India's win Against SA at Eden

India really did well against SA in the second test match. Bhajji came to party mishra picked up wickets at right time, Zaheer was as always accurate and causing trouvle and Sharma bowled with some energy.
All happened in one test and all bowlers performed well especially on the last day of the match when Zaheer got injured at crucial time and still other 3 bowlers bowled well to get India home. Mishra's ball which went very near to outside edge in last test match took edges this time and he really started collapse by taking Smith on his first ball of second innings. Zaheer as usual was accurate and bowled very well in first innings. Sharma actually rose to occasion when India almost had gave up because of 200 run partnership of Amla and Petersen he bowled lot bouncers at Amla which unsettled him and at last he tried something which he should not have and lost his wicket which triggered collapse of SA in first innings which brought India back into match. Bhajji bowled fine spell to take out three of SA's main batsmen.
Sehwag came with all guns blazing and tore apart SA attack. Gambhir looked set for big innings but unfortunately Sehwag ran him out but still Sachin, Laxman and Dhoni ensured that India bats only once. SA attack bowled well but when Steyn failed to generate any movement then other bowlers were not as effective as they were in Nagpur. Specially Paul Harris looked helpless against Sehwag and tried some negative tactics by bowling outside leg stump which received punishment from Umpires. Critics said that Harris had plan for Indians in first test in Ngapur but I think he could execute plan when India was under pressure of huge total and Steyn was looking ominous. He failed to take responsibility of taking wickets when faster bowlers failed to do so which only underrlined that rating him better than Indian spinners was mistake.
I think media should not criticize Team India heavily for one defeat. India gave good performances with ball and bat but failed in fielding department. This needs to be improved. Amal should have been taken on 46, he caused lot of trouble for India on last day and almost drew match single handedly. Thank god it did not happen else M Vijay would have mocked by media.But anyway kudos to Amla for his fine innings. The calm with which he played was unbelievable which even Ravi Shastri called superhuman. He is the biggest positive for SA from this series.
I am happy that India has won and hope that it will continue to perform well in future.Cheers to team India.

Good news Sena snubbed by public...

I want to laugh at Udhhav Thakre's face because he has been slapped by public. They were outsmarted by Maharashtra govt in Rahul episode where Sena could not even protest when he was wondering through local train. But Sena could say that Govt had played major role by stifling them and using brutal force.
But now what explanation does sena have for this fiasco. People were eager to watch MNIK and whole India watched people lining outside theaters for tickets. Shahrukh was unnecessarily made target by Sena who had no other issue to deal with. Public slapped Sena hard and now sena might have to search for some new scapegoat for their NATIONALIST agenda. Even BJP had deserted them on this issue. Sena was fighting alone and it clearly seems that their strength has dwindled after Raj Thakre left sena. Statistics show that in Mumbai and Thane part Sena and MNS got total of 43% votes 7 % more than what NCP and Congress had got but still they could win only 60 seats and which proved decisive.
I think Sena should start rebuilding which could take years before they make any force or should make peace with MNS (who by the way actually supported SRK on this issue) so that they could win elections in Maharashtra. But they are not taking any of the options. Anyway I am happy that Sena's politics failed appreciably and outrightly rejected by public.

India's Loss to SA

India lost to SA in first test but why is everyone making so fuss about our bowling. Steyn put up a one of the best spells of his life but had he not done that India surely would have saved match despite their main Batsmen. I do not want to criticize bowlers because they have lot of experience and know what to do. Zaheer bowled well Ishant tried his best but now people have read him and playing him with plan to which he will find solution soon, Bhajji gave his best and I thought Mishra was very unlucky.
If people want better bowling attack just name replacement for these bowlers. Whom to draft in for Bhajji now if he is not performing well? Ojha? It wont help. Srisanth was not fit so who would have played for Ishant? Abhimanyu? or Tyagi?? So we had no option. Same bowlers performed excellently against Aussies in 2008-09. So even though India has weak bowling India can compensate it with good batting. But its India's bad luck with no Dravid and Laxman, Gautam failed in both innings. Sehwag and Sachin cannot win India test match. I think even Yuvi would not helped. I think one of Badri or Vijay should now replace Yuvi.I would prefer Badri because he can be very consistent and is mature to handle the pressure. Vijay is also good option and none of them should be judged by performance in this test because Badri was debuting and Vijay is still very new to international arena. Saha actually exceeded expectation but if everyone had thought that he would fail against SA then a bowler instead of him would have been a good option.Everything went wrong for team India this time and was a very embarrassing defeat on a turning pitch but I think this team will bounce back and has lot of character. Also dhoni needs to play positively which suits him and not useless time consuming bogging which suits Dravid. I still remember he took attack to Aussies in his first test as a captain and scored well against bouncing deliveries. Brett Lee looked ineffective then and looked like once his card of bouncing Dhoni failed he had no other plan for Dhoni. And because of that performance and spirited bowling by Zaheer and Ishant India won the test. It was same attack which lead to Kumble's retirement. India needs to take inspiration from that performance and I believe eden gardens is lucky for India and India has defeated SA on this ground 6 years ago where Bhajji bowled well.
My best wishes with team India.