India breaking the ‘jinx’ in sports

The Indian success streak in world sports is increasing day by day. Here are the events from last few days which made every Indian proud.We have dominated in various sports like Boxing,Tennis,Formula One,Cricket,Chess,Badminton or Football. Today India beat Sri Lanka in the tri-nation Compaq Cup Final in which the third team was New Zealand. India [...]

South Africa out of world cup- efforts in vain

I was disheartened by the victory of Pakistan which resulted in the defeat of most deserving team to win world cup 20-20 2009 i.e South Africa. Its the magic of 20-20 which can make any team champion. SA worked hard to reach semifinals and did’nt lost any matches yet it lost the most important one. [...]

Team India- out of world cup 20-20 2009

India lost to England by 3 runs in 20-20 world cup 2009 , which results in ending India’s journey. After watching the match between India and England, I was left with full of anger for the most eligible bachelor and Indian cricket team captian Mahendra Singh Dhoni aka MSD. I did’nt find a better way [...]

IPL closing ceremony- a kick off ending

After five weeks of exhilarating cricket, the Indian Premier League (IPL) draw to a close in an electrifying closing ceremony at Wanderers Cricket Stadium( also known as Bull Ring)  in Johannesburg on Sunday. In a dramatic turnaround of fortunes in the IPL, last year’s bottom-placed teams Bangalore Royal Challengers and Deccan Chargers played  for the title [...]

Cricket- a game of Glorious Uncertainities

A study says Flemish-speaking immigrants from Belgium brought the cricket across the Channel in the 14th century (click to know more) and it was played in the vast fields of England, supposedly by shepherds who herded their flock. But at that time those peoples were not aware of the uncertainities of the game. The drama [...]

IPL opening ceremony- a kick off start

After a shameful loss of  Rajasthan Royals (all out for 58 runs) i was waiting for opening ceremony of the IPL and it begun in a nifty manner. Here are the exact events that took place in the ceremony at Capetown. BCCI vice-President and IPL Chairman Lalit Modi invited the captains of all the 8 [...]

Consequences of having IPL in South Africa

The Twenty20 Indian Premier League was hastily moved out of India beacause  of security reasons as the dates clashed with general elections. But organizers had done a remarkable job by  preparing eight stadiums at short notice, booking thousands of hotel rooms, and laying on extra flights into South Africa.Overall it would be good for South [...]