3rd time in a year or so that Mr. So-Called-The-Great-Finisher Lost us a tightly contested match. This match, the T-20 match at Harare against Tiripano (who) bowling and the ODI at Kanpur against Rabada. All these matches were India's to lose after the opposition was dead and buried going into the final overs and MS made sure India lose them. Even a novice IPL watcher knows that DJ Bravo always bowles the slower bowl to outfox his opponents and MS doesn't only know this but has even seen Bravo doing that first hand under his captaincy innumerable times. Bravo backed his skills as he had nothing to lose but Dhoni misunderstood his skills, that of a scrapper and not a six hitter, and went for everlasting glory. There is a generation of Cricket fans out there who call Sachin, Ganguly, Gavaskar and Dravid selfish but were these three incidents recalled above and many more that I cannot, aren't enough to qualify MS for the same misbegotten sin? Moreover, T-20s are a game for youth and M S didn't invite Sachin and Sourav for the same reason in his 2007 WC winning Squad, so why is he still sticking to this illusory allusion of being a see-all, know-all? If our selectors are blind to it mainly because of his so-called 'standing' in the game, why can't he himself do the favour? It's a nation that devours cricket for its progression and sustenance. And redemptions that Cricket provides a plenty, might not do good to you at all if you keep tempering with its core and psyche.....Time for 'Enough is Enough'!!!!
Finally, yeah finally. Liverpool, my beloved lads in Reds conquered the England. 30 years. It's been a long wait but this title run was worth the wait..... From the bottlers of 2013-14 to the one point loser of 2018-19, to the Champions of 2019-20; it's been a remarkable story I am chasing after since 2004-05 and I have seem many come and go but Liverpool's RED stuck to me and Jurgen Klopp's mentality monsters just bulldozed their way through the English Premiere League title after 30 years in such a way that it seemed it was never ever far away from our grasp. Manchester United, Manchester City, Everton, Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur; look away now, guys.....this moment is ours to savour. There was a time when you laughed at us thinking how in hell Liverpool became 18 times champions of English Football bit this sweet 19th will remind you for a long, long time how we became 18-time English Champions at the first place. A huge shout-out to my man, Steven Ge...
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