Hardik Pandya doesn't contribute with bat

With a very sad and heavy heart I am writing this blog article . India has lost the 2nd T20 cricket match against South Africa . I didn't watch the match as it started at 9.30 pm . It is my sleeping time .


It has done good to me that I didn't watch the match . India has lost the match and my mindset would be saddened by that .

Just now , I read an article from former Indian cricket player , Roger Binny . He was quoted saying that Hardik Pandya doesn't contribute with bat . He feels that Hardik Pandya is in the squad because of his bowling capability meaning as a fifth bowler not as an all rounder .

I feel the same though no one cares . I hope Hardik Pandya will silence his critics by his match winning performance with batting and prove himself as an all rounder .

India has broken the jinx and won the first T20 cricket match against South Africa

Yesterday was the day of first T20 cricket match between India and South Africa . It was held at wanderers stadium in South Africa . Before to yesterday's cricket match , the cricket team who chased the target that is the team who batted second , had won the match on this stadium . Yesterday India lost the toss and had to bat first .


But history keeps on changing . Yesterday same thing happened . Indian openers Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma started off well , with 4s and 6s .


Dhawan scored 72 . All the batsmen came in the order scored well . Because of all their efforts , India has managed to score 203 in 20 overs .


As I am a Hardik Pandya fan , this blog article would be incomplete if I don't mention his contribution in batting .  Though he came in the lower order when the match is going to end , he scored 13 runs in just 7 balls which includes 2 boundaries !


Looks like Hardik Pandya is back in batting form .


South Africa started chasing the target under lots of pressure . South African batsman Hendricks went on hitting and scoring . There was a moment it seemed South Africa is going to chase down the target successfully .


But that scare lasted only till Hendricks was on crease . He was the main scorer for South Africa .  But Indian bowler Bhuvaneshwar Kumar shined by taking 5 wickets of South Africa .


Bhuvaneshwar Kumar is the only Indian bowler who has taken 5 wickets in all the 3 forms of cricket . No surprise that he is the man of the match too , as India won the match .

Historic one day cricket series win for India

Yesterday was the 5th one day cricket match between India and South Africa . It is a 6 match series where India is leading the series by 3 - 1.

So yesterday's match was somewhat like a series decider match . India had lost the toss and had to bat first . As I have watched the match till past one hour after lunch break , I was able to watch full Indian batting and some of Indian bowling .

Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma are the openers . Dhawan was hitting 4s and surprisingly Rohit Sharma was hitting 6s .!

Dhawan got out . But Rohit Sharma was still there batting . Then Virat Kohli came , Rahane , Pandya , Iyer , Dhoni ... everyone came but could not occupy crease for a long time .


Hardik Pandya came to crease , faced the ball and gave a direct catch to South African wicket keeper and left for a duck ( 0 run ) . He could have stayed in the dressing room . Rohit Sharma went on to score a 100 .


Finally it was Bhuvaneshwar Kumar , whose efforts resulted in a challenging score of 274 .



Yesterday was packed with some more surprises . Indian bowling started . Hardik Pandya came for bowling . I thought he is going to help South Africa by giving runs . But sweet surprise was that instead of giving runs , he was able to bowl in such a way that 2 important and in form South African batsmen , Duminy and de Williers were tempted to go for a big hit and hence got caught by Indian fielders .


Finally , India managed to win the match thereby winning the series also .


But I was thrilled to watch Hardik Pandya back in form in bowling . He is an all rounder and I am sure he will soon find his batting form too .

Why flower ketaki is not used in shiv puja ?

Today is Maha Shivratri . 


Flower ketaki ( kannada - kedige ) is widely used in puja of nag and god vishnu . But it is not used in puja of God shiv . There  e is a story behind that .



Once , God Vishnu and god Brahma were quarelling regarding who is superior amongst them ? At that time , God shiv decided to make them ego less , and he took the form of a long light pillar and came infront of them .

Vishnu and Brahma were surprised to see such a long light pillar . They decided to check out the beginning and end of the light pillar and whoever comes first finding the answer will be considered superior .


Vishnu decided to find out the beginning of pillar and he took the form of a wild boar and started digging the ground . Similarly , Brahma took the form of a swan and flew up to find out the end of light pillar .



Time passed . Both of them unable to find out anything . God Vishnu decided to come back and to accept his defeat . Even God Brahma decided to come back but his ego doesn't allow him to accept the defeat .


At that time , he saw a ketaki flower . He got one idea to use the flower as his supporter . He asked the flower to stand with his claim of finding out the end of light pillar and flower agreed .


Likewise , both of them came back and there god shiv was standing . God Vishnu had already accepted his defeat. Beaming with pride , God Brahma claimed that he was successful in finding out the end of light pillar.


But God Vishnu doubted his claim . At that time , flower ketaki came front and agreed to Brahma claim . This made God shiv to get angry .


Because he himself took out the form of light pillar which dont have neither beginning nor end . So he cursed God Brahma that no human being will worship him from now onwards.


He cursed flower ketaki for telling lie , that it will not be used and offered in shiv puja . 

Dhawan's 100 in 100th ODI

Today in the 4th one day international cricket match against South Africa , Indian batsman Shikhar Dhawan has reached the milestone . He has become the first Indian batsman to score a 100 in his 100th one day international cricket match .

Now play has been stopped due to lightning . They could have used the word rain . How lightning can halt the play ?


I remember when watching Kaun Banega Karodpati quiz program , Amitabh Bachchan had asked the question who has scored 100 in his 100th match ? At that time , it was David Miller . Now it is Shikhar Dhawan of India ! 

Indian cricket team's wizardry performance ....

Yesterday was the 3rd one day cricket international match between India and South Africa . After losing the toss , India batted first . Rohit Sharma got out as soon as he came to bat . Then Virat Kohli came and he turned out to be the run machine for India .


Kohli scored unbeaten 160 runs . In the meanwhile , he has created many records and also he has changed the records to be in his name .

India has put the target of 308 runs . South Africa started well though they lost the opening batsman to just 1 run . The way South Africa was batting , I thought they will be able to chase the target .


The partnership was building . Then came Indian spinners . The magic they cast on South Africa is such that they went on losing wickets .

The strength of Indian spinners can be imagined with the fact that out of 10 wickets of South Africa , 8 are bagged by the spin duo Chahal and Yadav .

India won the match as South Africa was no match for India .

Hardik Pandya had hit a 6 in his 14 run contribution . This time he bowled quite tight by not allowing South Africa to score .

Indian spinners did the magic , India win the match

Today is 2nd one day cricket match between India and South Africa. After missing the action in previous match where India has won, I had decided to watch the 2nd one day completely.

I was not disappointed !!

Just now South African batting is over. India has won the toss and decided to field first . I watched each and every ball that Indian bowlers have bowled . It is the day of Indian spinners.

Especially spinner Yajuvendra Chahal . His report  card reads 5 wickets for just 22 runs !

South Africa were 99 / 5  .  Soon they are all out for 118 !

I thought South African track helps fast bowling . But today's track helped spinners . Indian bowlers rocked in the match .

My complaint :

Hardik Pandya didn't get any wickets . But he was quite expensive . I had the feeling that South African batsmen were waiting for Hardik Pandya to bowl so that they can hit boundaries ( 4s ) .

I hope India will not face any problem in chasing the target . India needed just 2 runs to win but umpires well for lunch break . India completed the task in 1 over and 2 balls.

Now India leads the 6 match series with 2-0 .

Indian cricket captain has made the team to win

Yesterday was the first one day international cricket match between India and South Africa. South Africa had won the toss and decided to bat first. As I can not tolerate watching our bowlers getting punished as South African batsmen hit 4s and 6s , I didn't watch Indian bowling.

I read in news paper that spinners Chahal and Yadav bowled really well .  I didn't watch the Indian batting also . To say it in short , I didn't watch whole game itself !

According to me , this has to be the today's news headlines ! But India has won the match by defeating South Africa all because of captain Kohli's hundred . I was very moved by the fact that this is India's first win in Durban , the match venue.

Is this word needed in news headlines ?

Last week , I was going through news headlines on internet . I found an article about a school boy who had shot his principal. The reason is boy was rusticated . Headlines ended there.


I didn't understand the news headlines . What was the reason that the boy has taken the extreme step ? I know what is rust. But what is rustication ?


I asked my father about the word. I consider my father as a scholar in English. But even he didn't heard of the word.

So I searched Google about the word. It said



Rusticated = suspended from a school as an act of
                       punishment.



Now I know the reason. It is very clear.

I wonder why do they use difficult words when synonym words are available , a layman also can understand. Are they testing our English language skill by using difficult words that too in news headlines??