S. Laxman
Sourav Ganguly
Wasim Jaffer
Dinesh Karthik
Yuvraj Singh
Gautam Gambhir
Harbhajan Singh
Zaheer Khan
R.P. Singh
Munaf Patel
Ishant Sharma
V.R.V. Singh
Ranadeb Bose
Irfan Pathan
Pankaj Singh
Murali Kartik
Piyush Chawla
Ajit Agarkar
Parthiv Patel
Akash Chopra

Wonder what the selectors and BCCI have in their minds.

Maybe they are waiting for him to turn 35 so that he can find a place like the grandpas in the team who will never retire unless they are forced to !

Badri - I feel sorry for you

PS - I HOPE HE FINDS A PLACE IN THE ONE DAY SQUAD FOR AUSTRALIA