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'!!!!
My infatuation with the movies is well known but my involvement with the actors and their characters is even more heartwarming. There are innumerable movies that I saw simply because they featured my favorite actors, however they themselves were not great. Examples could be infinite, however for the sake of this article I'll have to produce something here. Anger Management for Jack Nicholson (boy, isn't he a legend?), Swing Vote for Kevin Costner, Snatch for Brad Pitt, Legends of the Fall (Brad Pitt), Leon: The Professional, Immortal Beloved, Bram Stroker's Dracula, State of Grace & Prick up your ears; all for Gary Oldman (mind you, he is a chameleon). Meanwhile, I started accumulating some of the finest performances by some of the legendary actors of all time. Very recently, as anyone who follows me regularly knows, I grew very much fond of the craft and artistry of Daniel Day-Lewis. He is a fine, fine actor whose study and impersonation of a character is often pictur...
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