Author: Amit Goyal

  • Blast from the past

    A conversation with Ojas from today morning.

    Amit Kumar Goyal says:
    http://cricketuncut.blogspot.com/2005/09/collossus-shuffling-towards-painful.html
    Ojas Sabnis says:
    who is this?
    Amit Kumar Goyal says:
    check out the post first – group blog
    Ojas Sabnis says:
    hmm
    Ojas Sabnis says:
    opening
    Ojas Sabnis says:
    amit varma and company.. i see
    Amit Kumar Goyal says:
    yeah – and reading the post, you got the same feeling abt Tendulkar some time back, and yet see how Haydos has come back (20-20 WC), and Sachin himself seems to be on the recovery trail
    Ojas Sabnis says:
    true

  • Daily WTF

    Can someone please explain as to why Agarkar and Yuvraj were bowled today, instead of Irfan Pathan?

    [tags] Cricket, T20 WorldCup, India, New Zealand[/tags]

  • India in England

    The Good: India in tests. Tendulkar, in sublime touch and his responses to the decisions against him, from the disbelief to the smile, priceless. Kevin Pietersen in the first test. Vaughn in the second. Kumble in the third, with the bat. Mascarenhas in the sixth ODI. Utthappa in the sixth ODI, even though many shots were pure luck. Monty’s fielding efforts. Ganguly giving Broad a piece of his mind.

    The Bad: India in ODIs. Selection of Ajit Agarkar, some one give me one good reason. The on-field behaviour of both India and England. Indian batting in the final ODI.

    The Ugly: Indians on the field. The umpiring. The series has to be the best case for increasing the use of technology in cricket. These umpires could are no Dickie Birds. Dravid’s captaincy – only thing that came close to the umpiring. Matt Prior behind the wickets. Powar, all times except when he bowled, and if I may ask, what’s with the hairband? Paul Collingwood, after his runout, in the sixth ODI. Yuvraj, with the ball, in the sixth ODI.

    For a better article on use of tech, go here. And if you are generally fed up of India’s dismal performance in cricket maybe this will cheer you up.

    [tags]Cricket, Hockey, Sports, India, England[/tags]

  • Lost in translation

    If you have to go to Chennai, make sure you are ready to face the language barrier. People there, strangely enough for a supposed metropolis, do not want to understand any language other than Tamil. Sucks!

    The hotel I was staying at, broadcast only 2 Hindi (Doordarshan and SAB TV) and 4 English channels (BBC, Sony Pix, CNN IBN, and NDTV). And I found out that the cable service provides there had been instructed to do so by the political parties.

    Of all the metros, Chennai is perhaps the most hostile to visitors. The cabbies do not use the effing meters, most junta does not speak English or Hindi, and people are not generally very helpful to anyone who speaks Hindi! The auto drivers are bloody thieves.

    My over all experience was not very great and Chennai is definitely not very high on my list of places to visit. I mean Hyderabad is way ahead in hospitality. And for God’s sake learn the language of the masses, i.e., Hindi. The only place where people understood Hindi slightly was at the hospitals.

    I did not go around much, but went to the Marina Beach. Dirty and hugely overcrowded, the only saving grace was the beauty. The ocean water better than that in Mumbai but the actual waterfront is way too far from the road. In Mumbai it is closer. Also, the dinner at Casa Piccola was great. The food was good and the ambience, nice. Only the music needs a lot of help and so do the waiters ability to communicate in Hindi or English. Must make it a point to go there, when ever I go there next.

  • Off to Chennai!

    I will be in Chennai a.k.a. Madras from tomorrow till Sunday probably. See you once I am back.