Monday, March 12, 2007

Why-Run-Dear

Oops!!! Oops? Hinglish Mistake as it is known as wanted to write about Vi-Run-Der aka Virender Sehwag. A saga told thousands time before and heard and unheard thousand and one times before. World cup fever on a high temperature soaring, snowing in Jammu and Kashmir, blood bath in north east India, with all this feelings there is a mixed reaction of everyone in the country about the so called Crazy World Cup. With board exams scorching it like heat and as the so called young guns get prepared for the big day some where across the seven seas there is a team of 15 on whom there are hopes of the billion of the country. Hope on the 11, is sufficient to suppress the hope of few million, who would be writing their exam, which would build the country, develop the country and help it grow it roots into corruption and development. Two words of high difference, maybe earth and sky, water and fire but then that’s what it is, the two different sides of the same coin. Amazing right, why two different sides of the same coin? Well its something like this, when its tail you don’t see heads, and vice versa. So it’s the same thing when you see corruption you don’t see development and when you see development you don’t see corruption. It’s the same thing when you see runs you don’t see wickets, when you see wickets you don’t see runs, but then if there are only wickets and no runs then it’s a problem with a batsman, but then again good for a bowler. Lets now get into some statistics before we go into details, lets try to compare him with few of the two good crickets of India:
1. Vinod Kambli
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
104 97 21 2477 106 32.59 71.92 2 14 15 0

2. Sanjay Manjrekar
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
74 70 10 1994 105 33.23 64.30 1 15 23 0

Virendar Sehwag
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
167 162 7 4833 130 31.18 96.04 7 24 69 0

Did not try to compare him with some one like Anil Kumble Sourav Ganguly etc, well the reason is quite simple they have held the nerve and have been reasons for India win at least a dozen times more if compared to him. Well about Sehwag , as he was initially called to be an Arsenal of runs in the Indian batting line up, has become, too monotonous in his batting style, and as said in a famous movie “dimag ka khel dil se " , somehow doesn’t seem to work in his stroke play anymore. It has been seen in the history of Indian cricket team, where in people, players have been around in the team, when they did not even deserve Ranji for themselves. Sehwag though considered being a key player has not been able to show much in his current form, and his inclusion in the world cup squad was a big surprise for everyone. World Cup as it is known as and worshiped in some of the countries of the world , India , being the biggest of them , has been under a lot of controversy in the last few days. Cricket though a sport has been eventually so much commercialized where in if taken a complete viewer ship of other channels during a match say India Pakistan, would let it drop by nearly 200 %. The whole point is that, is this really justified? With people like Virender Sehwag being backed up by the so call Wall aka Rahul Dravid, is a thing to be debated upon. There is no doubt though the root of cricket originated in England, India has given the game those fruits which has led to the mass popularity, and also giving everyone a taste of Sweet and Bitterness.
Well what about Virender Sehwag, it would be really foolish of me to say that he has only given India a taste of bitter fruit, he has been the one to give India a taste of Success lets make it Sweet Success, but then it was really necessary to give him a long vacation, an unpaid long vacation and let the so called great advertisers of India pay him the same. With the world cup started , don’t know how may types of weapons this guy would attack the opposition with from his Arsenal of Runs, would be good if at the rite time he would Nuke the Opposition.....
All to Say GOOD LUCK INDIA...............



No comments: