Batting at its best!!!

Born in a cricket/sports crazy family and being a cricket lover myself i had no doubt that my next blog would be nothing but CRICKET.And what better time to catch up with some exciting cricket than now while there are neither any good movies nor any other interesting stuff on tv...( with all the news channels being caught with election fever and covering all useless stories about our dirty politics).But as always cricket didnt disappoint.It was a splendid victory for India- winning one day series in NZ after 41 years!!!(it may have happend a week back but i didnt have time to post a blog then...but as they say, better late than never..isnt it?)
Thankfully all were D/N matches or else it would have been very difficult to get up 3.30 am to watch the match. It was a fantastic batting display by Indians(except for the last match of course).It was a treat to watch the maestro-Sachin Tendulkar score his 46th ODI hundred and i thought it was one of his "BEST" innings.How i wished he scored a 200!! but that was not to be..:(
Not to forget yet another blistering innings by Viru.(100 in 60 balls!!!)man that was simply out of the world!!..poor NZ bowlers..:)..McCullum was injured so he didn't keep wickets that day.. instead he was in the out field and for me the best description of Sehwag's innings came from a commentator who remarked(when the ball was most of time finding McCullum)that it was better for McCullum with that injury to keep wickets than field as the ball was hardly crossing the bat and reaching the wicket keeper!! Another man u can't afford forget--our captain cool MSD... he's the Mr.Consistent of our team.. as cool and as smart as ever!!
Today Sachin has scored yet another 100 this time around in tests... and a quite contrast innings i should say compared to his ODI 100 last week.and i think all that talk of his retirement is really senseless. i wonder why the media is so much behind his retirement when he's scoring centuries at will??i think they are desperately waiting for a news piece to carry a debate and cash-in on sms polls!!Today in the post-match PC a guy asked him "what do u feel about the crowd giving a standing ovation every time you walk in to bat or get out?" and he wittily replied "probably they are thinking it will be my last series" which means he definitely doesn't think so... he still has the hunger and passion for the game.. he's enjoying the game to the tee ... it was evident when he was laughing as he walked off the ground after getting out by playing a weird shot today.He also dedicated his century to the tiger conservation campaign... now where did that come from??
This team is known to spring surprises.. what about selecting Munaf patel when everyone had written him off specially after the thrashing he received in 3rd ODI!!!. and as usual Dhoni's choice was justified when munaf took 3 wickets in 1st innings!sure... this team really has some MAGIC.To add more to NZ bowler's despair Zaheer Khan scored yet another Half Century!! but his celebration was as if he had made a 100..:)and the entire team came running out of the dressing room to cheer him... that s the best thing about this team they enjoy each other's success.
It is also so nice to see our batsmen "walking" after getting out... last week it was yuvraj and today it was MSD...trying to make the umpire's job a lot more easier i guess:)..
hmmm that's all for now.... waiting for India to win this test and also the series.. which would be after nearly 32 years...!!!