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Welcome back Sachin!!!

October 26th, 2005 | View Comments

Hurray!!!! Yet another fine flick from the Little Master. I couldn’t witnesses the innings from the GREAT due to office hours:((. I really regret missing the view of Sachin throbbing Sri Lankans all round the ground. His innings really make us give the fact of his return a second thought. Afterall who can say the Master is returning to the International Cricket after a time span more than 6 months after looking at his performance. And as Ranatunga rightly said, this segragates the GREATS from merely good cricketers. And look at the positive effect his return has creating on the Indian team. Mere presence of the master blaster has boasted the team’s confidence to a great extent.

Each and every team member clicked yesterday and once again I thought of calling them as “TEAM INDIA”. Dravid could not have hoped for anything better in his first match as a PERMANANT captian. He once again proved that he is the one of the most mature cricketers indian team has ever seen. Look at how he planned his innings after two quick dismissals!! And how he introduced the bowling changes to make them loose their two crucial wickets after the wavy start by Jaisurya nd Sangakarra.

But after all this, I think that India should not get carried away by the success. According to me, it was just one of those lucky days when whatever you try just clicks well. Hope India continues its magic form and Little Master continues giving his fine performances. All my Best Wishes to TEAM INDIA!!!

by Amit Gawande | Posted in bat n ball

A good reason for making MARATHI as National Language!!!

October 20th, 2005 | View Comments
Following are few statements which I found quite humorous!!! Look how our National Language is getting ruined:) Just enjoy the various marathi words used beautifully between the various hindi words. Am really sorry , but you can enjoy these statements only if you understand Marathi well. The contents are only for humorous purpose. No hard feelings plz:)

1. “Woh paaus itna tha na, saab vahan-bihan baand hai”

2. My friends dad giving instructions to the carpentar: “Woh kapat jaara bhiint ko laga ke rakho”

3. Instruction number 2: “dhyan se woh saali (iron rod) lagega”

4. A friend going off to dinner: “mein jara jevan jevne ko jaa raha hai”

5. “Mera Bus thodake me chuka.. ;) ”

6. A Bai to Bhandewaali bai: “Tumne ye bhanda theek se nahi ghasa isliye hamara doodh naasa”

7. A person to another: “woh dhaavtey dhaavtey gaya ani dhappa kani pada!!
ani dala dala rakhta aane laga”

8. This happened once in Parliament. Marathi MP: “Adhyaksha maharaj, mera prashna ye hai ki wph jo lok wargani gola ki hai uska hishob nahi diya?”

9. After accident on a road in Pune: “Humne kya muddam se thokyaa kyaa??”

10. “Are, dheere dheere oto, saandega to kon bhar ke dega?”

11. “Are bhai kya huva malum hai kya.. Mai na pahile panime SHIRA aur phir POHA..aur badme DUBA…”

12. “Bhayia , medhuwada, sambhar mein budavke mat lana”

13. “Khao khao potbhar khao sharam to hain nahi na? (jeva jeva potbhar
jeva lajat tar naahi naa?)”

14. “Raasta bahut walan wala that , is-liye mein gadi saukash chalaya”

15. “Printer main Paper ubha nahi adva dalo , landscape hai”

16. “Un pakshiyon me kaavala, chimni, popat , moar sab the. Udte udte woh sab dooor ek shet me pahunche. Javal-ch ek mandir tha. Sab pakshiyon ne paani piya, khaya, aur gappa marya. Shaam ko woh sab ud gaye”

17. “Bhaisaab, thoda chinch ka paani dalna”

18. “Kal ke raje ke liye mereko boss se paravanagi lena padega”

by Amit Gawande | Posted in humor, marathi

Have Faith. He is tracking your dreams!!!

October 19th, 2005 | View Comments

Once there were three trees on a hill in the woods. They were discussing their hopes and dreams when the first tree said, “Someday, I hope to be a treasure chest. I could be filled with gold, silver and precious gems and be decorated with intricate carvings. Everyone would see my beauty.”

The second tree said, “Someday, I will be a mighty ship. I will take kings and queens across the waters and sail to the corners of other world. Everyone will feel safe in me because of the strength of my hull.”

Finally, the third tree said, “I want to grow to be the tallest and straightest tree in the forest. People will see me on top of the hill and look up to my branches, and think of the heavens and God and how close to them I am reaching. I will be the greatest tree of all time, and people will always remember me.”

After a few years of praying that their dreams would come true, a group of woodsmen came upon the trees. One came to the first tree and said, “This looks like a strong tree, I think I should be able to sell the wood to a carpenter,” and he began cutting it down. The tree was happy, because he knew that the carpenter would make him into a treasure chest.

At the second tree, one of the other woodsman said, “This looks like a strong tree. I should be able to sell it to the shipyard.” Then a second tree was happy, because he knew he was on his way to becoming mighty ship.

When the woodsmen came upon the third tree, the tree was frightened, because it knew that, if it was cut down, its dreams would not come true. One of the woodsmen said, “I don’t need anything special from my tree, so I’ll take this one,” and he cut it down.

When the first tree arrived at the carpenter’s, he was made into a feed box for animals, placed in a barn and filled with hay. This was not at all what he had prayed for. The second tree was cut and made into a small fishing boat. His dreams of being a mighty ship and carrying kings had come to an end. The third tree was cut into large pieces and left alone in the dark. The years went by, and the trees forgot about their dreams.

Then one day, a man and woman came to the barn. She gave birth, and they placed the baby in the hay in the feed box that was made from the first tree. The man wished that he could have made a crib for the baby, but this manger would have to do. The tree could feel the importance of this event and knew that it hadheld the greatest treasure of all time.

Years later, a group of men got in the fishing boat made from the second tree. One of them was tired and went to sleep. While they were out on the water, a great storm arose, and the tree didn’t think it was strong enough to keep the men safe. The men woke the sleeping man, and he stood and said “Peace,” and the storm stopped. At this time, the tree knew that it had carried the King of Kings in its boat.

Finally, someone came and got the third tree. It was carried through the streets, and the crowd mocked the man who was carrying it. Finally, the man was nailed to the tree and raised in the air to die at the top of a hill. When Sunday came, the tree came to realize that it was strong enough to stand at the top of the hill and be as close to God as waspossible, because Jesus had been crucified on it.

When things don’t seem to be going your way, always know that God has a plan for you. If you place your trust in Him, He will give you great gifts. Each of the trees got what they wanted, just not in the way they had imagined. We don’t always know what God’s plans are for us. We just know that His ways are not our ways, but His ways are always best. Sometimes the heart sees what the eyes can’t.

by Amit Gawande | Posted in god, sensible

"Sachin not a Match Winner": A judgement

October 18th, 2005 | View Comments

I always come up with a statement “Sachin is not a Match Winner”. And if you try to go to the depth of the statement, you will find that the people mainly complain about following issues:
1) He never sails india to victory.
2) He is never there till the end.
3) He never strikes in a crucial stage.
4) He never plays well in finals.
5) He plays only on the Batsmen Friendly Indian Pitches
6) He is not like Lara, Steve Waugh or Bevan.

Before we start looking at each issue, lets try to answer a couple of questions first:
1) Who is a Match Winner?
2) Can a single person win the matches for a country?

Ok so lets move to the first question. So is “Match Winner” the one who stays till the end? If that’s the case then Srinath and Kumble were the match winners in the 3rd match of Titan Cup played against Australia on 21st October 1996. But still the man of the match award was given to the Sachin. Because he was holding one end of the indian innings when the greats like Dravid, Ganguly and Azar were making their way to pavalion. He was sailing India home with a great victory but for a good ball which he just happened to misjudge. This was the innings that created a base for the “rare” nice flicks from the two Bangaloreans and made them to take India to a fantastic win and they get full credit for doing it with perfection.

Now lets consider a Test Match. Take the 2nd test of the Border-Gavaskar trophy played against Australia on 26-30 December 1999. The first innings of Australia saw 405 runs. Thanks to great innings by Slater, Langer, Gilchrist and even some fine knocks by Fleming and Lee down the order. India’s 1st innings score was 238 which had a fine inning of 116 from the Little Master. He was the 9th man to get out. Then Australia scored 208 runs before declaring their second innings. In the responce, India just managed to score 195 runs again having an inning of 52 from Tendulkar. But then he could not sail india to victory at last. Still the man of the match was given to him. Can we imply from this test that Sachin was not a match winner as he didn’t won the test for india? No we can’t!!!!

But then you again can’t say that Sachin was the match winner in the First match we discussed. No he wasn’t. On the contrary, no one can be a match winner in a team game like Cricket. You cannot neglect the support he got from Jadeja and Mongia that helped him to to take india on the verge of a win and then the nice flicks from Srinath and Kumble that sailed India to victory. You cannot forget even a small contribution of 30 odd runs in Cricket because that, with a partnership, counts big. Even in case of the test discussed, same thing would have happened if sachin would have got some support from his fellow teammates. The fault was not Sachin’s — it was just that India could not find a Fleming/Lee who could score some runs down the order in the first innings.

People may query “why are you just considering these two innings?” Or may be something like “You are getting biased”. But then I am not discussing the greatness of Sachin. I am just trying to judge the statement about match winner concept which I totally disbelieve exists. I think these facts are good enough to prove that the fist two issues can be discarded when you say he is not the match winner and very well answer the two questions we developed.

So lets move to 3rd and 4th issues. I think these don’t need to be discussed seperately as they are too similar. No situation can be more crucial than the final of a series. Here i will just like to ask one simple question. How many of these finals would india have reached but for Sachin? Does it not take some fine performances to win the matches which take us to the final? C’mon man. After all he is an human being who too has got limits. Nobody in the world can be perfect and neither is Sachin. But the mere fact that he doesn’t play in finals unlike few others (not Indians offcourse because i guess no indians play well in finals) doesn’t reduce his briliance.
Or it can again not imply/disprove that he is not a match winner.

The fifth query can be considered in two parts. 1) On Batsmen friendly pitches: Ok then i think this is a part of the game. Sachin is a batsmen and every batsmen is considered to play well on batsmen friendly pitches. But it will be wrong to say that he plays only on batsmen friendly tracks. Because he do have a few innings under his belt to disprove this statement including the ones at bulawayo and johannesburg against Zim and SA. Lets move to second part.
2)On Indian pithces: This statement will be best judged by few statistics which I will soon come up with.

Lets move to the last and the most important comment. He is obviously not like Waugh, Lara, Inzi. He is far ahead of Waugh and Inzi and in case of Lara, I will just say its better not to judge one greats performance in the vision of the others. But I can say one thing. Sachin may not be a Steve Waugh but then he does not have a Warne, Gillespie or Lee who could win a match by hitting the last few runs after he scores a century. Lara and Waugh both had great teams to back their efforts, not just a few good players like what Sachin has. Tendulkar has shone as the lone gladiator for India.

So I think everybody should stop worrying about who is a batter match winner and enjoy the game of all the greats. One thing is for sure. Today, when Sachin goes out to bat, he has over a billion people praying for him. So, whether he is a MATCH-WINNER or not, who cares: he is a HEART-WINNER. Today’s great moments are tommorow’s sweet memories. Though Dravid might be “the great WALL of India”, if you look beyond the wall you can see a monument, an “Unconquerable Everest”, in Sachin Tendulkar.

In the end, I would just like to put a plain request to all those who debate on this topic. Just leave the man, who has given 14 years of his life to his passion, alone and don’t put him under a microscope. This will sure help you enjoy the numerous innings he had played and the numerous he is yet to play. I CONGRATS THE LITTLE MASTER for all the fine innings he has played and wish him all the best for his remaining carrier. So bowlers beware. SACHIN AALA RE!!!!

by Amit Gawande | Posted in bat n ball, judgement