India win its 3rd consecutive Test

Ishant is truly back and firm in Test attack.

Sreesanth is on his way out. What a loss. He is not wanting to improve.  Time for antics in IPL for him. Give a glare or two to Sangakara.

Mishra is good, but he is no replacement of Anil Kumble. His 5-for in Mohali seems an one - off event and since then he has struggled.

301 is a flattering score. Thanks to bat swinging,  M Rahim got a 100.  Otherwise Sehwag's statement on their test status and quality remains same.  They are poor Test side and their batsmen know just one way to play Tests -- self destruct.  Having said that, they can on this day beat Pakistan's strongest side in Test cricket 2-1 or 3-0 in Test series.  Bet a Butt on it ?

With this win India are now undefeated for 13 Tests.  Shakib would like to have a look at this record and might want to take back his words that Aus and SA are better sides than India.  That's a weak statement, actually a retaliatory one for Sehwag's comments. To prove him wrong BD batsmen self destructed.  They played poor shots. Lest they improve on it, they wont be winning more tests.  They need to spend time on wickets and if they do that, they would go past Pakistan in the rankings, which at the moment are most pathetic test team in world.

Mourtaza : IPL Auction Update - II

He was nemesis of Indian defeat in 2007 World Cup. He was also one of the reason responsible for defeat in 2004 in Bangladesh. He was supposed to be one of the ok type player to be put on the auction. He has been poor man’s Shoaib Akhtar. One of the good players in BD team who can be termed as decent. Injuries’ famous son and now the most talked about player in the IPL Auction 2. Being sold for 1100% more than his base price is like ooh la la. His life has been made and his folks in BD would celebrate the windfall. And guess wot who got him. Dada. Dada replaced Shoaib Akhtar and Umar Gul with Mourtaza. How much change it would bring to SRK;s team is yet to be known but for sure the KKR have created a furore by buying out for 1100% more than what cud have been base price.

Shakib Al Hasan, surprising # 1 allrounder (never mind he got there by playing against SL, Zim and Ken) was not touched by anybody. ICC was shown again in black face when its rankings weren’t considered.

Besides this it was English flavor in the auction. Perhaps indicator of the things to come. Few days back ECB was against IPL, now its own 2 former skippers are the most sought players in the IPL. Strange times this. Never mind. The stage is set for season 2 of the cricket with Bollywood entertainment mix. It had PZ, SRK in it last season, now it has Big Brother Shilpa Shetty too. Thin is in.