Went to a local screening of the 1st Indo-Pak ODI of this series. The arrangement at the theater was quite good, plenty of space with a good big-screen projector, and some reasonably priced samosas and chai on the side. Regarding the game itself, the most striking part was how the whole Indian innings fell apart after Sehwag got out. This was pointed out by Ashish Magotra in Rediff here. Is it something psychological: he makes batting look so easy that incoming batsmen's mind is messed ?
Another interesting point was how Inzy gave up many singles to Dravid and Sehwag. Was this again due to the mental stranglehold batsmen of the calibre of Sehwag and Dravid can have on an opposing caption ? In contrast, Ganguly kept the field up, and prevented the singles.
Continuing on Cricket, Amit Verma has a crusade against cliches in cricket commentary. Okay, it is not a crusade, just a campaign ;-). Here is what the master of clarity has to say on the subject of cliches, and other abuses of the language.
Also, got the first comment on my blog, from Braveheart.
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