The final match of series won by India

 Yesterday was the day of final match of 3 match series. The series was at 1 - 1 as both the teams India and England had won each matches.

As usual Indian captain Kohli lost the toss and had to bat first . The opening Indian batsmen did the partnership of 100 runs . India has posted a sum of 329 runs on score board with the help of half centuries made by both Hardik Pandya and Rishabh Pant . In the death overs  , Shardul Thakur has hit some explosive sixes and boundaries .

The real excitement of match starts when England started chasing .. This time English openers departed early . Everything was going fine till Sam Curren came to bat . Till he was on crease, I was literally sat on the edge of sofa . It was very difficult to predict who is going to be champion . 

I will give a little glimpse of England chasing and how it made me to sit on the edge of the sofa . 

79 runs required for England from 78 balls . 

77 runs in 72 balls 

75 runs in 68 balls

73 runs in 68 balls

At this time   , a wicket has fallen . England is 8 wickets down now . 

65 runs in 51 balls 

60 runs in 43 balls 

54 runs in 42 balls 

50 runs in 33 balls 

48 runs in 30 balls 

42 runs in 25 balls 

35 runs in 21 balls 

29 runs in 20 balls 

23 runs in 18 balls 

19 runs in 13 balls

18 runs in 10 balls 

14 runs in 6 balls 

As this is the last over  ,  if English lower order batsmen take the risk of hitting six then England would have won the match .. But they were already 9 down . So finally it  was 8 runs required in 1 ball. England could get only one run . 

India has won the match by 7 runs. 

Decider match between India and England

 Today is the second ODI between India and England . This ODI series is having only 3 matches . With India winning the first match , today's match itself is the deciding match . To keep the series alive , England has to win this match .

After winning the toss , England opted for fielding first . Quite surprising . Indian batsmen each and everyone has scored except Dhawan . Rahul has hit a century . Kohli and Panth enjoyed scoring half centuries .

India has scored a huge total of 336/6 . I started to watch the match from 40th over . At that time , Rahul and Rishabh Pant were playing . I witnessed the moment of Rahul's century and Pant' half century . Rahul got out at 108 . Then came Hardik Pandya .

As both Pant and Pandya both like to hit scoring shots , it is a delight to watch them . Finally India end their innings with 336 runs .

Now looking back at the history , England had chased and won the score of 266 runs that too in 1970s . Now it is 2021 and England has to chase down a total of 336 runs . Only English top order batsmen got clicked and their middle order has failed so far .

What I mean to say is India will win the match and also the series against England ..

First one day International cricket match

 Test  , T20 cricket matches between India and England are over. Now it is the time for the one day matches of 50 overs.

England had won the toss and chose to field first . India started with openers Rohit Sharma and Shikher Dhawan. 

Dhawan went on to score 98 runs just missed century by 2 runs. Shreyas aiyyer Kohli entertained with their batting . Only Hardik Pandya disappointed as he was able to score just 1 run. 

India has scored a huge total of 317 runs . It has happened because of batsmen duo Rahul and Krinal Pandya. 

Out of them,, Krinal Pandya was aggressive in facing the balls . He has become the fastest to score a half century . 

I strongly recommend to watch any one day match when 40th over begins. It is the time of last power play and it is the time when batsmen will start hitting boundaries and sixes so that they can increase the run rate and also score as many runs as they can . 

Even this match was not different . 

Sarvam Kohli mayam...

 Day before yesterday was the decider T20 cricket match between India and England. Finally Rahul was removed as the opening batsman and Kohli himself came as the opening batsman along with Rohit sharma . This change in the batting line got clicked . Hardik Pandya came early to bat replacing Rishabh Pant . These small changes resulted in the form of huge total of 224 runs .

England must have been repenting their decision of fielding first . Because Indian batsmen scored big just losing 4 wickets . England started their innings with a bang hitting the ball all around the ground. 

 By looking at the start they have got,, I thought they are going to win the match .. But after the departure of opening batsmen   , England went on sinking and finally they have lost the match..

For India  , it is Kohli who went on to score 80 runs . He along with Hardik Pandya scored good amount of runs in the death overs which resulted in the huge score . 

My prediction was wrong ....

 Before to yesterday's T20 cricket match between India and England , I had predicted many things for the loss of India in last 3 matches . The main part was about the pitch .

By looking at the results of last 2 matches , I thought the team which wins toss and choose to field first will win the match . But yesterday India did the batting first and did the fielding later . But also India has won the match .

I agree that I was pessimistic when I saw Indian batsmen entering the ground first . That time itself ,  I had decided that India is going to lose this match.

But when I saw Rohit Sharma hitting the sixer at the first ball itself , I started watching the match . Even Rahul has scored more than single digit !

But Rohit Sharma got out by giving the catch to bowler himself . Then came the debutant Surya Kumar Yadav . As soon as he came , he started his batting form by hitting a six .

He is the only batsman to score a 50+ run . Then rest of the batsmen also contributed . India has posted a challengeable score . After seeing this , I thought this score is not going to be a problem for English batsmen as they have many hard hitting batsmen .

After thinking like this , I switched off t.v. and went to bed . When I woke up in the morning , I came to know that India has won the match by 8 runs.

It must had been a nail biting finish to the match . I missed all the action live though I have watched the highlights . 

Moral : Effort is more important than prediction .

Why did India lose the 3rd T20 cricket match?

Yesterday it was 3rd T20 cricket match between India and England . India has lost the match by 8 wickets . I have watched the first half of the match. These things together resulted in the defeat according to me .

1. We were unable to win the toss . Just have a look at the previous two matches. Whoever has won the toss  , elected to field first . In the first match, England won the toss and chose to field first . They won the game. In the 2nd match  ,  India had won the toss and chose to field first . India has won the game. But in yesterday's match, England had won the toss. We lost.

Moral : try to win the toss and choose to field first.

2. Even though, Rahul was a failure in past 2 matches, selection Committee allowed him to play in the 3rd match. Why?

3. The run out of Rishabh Pant. Captain Kohli wanted to take the impossible 3rd run. Rishabh Pant was playing good. He became the scapegoat . 

4. The wonder boy Ishan Kishan was unable to score big . 

If Hardik Pandya was not there in the playing team , India would not reach the total of 100 runs . He was the only batsman to assist Kohli in the other end . 

When India was made to bat first and lost Rahul quickly, that time itself I had figured out that India would lose the match . But when English batsman Butler started to hit scoring shots, it was clear who is going to win the match . 

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Magic of Ishan Kishan

 Yesterday it was the 2nd T20 cricket match between England and India . As India has lost the first match against England  , this match was necessary to get back on winning track for India .

Thank god that India has won the toss and elected to field first . Bowlers did the good job . But Indian fielding was not up to the mark . English batsmen could easily score boundaries and sixers.

England has given the target of 165 runs to India . But opening batsman Rahul was out in the first over itself. That time score card read 0/1. I began to think that this is the beginning of india's down crash .

That time remaining opening  batsman Ishan Kishan came to crease . He is the new entry to Indian batting line up . Yesterday match was his first international cricket match .

He didn't showed any nervousness in facing the balls . He started to hit boundaries and sixers which eventually let down the tension of required run rate . On the other end  , it was captain Kohli who got inspired by Ishan 's fireworks  , also started to hit shots. 

Ishan soon completed his first 50 in his first international cricket match . That time India was already in a good place to win the match . Soon after Ishan' s departure  , Rishabh Pant had come to the crease and hit some scoring shots .

That time I was confident that India will definitely win the match . Same thing happened and India levelled the 5 match series by 1 - 1 . 

Why do we worship God Shiva as Shivaling not as an idol?

 We Hindus worship God Shiva in the form of Shivaling and not as idol of God Shiva . As today is Maha Shivaratri, here is the story regarding this.

Sage Bhrigu once wanted to meet trimurthis. They're God Brahma  , God Shiva and God Vishnu.I talk about only God Shiva . 

When Brighu maharishi has come to Kailasa, divine couple God Shiva and Goddess Parvati were in their private room . So when Sage Bhrigu wanted to enter into the house  , doorkeeper Nandi stopped him saying that divine couple are in their private room .

This made the sage angry thinking that God Shiva is dishonouring his true devotees . In rage   , sage Brighu cursed God Shiva that from now onwards no one will worship him in his true form that is in the form of idol . 

But people will worship him in the form of shapeless stone that is Shivaling . 

From that day onwards    , God Shiva is being worshipped in the form of Shivaling by the people . 

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India has won the test series

 Today is the last day 3rd day of last test cricket match in the series of 4 matches. India had lost the the first match against England in chennai . But it bounced back and had won the next match held in the same place

Coming back to today's match  , yesterday match was full of twists . At one point of time  , India was struggling to reach the score of 205 runs made by England . At that time  , Rishabh Pant steadied the  sinking Indian batting with his 101 runs..

Today again it is the show of Indian batting strength . Today it was Washington Sunder who scored 96 not out and just missed his first hundred by just 4 runs . I was watching the match with the hope that today we can witness another century by Indians . But Sunder didn't get support from the other end . 

I was hoping that Mohammed Siraj would help Sundar to. reach the century but he was the last man to get out leaving Sundar at 96 runs . 

English second innings proved that they cannot play against spinners . Today England could not gain the lead. They have suffered the innings and 24 run loss . 

 India has won the match and also won the series by 3 - 1. 

Dream run by Akshar Patel

 Today is the last that is the 4th test cricket match between England and India . England had won the toss and decided to bat first .

But England's opening 3 batsmen did not prove their captain's decision right to bat first . England has lost their first 3 wickets quickly.

But batsmen came next showed the guts to stay in the crease . 

Indian bowling was superb as they didn't allow any partnership to build . Akshar Patel today also continued his dream run in bowling as he was successful in getting 4 wickets. 

The cricket pitch this time supported fast bowling too as Mohammed Siraj got 2 important wickets of English batsmen . Finally England were all out for 205 runs . They have crossed 200 runs mark for the first time in last 4 innings . 

India has started their first innings but have lost their opening batsman Shubhman Gill for a duck . That time score board read 0 runs for 1 wicket .  Chetashwar Pujara and Rohit are playing  and score is 24/1.

Slaying of Kirmira by Bhima

Kirmira is a demon who appears in Mahabharata . He is the brother of Bakasura and a good friend of Hidimba . Both  Bakasura and Hidimba were killed by Bhima .

Kirmira came to know of the death of his brother and friend and he developed wrath against Bhima after knowing that he is the killer of both .

Pandavas in exile stayed in a forest which was already inhabited by Kirmira . After knowing the identities of Pandavas , he targeted Bhima and started throwing big trees and stones on him .

Both started grappling each other showing their prowess . Fierce battle happened . Bhima caught Kirmira by his waist and started whirling him around .

Kirmira soon became exhausted and fainted . At that time , Bhima killed him by tearing his chest .