Monthly Archives: October 2011

News Makers of 2011 : Yuvraj Singh

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Yuvraj Singh- Man Of Series World Cup 2011

2011 has been eventful year for Indian cricket. Having topped table in test arena , India were considered to be one of favorites to lift world cup 2011 which was held in subcontinent region. Pakistan unfortunately could not held matches due to ill fated attack on sri lankan cricket team while led ICC to take away matches from Pakistan. Pakistan cricket board was compensated though and world cup was jointly organized by sri lanka , India and Bangladesh.

As world cup was about to begin , one name was most discussed . The name was yuvraj singh. He had terrible year of 2010 and he was doubted , his ability was questioned and he was considered to be entry based on past records.

Interesting thing about Media , especially hindi media is that they make heros and zeros very easily. They add tadka of drama to make news spicy . Cricket being one of their favorite subject , fall of yuvraj was much shown news. His girlfriends , his party loving life style, his fitness , all came under scrutiny .

But fortunately for India , yuvraj was different player as soon as world cup started. Not only he was fit , he was at his best . The same old match winner yuvraj was back and he was back with addition of skill and that skill was bowling. Yuvraj has been part time bowler since long but in vanvaas (when he wasn’t picked) , yuvraj focused on being wicket taking bowler and he delivered on the big platform.

Yuvraj played very important role in entire series. He chipped him with his bowling , he scored runs , he saved runs. The match against Australia which was quarter final  saw yuvraj in role which suits him well and that is role of match finisher which he played to perfection.

He saw India home and the match saw Australia pack their bags and end the event earlier than what they would have liked to. The team which had won three consecutive world cups , was finally defeated and man at center of the story was yuvraj singh. Later he said that he used to visualize scoring winning runs against Australia in world cup finals.

Yuvraj singh also gave media much needed sound bites by his statement . He said that he is playing for a special person in the world cup. Media made 2 hours story from this statement which was shown 20 times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In finals yuvraj singh , the man in form was demoted down the order , while dhoni himself came to bat at fall of kohli. Dhoni pulled out one of best innings and  India went on to win the world cup and yuvi was made man of the series. Who was special person that yuvraj singh mentioned , well he was sachin tendulkar …

There are many lessons to be learnt from yuvraj singh. It is never easy to be criticized by all quarters and still manage to keep believing in one self.  It is not easy to be under immense pressure and still perform that too on ultimate stage. Yuraj singh did exactly that and we must applaud his focus, his determination and his dedication. Wishing him more success in the future…

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News Makers of 2011 : Shahid Afridi

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Shahid Afridi

Shahid Afridi

Shahid Afridi , naam hi kaafi hai!!!!!!!!!. Shahid Afridi is one of most famous cricketers ever.  Known as boom boom afridi , the man who did hit fastest century in one days , reinvented himself as lethal bowlers in last year. Accurate bowling and natural ability to hit the ball , afridi was promoted to be captain of Pakistan cricket team in world cup 2011.

Shahid afridi did a great job as captain in world cup 2011. Pakistan cricket management didnt help team much by delaying ‘captain banega kaun’ suspense. Secondly Pakistan team was hit by yet another scandal with three of its key players being barred from playing due to spot fixing allegations.

Still shahid managed to unite the team and make them reach semifinals which pakistan could have managed to win , if they could have managed to field well . Pressure of India v/s pakistan seemed to have taken over and pakistan lost the match paving way for India to lift the world cup 2011.

Pakistan cricket team won hearts in mohali. The way they carried themselves was well appreciated. The people in stadium were graceful and the kind of welcome prime minister of Pakistan , Mr Gilani received , it showed the mood of junta who prefer peace over enmity.

The match ended with much of feel good factor on both sides of border but….well it didnt last long enough. No sooner the team reached pakistan , shahid afridi made headlines in India yet again. The media which had hailed him before and day after the match , slammed him when he went to Pakistan..Reason?. Well shahid afridi made comments which no Indian can like , specially when Indians have had treated them with so much grace. He made comment that Indians are not as large hearted as Pakistani.

The comments were not taken lightly by Indians and shahid soon was seen giving interview to NDTV , trying to clarify his stands.

Kher reactions soon died down but shahid again made headlines and this time by announcing retirement!!!!!!!!!….

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Indira Gandhi (Iron Lady), Sardar Patel (Iron Man) – Two Leaders Who Changed India!!!!!!

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Today is 31st October . The day which is linked to two Important leaders of India. One who made India and another who is arguably most powerful prime minister of India.

Sardar Patel was the first home minister of India and man who was voted by congress units to become prime minister of India (which he declined due to mahatma). Sardar Patel was born on 31st October in 1875.

Known for his vision and prompt actions , sardar patel is also known as Iron man of India. He in his tenure as home minister did phenomenal job of uniting India. What Britishers had left was 500 kingdoms which became India due to sardar patel. He did this phenomenal job is short span and didnt shy away from taking stuff stance when ever needed.

The role of sardar patel in freedom struggle and after independence makes him right at top of makers of India. Being loyal to mahatma , sardar patel declined to become pm but it is because of Iron Man that we could see united India. Nehru who was more popular than sardar took kashmir issue in his own hands and result of for all to see. It is often stated that had sardar been in control for Kashmir , story would have been much different today.

Ironically the man who made India possible was given bharat ratna in 1991 !!!!!!!!!!!!. Today sardar is immensely popular leader and his popularity transcends party lines. BJP infact is often alleged by congress to have hijacked sardar!!!!!!!!!. In current times sardar , his leadership qualities , his vision is more needed by India …..

If 31st is birth anniversary of Great The Sardar Patel , it is also death anniversary of Indira gandhi aka Iron Lady of India.

Born as daughter of Nehru , she became prime minister as compromise candidate of congress. She rose to become Iron Lady of India known for crushing the opponents using any means. She nationalized banks , abolished royal pensions , was instrumental in creation of bangladesh and didnt shy away from taking tough decisions. It was her decision of blue star operation which led to her death . She was gunned down by her own body guards on 31 october 1984. What followed was one of worst communal riots in India.

While she was known for her strong decisions , she is also criticized for her obsession to power . She was first prime minister which was pronounced guilty by highcourt of misusing state machinery for elections. She is also alleged to have weakened her own party specially in uttar pradesh to make sure that no power within party can challenge her.

She did unforgettable crime of imposing emergency and taking away democratic rights of Indian citizen. During her tenure dynasty had got strengthened and what we currently see is congress which is more owned by family than original congress of sardar , mahatma , nehru and shashtri…

Legacy of Indira would always remain mix…While she would be hailed for her action in 1971 , she would also be criticized for making congress into family enterprise , institutionalizing corruption and imposing emergency….

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News Makers Of 2011 : Sushil Kumar – The Man Who Won Rs 5 Crore In Kaun Banega Crorepati!!!!!!!!

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Sushil Kumar , the man from bihar has already lots and lots written about him in last few days. Interestingly we are starting our series of ‘News Makers of 2011′ with him. The man won Rs 5 crore in recent series of kaun banega crorepati.

Just imagine Rs 5 crore in a game show. It is biggest amount won by any one in history of Indian television. Rs 5 crore is not a small amount and if one is earning Rs 6000 per month , getting Rs 5 crore is like miracle.

Sushil kumar’s story is story of aam aadmi achieving impossible. Sushil Kumar is master on psychology and he wants to be IAS officer but due to financial crunch he had to bow down to demands of life and work as computer operator and tutor.

It looks like bollywood story where a man works hard to take care of his family responsibilities . Man who at times gets depressed and wonders whether he would be ever able to do any worth while in his life. Man who knows lot about things which are useless for most as far as money earning is concerned.

Suddenly one fine day he gets alladin ka chirag (KBC) and he rubs the chirag (answers the questions) and wins such a huge amount. I am sure if one does ask sushil kumar about miracles,his answer would be miracles do happen in Life!!!!!!!!

But sushil kumar’s story also has lesson in it. First lesson is keep trying . This is not first attempt which sushil kumar made to enter KBC’s hot seat. He had tried once previously but failed to sit on HOT SEAT. Instead of giving up , he tried again and in this season he could not only make it to HOT SEAT but also could win huge sum of money.

Sushil Kumar had lot of general knowledge but his general knowledge meant nothing in place he lived or profession he choosed. People admired his knowledge but admiration didn’t mean money which he needed to carry on his life.

So lesson for his story is that it is not only knowledge which matters , what matters is where are you using it?. Which market you can tap and where your knowledge can sell?. Sachin tendulkar is crorepati but imagine if he would have been cricketer of same skill that he is but would have been born in say Ireland or say canada….Would he still make same amount of money or have same amount of faith?. Probably No because market of cricket is not huge out there. He would have had to shift to australia or India to make money with his skill!!!!!!!!

Sushil Kumar’s story also has another message and that is ‘you never know what you may become’ , so keep dreaming , keep looking , who knows when and how …Remember ‘Miracles do happen’….

 

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Top Eight Lessons From India V/s England Series

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Indian cricket calendar is always full. BCCI knows how much India loves cricket and makes sure that they milk holy cow at any given opportunity. We have had world cup which we won then our team was made to play cash rich IPL , then sent to west Indies and then to england . Finally we are playing at home and are leading the series with 4-0 against same england which won one day series against us by 3-0.

In current one day series which is going on Indian team doesnot have following players :

1) Virender Shewag :

He is out due to injury

2) Sachin Tendulkar :

He too is injured.

3) Yuvraj Singh :

Injured

4) Zaheer Khan :

Injured

5) Ishant Sharma :

Again Injured.

6) Harbhajan Singh :

Dropped from the team…

The seniors we have in team are as follows :

1) Mahendra Singh Dhoni

2) Suresh Raina

If we count parthiv who has been in and out , pravin kumar and even virat kohli as senior then also we get 5 senior players while 6 youngster..

Inspite of seniors not in team India has done well . So what are top ten lessons which BCCI ,selectors and Indian cricket team can take from this series?

1) Bench Strength On Home Ground First :

We must test our bench strength on regular basis and that too on home ground conditions first. Quite often we sen young inexperienced players overseas , what we get in return in one ganguly , one dravid but many probable gangulies or dravids die out .

If we test young players on home conditions , chances of they gaining experience as well as self belief is more and then when they tour overseas , chances of they adapting and excelling increases.

2) Give Players Proper Rest :

It is good that youngsters are performing but having majority of players injured is not good thing to have. BCCI must understand that only healthy cows can be milked and cricket attracts viewers not just because of game but also the players. Having packed schedules dont let players take proper rest and can cause real damage to them as well as Indian cricket.

3) People Love Cricket But Too Much Cricket Can Kill Appetite :

We are crazy for cricket and from team to selectors to bcci to corporates know that. Keeping that in mind BCCI keeps calendar busy and corporates keep investing in cricket but as current series ticket sales show, too much cricket can really kill appetite. BCCI must learn this lesson while making calendars!!!!!!!!

4) We do get fast bowlers but.…

It was heartening to see varun aron bowl. Good line , good length and great pace. The way he bowled , that too on Indian pitch , it made made wonder how he would be in australia…But at same time what came to my mind was that we do keep getting fast bowlers but in couple of years they become more of medium pacers than fast bowlers… Lesson for BCCI and coach of Indian team is that we go get bowlers like varun but how we keep him in right direction , training he gets , physically fit he remains , now thats a challenge…

5) If player doesnot perform sack him …

There was lot of speculations that took place before Indian one day team was announced for the series. Would selectors sack harbhajan was one of prime question. Finally he was sacked and inspite of that we have done well. Ashwin has bowled really well and so has jadeja. Lesson is simple don’t go on past reputation , if player is not performing sack him.

6) Bowlers win matches too…

We are obsessed with our batsman. We love to see sixes and fours by batsman. In process we forget that bowlers can win matches too and in present series our bowlers have not allowed England to get big score barring one match.

Ganguly made very interesting point regarding Australian tour. He said he would be more curious to know about what preparations ishant,Praveen,rp,shreesanth ,varun are doing for aussie tour because without bowlers performing we cant win in Australia!!!!!!!

7) Thing Beyond Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan :

Now this may sound read heart breaking but point is that some or other day Great Sachin tendulkar would retire and so would zaheer khan. Both have hardly couple of years left in them . Sachin had served India since 1989 and zaheer has been backbone of Indian pace since years now but both would need to bid good bye and it can happen in near future.

Present series has shown that in absence of sachin we have virat ,raina who can provide need composure and in absence of zaheer , we have Praveen who can be supported by young bowlers like vinay and varun.

8) One Bad Series Doesnot Make Bad Captain :

When India won first match against India,  headlines today came up with headline called ‘Return of King’ with dhoni being their theme. I wondered how easily we bring any one down and how by winning one match same man becomes king again!!!!!!!!

Yes we lost terribly series in England but one bad series doesnot make a bad captain. Dhoni is considered to be successful captain because he has time and again delivered . Bashing him on loss of one series as if he is worst captain ever was good for trp but far away from facts…

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