Thursday, December 23, 2010
Monday, December 13, 2010
World Cup 2011 - My Predictions
World cup 2011 is fast approaching, and the two groups look formidable.
Group A: Australia / New Zealand / Pakistan / SriLanka / Zimbabwe / Canada / Kenya
Group B: India / South Africa / England / West Indies / Bangladesh / Ireland / Netherlands
The top teams should and will go through to the next round. So, my quarter-final line up will be as follows.
1. SriLanka v West Indies at Mirpur: West Indies will spring a surprise.
2. Australia v England at Ahmedabad: Australia, all the way. England stand no chance.
3. India v New Zealand at Mirpur: India will crush the kiwis.
4. SA v Pakistan at Colombo: On a turning track, a close contest, SA will reign supreme.
The semis will be two big contests.
1. SA v WI @ Colombo.
2. India v Australia @ Mohali.
Both the games, the toss will be crucial, and I expect India and SA to prevail.
Final: India v SA, again the toss will play a major part, the team batting first will win. India are the favourites, but DO NOT count off the Kangaroos.
May the best win.
God bless.
Group A: Australia / New Zealand / Pakistan / SriLanka / Zimbabwe / Canada / Kenya
Group B: India / South Africa / England / West Indies / Bangladesh / Ireland / Netherlands
The top teams should and will go through to the next round. So, my quarter-final line up will be as follows.
1. SriLanka v West Indies at Mirpur: West Indies will spring a surprise.
2. Australia v England at Ahmedabad: Australia, all the way. England stand no chance.
3. India v New Zealand at Mirpur: India will crush the kiwis.
4. SA v Pakistan at Colombo: On a turning track, a close contest, SA will reign supreme.
The semis will be two big contests.
1. SA v WI @ Colombo.
2. India v Australia @ Mohali.
Both the games, the toss will be crucial, and I expect India and SA to prevail.
Final: India v SA, again the toss will play a major part, the team batting first will win. India are the favourites, but DO NOT count off the Kangaroos.
May the best win.
God bless.
Monday, October 25, 2010
All-time World XI.
ESPNCricinfo is out with the All-time World XI.
1. Jack Hobbs
2. Len Hutton
3. Don Bradman
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. Viv Richards
6. Garry Sobers
7. Adam Gilchrist
8. Malcolm Marshall
9. Shane Warne
10. Wasim Akram
11. Dennis Lillee
Now comparing it with my selection (http://regitpg.blogspot.com/2010/09/all-time-test-xi.html), I got three wrong. I selected Virender Sehwag, Muttiah Muralitharan and Glenn McGrath instead of Len Hutton, Malcom Marshall and Dennis Lillee respectively.
I still feel, Viru and Murali will be and should be part of any team, irrespective of the opponents and conditions. Anyway, a great XI. Unbeatable.
Now, if you consider the average scores, then this team will score at least 473 every time they go out to bat. And, if you consider that the best bowler takes 3 wickets, 2 each by the next three and 1 by the all-rounder, then they can get the opposition our for less than 244.
1. Jack Hobbs
2. Len Hutton
3. Don Bradman
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. Viv Richards
6. Garry Sobers
7. Adam Gilchrist
8. Malcolm Marshall
9. Shane Warne
10. Wasim Akram
11. Dennis Lillee
Now comparing it with my selection (http://regitpg.blogspot.com/2010/09/all-time-test-xi.html), I got three wrong. I selected Virender Sehwag, Muttiah Muralitharan and Glenn McGrath instead of Len Hutton, Malcom Marshall and Dennis Lillee respectively.
I still feel, Viru and Murali will be and should be part of any team, irrespective of the opponents and conditions. Anyway, a great XI. Unbeatable.
Now, if you consider the average scores, then this team will score at least 473 every time they go out to bat. And, if you consider that the best bowler takes 3 wickets, 2 each by the next three and 1 by the all-rounder, then they can get the opposition our for less than 244.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
My 2011 World Cup Indian Team
My team will comprise of
3 openers
5 middle order batsmen
1 keeper
1 all rounder (preferably a fast bowler who can bat)
2 spinners
3 pacers
Here it goes.
1. Sachin 'Champion' Tendulkar
2. Virender Sehwag
3. Gautam Gambhir
4. Rahul Dravid (Reserve Keeper)
5. Virat Kohli
6. Yuvraj Singh
7. Suresh Raina
8. Yousuf Pathan
9. M.S. Dhoni (Captain)
10. Irfan Pathan (All Rounder)
11. Harbhajan Singh
12. Pragyan Ohja
13. Zaheer Khan
14. Ishant Sharma
15. Ashish Nehra
3 openers
5 middle order batsmen
1 keeper
1 all rounder (preferably a fast bowler who can bat)
2 spinners
3 pacers
Here it goes.
1. Sachin 'Champion' Tendulkar
2. Virender Sehwag
3. Gautam Gambhir
4. Rahul Dravid (Reserve Keeper)
5. Virat Kohli
6. Yuvraj Singh
7. Suresh Raina
8. Yousuf Pathan
9. M.S. Dhoni (Captain)
10. Irfan Pathan (All Rounder)
11. Harbhajan Singh
12. Pragyan Ohja
13. Zaheer Khan
14. Ishant Sharma
15. Ashish Nehra
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Endhiran
Saw it yesterday, one word will best describe it. Avoid, AVOID.
Rajinikanth, though, was fun to watch, very versatile.
Mr. Shankar, FAIL.
Rajinikanth, though, was fun to watch, very versatile.
Mr. Shankar, FAIL.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Homeopathy: A witchcraft or what?
Check this talk by James Randi and decide for yourself.
James Randi explains homeopathy
James Randi explains homeopathy
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Sunday, June 20, 2010
FACEBOOK - TRASH
Facebook has a serious problem. Some kind of span/virus attack, all my friends got a link, apparently sent by me... as comments to photo, status, you name it..... no clue how this popped up. Embarrassed. Tried deactivating the account, but the problem remained. Finally found the link
http://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=delete_account
Here I was able to delete the account. Now, all these links have disappeared. I should not be opening the account for the next 14 days. If not, they all reappear. So, I am out of the facebook world, albeit for 14 days. See you all soon.
http://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=delete_account
Here I was able to delete the account. Now, all these links have disappeared. I should not be opening the account for the next 14 days. If not, they all reappear. So, I am out of the facebook world, albeit for 14 days. See you all soon.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
FIFA 2010
It is end of the first round of games, and 50% of my predictions have gone wrong. I will go for a Argentina v Portugal Final, with Spain and Ivory Coast as the loosing semi-finalists. May the best win. God Bless.
TWINKLE TWINLE 'BIG' STAR
My cousin Subhir's wife Neetha (Neenu for us) has been selected for the Season 5 of Idea Star Singer being telecast on Asianet. Not just that, she is also in Mumbai today to record a song for a movie in 3 languages (hindi / malayalam/ tamil). Awesome.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
TOP 10
TOP 10 INDIAN ACTORS
1. Mohanlal
2. Amitabh Bachchan
3. Kamal Hassan
4. Shivaji Ganeshan
5. Dilip Kumar
6. Naseer-ud-din Shah
7. Sanjeev Kumar
8. Utpal Dutt
9. Aamir Khan
10. Mammootty/Rajkumar
1. Mohanlal
2. Amitabh Bachchan
3. Kamal Hassan
4. Shivaji Ganeshan
5. Dilip Kumar
6. Naseer-ud-din Shah
7. Sanjeev Kumar
8. Utpal Dutt
9. Aamir Khan
10. Mammootty/Rajkumar
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