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Cheer Girls
I have a question to ask our politicians: don't you have better things to do than work yourselves into a froth about cheer girls? After all, you're not 18 year olds measuring your lives with coffee spoons — and if you don't know what that means ask TS Eliot! You're adults. More importantly, you've been chosen to run this country. I would have thought inflation, farmers' suicides, urban crime, the BRT crisis in Delhi, the vanishing nuclear deal and the shifting political equations in Nepal — to name just a handful of the pressing problems India faces — would have kept you fully preoccupied. But I'm wrong. You've found time for the silliest of causes, something no one else had noticed till you chanced upon it and forced it on the nation. If this was satire, I'd say well done! Alas, this is reality.
And what is it about cheer girls that has you so excited? Unfortunately, it's a mixture of prejudice, ignorance and balderdash. Some of you say they're vulgar. Perhaps, but does it occur to you that, like beauty, vulgarity lies in the eyes of the beholder? Many of us find your taste, behaviour and style vulgar but we put up with it. Is it too much to expect the same of you? That apart, do you know what vulgar means? The Oxford Dictionary defines it as something that is patronised or practiced by ordinary common people. Did you mean to be elitist or have you picked the wrong adjective?
Your second justification for banning cheer girls is they're un-Indian. Well, in a very literal sense, you're right. Until they were imported they were not known of by the vast majority of our countrymen. But that's also true of cricket. (Incidentally, I hope you don't think the game was handed down by the Vedas?) Yet the fact that cheer girls attract attention by baring their mid-riffs and dancing suggestively is something we're very used to. Every woman in a sari has as much to show and reveal. Whilst Bharatnatyam and Odissi dancers — and let's not even mention Khajuraho and Konark sculptures or some of our delightful miniatures and the Kama Sutra — are far more sensual.
Those of you who pretend to be moralists have claimed cheer girls are demeaning of women. But if you think about it you'll realize how silly that statement is. To begin with, the cheer girls are women and they're doing it willingly, even happily. Second, they're proud of the figures they're showing off. Third, the vast majority of the audience is enjoying their performance. This is not titillation. And though I don't deny there's a small perverted minority that's deriving pornographic pleasure, are the rest of us to be treated like school children because of this half per cent? Even you wouldn't say yes!
The most pertinent criticism is that cheer girls distract from the cricket. I have to admit there's probably some truth in that. Except what it overlooks is that's precisely why they're there. T20 is not a Test match, not even a one day game. To be successful, a T20 tournament requires all the extras it can acquire. So, if you're a purist it's not the cheer girls you should object to, but the game itself. Don't expect the sobriety of Lord's when you're watching the thwack and shove of Yusuf Pathan and Brendon McCullum. Unless, of course, you're a hypocrite.
Actually, I'm afraid that's what it is: hypocrisy. Bollywood indulges in crude and lascivious behaviour but you rarely, if ever, threaten to rip out those scenes. In fact, if I'm not mistaken, you court Bollywood stars and your ultimate goal is to get your kids to join them. Yet if the rest of us have a bit of innocent fun your moral hackles rise and you start cracking the whip.
Well, it's time you got off our backs. At last there's something on television the country seems to like and you have no right to ruin it. I suggest you grab a beer and enjoy the girls yourselves!
HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND A VERY HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR 2008 TO YOU
HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND A VERY HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR 2008 TO YOU .
LET YOUR CHERISHED DREAMS AND GOALS BE ACHIEVED IN THIS YEAR WITH GRACE OF ALMIGHTY AND YOUR INTELLIGENT EFFORTS.
P K Kothari
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Players those should have been given a chance.......
Now can any one tell what has happened to Ashish Nehra and Balaji. Anyones guess, they eighter lost the passion of playing cricket or they were not given the support from their respective states or the BCCI. Well Nehra one day did mention about this.
So the BCCI as to carefully plan whom they want and when and how they are going to take care of these playersIntroducing Praveen Kumar ..........
Taking it to the next level
For the last two seasons Praveen Kumar has given an impression of being someone cut out for legendary status in domestic cricket : mightily impressive but lacking that something to make it to the highest level.
He's lacked speed while bowling his canny medium-pacers, and control while hitting robustly. He has often thrown his wicket away after scoring a quick 20 and sometimes tended to look innocuous after three-four testing overs, given his limited pace. Yet over the last two seasons, he has shown enough intent, ferocity and persistence to not be ignored. He is probably the only bowler in India who consistently swings the ball both ways, something that has helped him maintain a degree of hostility at an average pace of around 125kmph. With his batting he has been a handy hitter both down the order and as a surprise opener.
In Uttar Pradesh's championship-winning season in 2005-06, when Kumar first came to prominence, he was easily the player of the year: 41 wickets and 386 runs, four five-fors, one 10-for, and three half-centuries. He was Mohammad Kaif's go-to man: whenever UP were in trouble, they could just turn to Kumar and sure enough, something would happen.
The immediate reward was a place in the last year's Challenger Series, where he bowled 19 overs for 142 runs, and fared ordinarily with the bat too. In the season that followed, although UP's performance took a plunge, Kumar managed to finish at No. 8 on the wicket-takers' list. The disappointing season was followed with a good news: a place in the India A team for a triangular series in Kenya.
Like a man in hurry, in the first match in Kenya he followed up a three-wicket haul with an unbeaten 27-ball 57. In the few matches that he played for India A, he was at times spectacular and never below consistent. A place in this year's Challenger was a well-deserved break and he responded with his tried and tested early-impact policy. The first ball of the tournament was a vicious in-dipper, which left the batsman unbalanced and on the ground, trying to escape an lbw, but leaving the stumps exposed. In the second game, he hit Munaf Patel over extra cover for four, again off the first ball. It was followed by a six later in the over, and a five-for later in the match. Not for him the gentle loosener with the ball or the cautious sighter with the bat.
It will be impossible to get the statistics, but given his propensity to take swipes at the first balls, he might end up with the most first-ball boundaries. It was a habit that first came to notice during the Ranji final two years ago. A flat wicket had set the stage for a saunter-your-way-to-a-first-innings-lead match. In a move that surprised all, Kumar walked out to open and slashed the first ball over the slips for four and although he scored only 48 - in even time - he had left the Bengal bowlers demoralised.
The aggression, the early starts and the ability to bowl long hostile spells have helped him use his limited ability and become one of the most valuable players in domestic cricket. But there is a huge leap from domestic cricket to international cricket, a gap as wide as the one between Ranadeb Bose and Mohammad Asif.
The quality of opposition he has faced so far is a long way off international standards - this season even the Challenger Trophy does not feature many India players. In domestic cricket, he has managed to bully his way through, but he is going to an arena where he is more likely to be bullied. Does he have another level that he can raise his game to? He might end up getting only a chance or two, but that is something that shouldn't worry him: he is used to explosive starts.
It’s upto Sehwag to do some killing……..
With Rahul gone Sehwag would surely be the person on whom all the eyes would be stuck upon. With his ok ok performance in the challenger trophy he showed that even though his few techniques may not be good but he has got the best timing in the world. Sehwag has been proudly become a Dad. So everyone would be really looking at this new dad and see if his new child has got him any good luck. But for now sehwag has to perform or else his end is not so far. But still it showed he has not worked on his feet movement. We know that old habits don’t change easily. But then e few months back sehwa was playing the same way. Looks like he hasn’t learned still. But he has to or ealse there are many ready to grab the opening position. It is clearly utthappa vs gambhir vs sehwag for the time being. With sachin and saurav still in the ranks they have to really pick themselves up and play out of their skin.
Sehwag has good track against paikstanis. Maybe this could have turned the tables for him. Whatever it maybe he has got performWhat can Rahul do now………
One or two years back even Saurav Gaunguly also was omitted from the team. It was speculated around the media that his time was over. And the selectors were searching for new blood. But what happened. He clearly showed the selectors his nerve and came back to the team with a bang. This really cleared one point. Perform well and you are in the team. You are not performing and you wont be there in the team even if you are a captain or a former captain. Performance is given more importance than age.
So even Rahul has got a chance to prove himself. If he still has the fire he has to play domestic matches and show the selectors something. But his inner fire is finished it will clearly show in the domestic matches. So what the selectors has done is very right. And the selectors are rightly not saying everyting to the media. But if some1 has got a cricketing mind it is clearly understable. With Rahul given a break, Sehwag has to be called in. So Rahul CHAK DE and show the selectors you’ve got the killer instinct still left in you.
What does Rahul Dravid’s omission from the team really mean……।
Now there is a lot of speculation that Dravid is being omitted because the selectors are slowly trying to get the seniors out of the team and searching for the youth. Mind you TEAM INDIA does not have a coach. If the team only has youngsters it wont be able to well for a long time without the seniors in the longer version of the match. They won the 20-20 because of the captaincy of Dhoni and the cameos that were played by everyone. But in the 50 50 format it would be difficult without Sachin, Saurav and Rahul. Sachin and saurav are the best opening pair in the world and Rahul is the best batsman at no.3. The selectors have tried all the combinations. They tried dhoni, utthappa, gambhir, karthik. But everyone failed. Because a batsman playing at that position is required to play long innings.
What should be done is to give the youngsters a place in the test squad so that they get the version of playing long innings in an innings.
Now Rahul not in this best form has given many youngsters a chance to sneak in the team. Badrinanth, Suresh Raina, parthiv patel and a quite few are in a good touch but the selectors are looking for someone who can fit in the dravids’ shoes because surely he has aged and has to retire if he continues with this form.
Shoaib malik today mentioned that omission of Dravid will be making his and his team effort easy. But what he does not know is that Rahul has got great grit and guts to make a comeback. And if he is successful in getting his touch back he would surely be very dangerous in the test matches versus Pakistan and Australia.




