MY POSTS

That was the year 1986 when Imran Khan led Pakistan cricket team had toured India for  5 test matches.The result of each of the previous  four matches  was "draw ' as both  teams did not want to loose. Banglore T est was last match of the serese and also turned out to be the last test match of  my  Hero ....Sunil Gavaskar. The wicket was prepared in such a manner that there will be definitely  result considering all previous four test  matches were .without any result.This was evident right from the day one .The great batsmen against spin bowling  like Javed miyadad of Pakistan and D ilip Vengsarkar of India could hardly do anything as ball used to turn sharply and may or maynot rise .That was one of  the most complex wickets in the history of Cricket. One man however was least perturbed and he was Sunil Manohar Gavaskar standing there like a rock. I distinctly remember that Sunday which was the third day of the low scoring  matc...

Rahul Dravid ...The real legend ! This may sound funny but I find remarkable similarity in Rahul Dravid and  Aasha Bhosale in their respective fields !  Aasha  Bhosale who is considered the second  best female singer all through her career never made an attempt to become like Lata . She never competed with Lata the great, and gracefully  accepted her sister's number one position. She then  went on giving her own best in every song she has sung and has become the legend.  Our man Rahul Dravid has done the same thing  in his field !   He never competed with Sachin Tendulkar who was his teammate but remaining in his shadow he focussed on improving his own abilities and was not only acclaimed by his teammates but by  every opposition team. Though there is very narrow difference in the abilities of the persons  who is first and who is second ,the world is cruel in making huge difference in rewarding them.This is evident fr...