Namesake

Namesake. Not by Jhumpa Lahiri, but a small article, capable to be a blogging material on the matter, that no more red hot to me.

While having the occasional lab meeting, we happened to stumble across a topic named : Exclusion of Sourav from IP 4. A total massacre that the whole nation is making scoop of and the die hard fans of the great captain falling back to their sentiments, hitting back at IPL... SRK... KKR and even the BCCI and Sarad Pawar. The sentiments do let you imagine (may be aim) at an wide angle.

The Picture: Exclusion of Sourav Ganguly, the former skipper of the Team India and the Numero Uno test captain the nation had ever had.

The Spot: Indian Premier League (IPL) Season 4.

The ISO: Conspiracy Theory, not the one mentioned in the linked book, but the one that many Indians know. Bengal has been in the backyard of the game of Indian Cricket, neglected for ever. Just that, they could do nothing with Dada... the Maharaja of Cricket.

The Print: Distrust and Disrespect all over and lot of commotion.

How does Mr. Shah Rukh Khan place this film rolling? Korbo Lorbo Jitbo, guess will stop airing in the prime time in Kolkata Media. He already has created a bad smell.

The conspiracy theory  against the Bengal Crickets always have taken it's toll, man handled by BCCI, more after Mr. Jagmohan Dalmiya had stepped aside from the governing council. With Sourav being axed after a long 10 years, completed from every format of the game, the game is being repeated from the roots with more cricketers.

The latest victim, as according to my reckon is Wriddhiman Saha. The excellent wicket keeper has been bought by Chennai Super Kings. They didnt need Saha, for the talent, but to suppress the talent and kill it under the heavy armpits of Dhoni. Dhoni, no doubt is a fine player, but his presence in CSK will show the place of Saha be like Patel...worse even... no where! KKR gave a nod in the conspiracy by not bidding for this fine performer.

IPL4 comes mid of 2011. Guess, it will be full of unexpected crowd behavior at Eden Gardens. What ever it is, the name of Kolkata is in the hands of the people who live here. Think before you listen to your emotional cry!

Thank You!

A Date with Eden.

This date report is due of over three days. I went to the place, a place, where cricketers believe that the game of cricket, which is learnt everyday, remains incomplete unless you play in front and amidst the capacity crowd at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. The so called Mecca of Cricket after Lords and equivalent second to MCG, Australia for the great matches that took place here.

Eden Gardens is the second largest cricket ground in the world, with MCG standing at the top and amongst the in-numerable feats that have taken place here have both tarnished as well as uplifted the name and quality of the game here. To have a glimpse of the elite history of the grounds, let me put forward the following notes. To have being part of the crowd for the 8th time is more than exciting!

To have a note of the bad times, the Eden crowd had made it possible to brick a bat the SriLankan team, in 1996 World Cup, when India went down losing. The match was given to SL by default. The first time in the history. The crowd problem took place in Pakistan India Asia cup semis in 2000 when the test match was finally concluded infront of empty stands!

But for India, the ground is a blessing for more reasons. Be it stopping of the band wagon of the Australian test wins or that of the South Africans, it was stalled here at Edens. It is the ground where the feat (third time) of winning a test after Follow On was achieved by Ganguly and mates in 2001, against Australia, which happened to be the first ever time in this new millenia!

The Mexican Wave, whose video I have captured in the recent concluded IPL3 match of KKr against RR is provided below. This time, I visited after a lonf 3 years! A place that can never be forgotten, and a place where watching cricket is more fun compared that of at home! Enjoy the VDO: