आज

बीते दिनों को कभी याद न करना तुम,
जो हो गया उसके बारे में सोचके खुदको बर्बाद न करना तुम |

होनी को जो मंज़ूर था वोही तुम्हारे साथ हुआ,
इसीलिए दुखी होके, कभी न टूटके बैठना तुम |

वर्तमान पे ध्यान धरो, अतीत को न पकड़ना,
अतीत की बाहें थामली अगर तो भविष्य को होगा तुम्हे खोना |

जो आदमी अतीत को नहीं छोड़ता, वोह जीवन में असफल है होता,
उसकी जीवन एक अधूरी कहानी हे होती, जिसमे सिर्फ दुख है भरा होता |

इसीलिए मैं कहता हूँ की...

अपने आने वाले कल केलिए अपने आज को सवारों तुम,
अगर कल की बात लेके बैठ गए तो बादमे बैठके पछताओ तुम |

आज की ज़िन्दगी जीयो कल की न सोचो तुम,
हो चाहे वोह आने वाला या वोह जो है बीत गया,
क्योंकि बीते हुए को तो कोई नहीं बदल सकता
और आने वाले कल के बारे में कोई नहीं बता सकता |

- श्रवण

ISA classes की कहानियां - Part 2

२२/१० का दिन था, ISA Classes की शुरुआत थी,
कुछ नया हम अबसे सीखेंगे, दिल में ये उम्मीद थी |

हाथ में कलम और दिल में उम्मीद लिए पहुँच गए हम क्लास में,
सोचा था ज्यादा students नहीं होंगे, पर २८ लोग थे |

पहले दिन आये महेंद्र भाई, हाथ में IPad और गले में tie,
प्यारी सी मुस्कराहट थी, और अपनी बातों से सबको किया फ़िदा |
दिए मुफ्त के Software के tips और lunch break में हमे eclairs,
अपने आप की बहुत प्रशंसा की, नए technologies का हमें ज्ञान दिया |

उनके क्लास में मज़ा आया बहुत, पर बाद में ये एहसास हुआ,
पढ़ा कुछ नहीं रहे थे वोह, बस entertain हमें बहुत किया |

फिर आये Prashant Maali, जिनके सर का मैदान था बिकुल खाली,
हर फूल पर नज़र थी जिनकी, जैसे बगीचे का एक माली |

topic था उनका बहुत बोरिंग, पर उसमे जान डाली उन्होंने ,
हमें कहानी सुनके और लेके tests, exam केलिए तैयार किया|

फिर आई केटकर की बारी, इन्होने सबको bore किया,
अपनी बेकार presentation से हम सबको अँधा बना दिया |
इनके बारे में और कुछ कहूँगा नहीं, क्योंकि इस लायक नहीं है वो,
एक छोटी सी Question Bank देकर १०० रुपयों का नुक्सान करा दिया |

आखिर में थे सर्देस्साई, उनके चेहरे से ज्ञान टपक रहा था,
पर जब बोलने लगे तो एहसास हुआ की आवाज़ में बिलकुल दम न था |

बड़े ही सीधे साधे थे, और subject का knowledge था बहुत,
पर अपनी धीमी आवाज़ से उन्होंने सबको सुला दिया |
सोचने पर सबको मजबूर किया और exam approach पर tips दिए,
अंत में Seggragation of duties पे sixer मारके,
एकदम से class को जीत लिए |

ये थी कहानी ISA की, अब exam की बारी है |
सबका मज़ाक उड़ाया बहुत अब पिटने की हमारी बारी हैं |

- Shravan

ISA classes की कहानियां - Part 1

क्लास में आके भैठ गया हूँ, सोच रहा हूँ क्यों?
faculty कि ये सारी बातें सुन रहा हूँ क्यों?

जब उन्होंने Good Morning कहा उनकी आवाज़ से ही नींद आई मुझे,
और उनकी lecture सुनके ऐसा लगा कि लोरी सुना रहे हे मुझे |

'Mental torture' कि बात कर रहे हैं, कोई उनको समझाओ,
यह lecture लेके हमें mentally torture कर रहे हैं वो |

बीच में जब क्रिकेट का स्कोर देखा, तो अपने आप को कोसा मैंने बहुत,
१२९/७ था स्कोर West Indies का, match miss होने का गम हुआ बहुत |

बहुत सारे उधारण उन्होंने हमसे 'Share' किए,
बीच में चुटकुले सुनाने कि भी कोशिश की,
पर हसी आई नहीं, बलकी रोना आ गया मुझे |

मुझे तो ऐसा लगा की सिर्फ भूषण उनको सुन रहा था,
उनकी चुटकुले सुनकर वो एक ही था जो हस रहा था |

एक घंटा लोरी सुनाके, अभी कहा 'Lets start the class',
तो अब तक की ये फ़िज़ूल की बातें पता नहीं सुनाया क्यों?

'What is an information asset?' शायद हर faculty ने ये Question पुछा हे,
Question सुनके पक गया हूँ, Answer तो दूर की बात है |

अपना bike लेके आना चाहिए था, break में निकल जाता मैं,
कुरची पर बैठके सोने से बेहतर, घर पे आराम से match देखता मैं |

JANAMDIN PAR EK DOST KA PEGAAM


JANAMDIN KE IS SHUB MAUKE PAR
BHAGWAN SE YEH DUA KARTA HUN
KI DUNIYA BHAR KI SAARI KHUSHIYAN
AAPKE JEEVAN MEIN BHARDE WOH

KAAMIYAABI AAPKE KADAM CHOOME
AUR AAPKI ZINDAGI SAFAL HO
DOST-RISHTEDAARON KI SAARI DUAYE
HAMESHA AAPKE SAATH HO

AAPKA YEH IKKISWA SAAL
ZINDAGI MEIN NAYI RAUNAK LAAYE
AAPKE DIL KI HAR EK MURAAD
IS NAYE SAAL MEIN POORA HO JAAYE

AAPKE DOSTI NE JAISE
SABKE JEEVAN MEIN RAUNAK BHARDI
WAISE HI AAPKE JEEVAN MEIN
KHUSHIYON KA BHAUCHAR HO
AUR AAPKI YEH MUSKURAHAT
HAMESHA BARKARAR HO

BY
SHRAVAN SWARUP

The Indian Cricket Saga……

The Indian Cricket Saga……

“The Players don’t have the technique to face the short ball….
The Players are not fit enough; they are overweight and love partying….
The Captain had not fielded the best playing eleven…”

These are some of the reasons given by some the senior cricketers for the Indian teams’ dismal performance in the T20 world cup. But I have a couple of questions…

How many players in the Indian Squad were selected because of their technique?
How many players were selected for their consistency?

Sadly the answer to these questions is ‘NONE’. The Indian cricket team selection was never based on good technique or consistency. If that were the criteria then most of the members of the squad (be it ODI, Test ot T20) would not find place in the team.

What all of India wants are big hitting entertainers who, on a flat track or against an average attack, can tear apart the opposition. Not just the selectors even the public and media is of the same view. The day the selectors decide to take the right moves effigies are burnt, there are protests on the street, questions about bias start rising. That is the sad story of Indian Cricket.

A Rahul Dravid never gets the due credit for his technique or consistency. It’s the Entertainers who are piled up with accolades. There are so many players waiting in the wings with good technique but are always overlooked because they do not tear apart an opposition on a flat track but instead choose to play second fiddle to some batsmen with no technique whatsoever who can on his day (which is rarity) be destructive.

As far as bowling goes. People are always commenting on the lack of players who can bowl fast. Wake up!!! Barring Harbhajan We don’t have a good spinner as well. Reason I attribute again to the importance given to hard hitting batsmen. No one wants to be a Rahul Dravid or a Anil Kumble because they have seen that a big heart and quality performances are not given the due respect in India. All that the selection committee, media and the Indian Audience want to see is hard hitting batting. Bowling is given a back seat. Again that’s the sad story of Indian cricket.

That’s why we had the rebel league in India which has lead to some quality players like Ambati Raydu, A. Jhunjunwala, T.P. Singh, Ali Murtaza lose favour amongst the selectors. I don’t see any of them featuring even in the Indian A Team. That again is the sad story of Indian cricket.

Well that’s it from me today…. Will be back soon with some more ‘Hard Hitting’ comments…

वाह ज़िन्दगी…

वाह ज़िन्दगी…

एक तरफ दिल की आवाज़ तो दूसरी तरफ लोगों की पुकार हैं…
एक तरफ अपनी खुशी तो दूसरी तरफ अपनों का साथ हैं..

वाह ज़िन्दगी.. तू भी कितनी अजीब है…

मंजिल सामने है, पर जा नहीं पा रहा हूँ मैं..
क्या चाहिए मुझे, ये तै नहीं कर पा रहा हूँ मैं..

वाह ज़िन्दगी.. तू भी कितनी अजीब है…

अपना कौन पराया कौन कुछ समझ आता नहीं..
किसकी सुनु और किसकी नहीं, ये मुझे पता नहीं..

वाह ज़िन्दगी.. तू भी कितनी अजीब है…

सभी अपने ही दिखते हैं.. सभी भला ही चाहते हैं..
पर कोई नहीं ये सोचता की मेरा दिल क्या चाहता हैं…

वाह ज़िन्दगी.. तू भी कितनी अजीब है…

यार मिलते भी हैं, तो भिछडने केलिए..
खुशिया देती भी हैं तो, कुछ ही समय केलिए..

वाह ज़िन्दगी.. तू भी कितनी अजीब है…

क्या करूँ क्या न करूँ कुछ समझ आता नहीं..
रास्ता दिखाने वाला कोई नज़र आता नहीं..
ज़िन्दगी यह मेरा एक चर्कव्युह बन गया हैं..
जिसका तोड़ मुझे, कहीं नज़र आता नहीं..

वाह ज़िन्दगी.. तू भी कितनी अजीब है…

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श्रवण स्वरुप

ज़िन्दगी का सफ़र

ज़िन्दगी का सफ़र

सफ़र पर हम निकल पड़े हैं, मंजिल का मगर पता नहीं |
चौरास्ते पर आके रुक गए है, सही राह हमें पता नहीं |

ऐसी ही दुविधा से हर कोई है गुज़रता |
ज़िन्दगी से आखिर हासिल करना है क्या
ये किसी को भी पता नहीं |

चौरास्ते पर होते है चार मोड़,
एक, जो दिल की मंजिल तक ले जाता है,
एक, जो दिमाग की बात सुन लेता है,
एक, जो दुनिया के कहने पर चलता है,
और, आखरी जो पीठ दिखाके भाग लेता है |

नसीब वाला हे वोह इंसान जिसे चुन्ने की कोई ज़रुरत नहीं |
एक सीदा रास्ता हो, कहीं कोई मोड़ नहीं |

पर ऐसी परिस्थितिया तो सिर्फ कल्पनाओ में संभव है,
वास्तव मे ऐसा रास्ता मैंने तो कभी देखा नहीं |

क्या किसीने कभी सोचा है की ज़िन्दगी के राह कि मंजिल आखिर हे, तो वो हे क्या?
ये सफ़र कब होता हे खतम?
और मौत इसकी आखरी मंजिल हे क्या?

मेरा तो ये मानना हे -

मौत मंजिल का अंत है, सफ़र कि आखरी मंजिल नहीं |
और मंजिल कि शुरुवात होती है तब, जब रास्ते मे कोई मोड़ बचे नहीं |

अर्थात

मंजिल का मतलब ये नहीं की रास्ता समाप्त हो जाता है |
मंजिल का मतलब ये है की हमें अब चुनने की ज़रुरत नहीं और,
चैन की ज़िन्दगी बिताके चैन से मर सकते हैं वहीँ |

श्रवण स्वरुप

Ros (Anointing)

The Day before Yesterday (6th Jan) I went to attend my friends Ros Ceremony. Ros is one of the traditional ceremonies of the Goan Catholics conducted one or two days before the wedding wherein the bride and the groom are anointed with a mixture of coconut water and milk by the parents, relatives and close friends as a sign of their blessings to the couple.

I missed the Ros of the Groom as it was on the 5th and i was in the train at that time, but i ensured i attended that of the bride.

My friends and i reached the house of the bride at around 20:00 hrs and found that the house was glittering with lights and a few close relatives were all gathered and having a good time. I guess they were waiting for all the guests to assemble so that the Ceremony could begin.

At 20:30 after the snaks and the soft drinks, everybody were all geared up for the ceremony to begin. Us friends has decided we would be emptying not one but two buckets of the mixture onto the bride. Suddenly a couple of the brides cousins rushed up to us and requested us to keep the bucket for the last as they had their own surprise all planned. We promptly agreed as we judged by the devilish grins on the faces of those girls (who in normal circumstances would appear to be two innocent angels), that the bride would need the bucket of water after the they were through with their surprise... :-)

Anyways, the long wait ended the ceremony had begun... The parents and elederly relatives started off by pouring and rubbing a handfull of the mixture and giving their blessings. Then came the cousins... we noticed that all of them were holding eggs in their hands.. soon the eggs were broken and rubbed off on the bride.. Well what can I say.. I was kind of dissapointed.. was that the surprise we were looking forward to??? because that was kind of predictable.. Well the answer is 'NO' suddenly one of the cousins came out with a paste.. a slimy looking paste it was.. It was dirty grren in color like that off the moss that forms on the walls during the monsoons.. Texture not too pleasing... That kicked off the screaming of the girls around esspecially that of the younger sister of the bride, who started yelling at the cousins.. but the cousins were pretty determined to achieve what they had planned and in the end did achieve it.. luckily though they did not put it all and they targeted only the hands and some of it on the Clothes..

Well next it was us.. Me being a veg i was not very comfortable with all the broken eggs around and the their smell in the air... but hey it was a ceremony and we had a plan.. so we stuck to it... Two buckets filled with the mixture were emptied on the bride... And i think she would have enjoyed it... considering wat had happended a couple of minutes back... :-)

Well the ceremony had come to an end.. it was time for dinner.. unfortunately a couple of my frineds and myself had to leave early.. So after a couple of snaps with the bride and the groom we were all set to leave... But before going curiosity got the better of us and we went to the cousins to enquire the contents of that greasy, slimy stuff that was applied.... Turned out to be...

Bananas, Tomatoes, Eggs and Food Colour...

Twenty20 Fans in for a Treat.....

I was watching the Twenty20 Big Bash 2009 and realized that the quality of cricket is really good and the crowd turnout also was pretty decent. This would mean that the Australian Cricketers have their own domestic version of IPL which would get global viewership with international Twenty20 stars like Ross Taylor, Shahid Afridi, Kiron Polard Naved-ul-Hassan also participating in it.

The fact that there are not too many domestic teams in Australia really helps as the quality of local players is also very good and each team, apart from the current stars, would have at least 3 players who at some point of time would have represented Australia at the highest level. For eg. David Hussey, Tim Paine, Jason Krejza, Brad Hodge, Shaun Tait, A. McDonald, James Hopes etc. In addition quite a few players would be known thanks to their stints in IPL somebody like a Quiney, Ronchi, Harris, Carseldine will also be known to the viewers.

To add to the positives is the lush green outfield and the really good Australian tracks which are a real treat to the eyes...

Now James Sutherland, the chief executive of Cricket Australia has announced that the Big Bash will not clash with international season in future. This would mean the Stars of Australia would be available for The Big Bash in 2010.

Well all you Twenty20 Cricket Fans are in for a Treat next year as the IPL and The Big Bash are the two tournaments to watch out for.

Enjoy your Cricket............

Cricket Tips

I feel in order to ensure that good players get decent exposure to international cricket, either or a combination of the following steps can be taken

1. Allow a 12 Player team where the 12th player will not be allowed to Bat. That way the team can play a specialist bowler who need not be good batsman. Somebody like a McGrath, Walsh etc. for that matter a specialist fielder or wicket keeper as well.

2. Instruct the Test playing Boards to chose a pool of top 30 players at the beginning of the season and allow non Test playing nations to contract two from the players not on the list of 30 i.e. excluding the 30. In this way somebody like a Brad Hodge, Sridharan Sriram, Hemang Badani, Boeta Dippanar etc. will still be able to play international cricket. The other advantage would be the quality of cricket will enhance. A team like Zimbabwe who has a decent bowling line up but is struggling with their batting can contract 2 batsmen.

3. Introduce a rest of the world test team in which best players selected from non test playing nations can team up to play a couple of games against the test playing nations. For example a combination of Netherlands, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Ireland and Scotland could be a decent side. That way the temperament of these players will improve. ICC should make the team based on a Ranking system.

4. In limited overs internationals one bowler should be allowed to ball a few overs more than 10 for e.g. 12 overs. Some incentive to the bowlers in the current batsman friendly system.

दोस्ती

Friendship is a treasure of immense value. a small poem in dedication of Friendship...


दोस्ती

दोस्ती एक ऐसा एहसास है,
जो दिल को छू जाता है |
दोस्ती एक ऐसा प्यार है,
जो बाटने से भड्ता है |

ये एक ऐसा रिश्ता है,
भरोसा जिसकी बुनियाद है |
इस बुनियाद का टूटना,
बड़ी ही मुश्किल बात है |

इस रिश्ते को, ए दुनिया वालो,
कभी न ठुकराओ तुम,
इस अनमोल खजाने को,
दुनिया भर में बरसाओ तुम |

इसके बदले में ज्यादा कुछ,
मिले या न मिले,
मन की शान्ति, दिल का सुकून,
का मज़ा ज़रूर पाओगे तुम |

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श्रवण स्वरुप

हमारे गुरु

We often tend to forget the role that a teacher plays in our life. Here i present a poem dedicated to my Teachers

हमारे गुरु

सूरज कि किरने जिस तरह
हमे रौशनी देती हैं,
हमारे गुरु वैसे ही
जीवन को उज्जवल करते हैं |

इनकी शरण में रहकर
सही राह हम पाते हैं,
इनकी सलाह मानकर
सही हल हमें मिलते हैं |

सागर से भी विशाल हे,
ये समुन्दर ज्ञान का,
इनकी बूँदें छिड़ककर,
वोह हैमें इंसान बनाते हें |

इनकी इज्ज़त करना
हमारा परम कर्त्तव्य हे,
इनकी आज्ञा का पालन करना
करम नहीं धरम हें |

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श्रवण स्वरुप

Tests - A Dying form of Cricket

I wont be surprised if test cricket soon fades off as with the advent of more entertaining cricket forms such as T20 viewership for the Test cricket has reduced. One reason being that there is always a scope for a draw (no result) so the excitement diminishes.

I feel in order to rectify this two important things need to be done.
1. Give better incentives for the bowlers
2. Ensure negative line bowling is negated.

My suggestions to achive this are:
1. Allow the bowling team to opt for a new bowl at the end of 60 overs
2. Bowlers should be allowed a 10 mins break after a spell.
3. leg side wides to be stricter
4. In an over only one too wide delivery (i.e. more than the ODI wide) to be allowed subsequently call wide.

The result of this is that batsmen will not have the luxury of time which they had earlier to score slowly, with the new ball due in 60 overs. Bowlers will get their share of rest and at any point of time there will be a substitute (obviously a good feilder) on the field.

Bowlers wont be able to curb the runs by resorting to neagtive line bowling so that means they will have to bowl at or close to the batsman.

RAAT - The beauty of Night

Night is the symbol of peace and quite For those who want to spend some time alone and think. Unfortunately like all good things night too comes to an end at sunrise.

Some people are scared of night. They say it is a symbol of negative energy. I feel its upto us to convert this negative energy into positive. All we need is to concentrate.

So I thought of giving a small tribute to this beautiful part of life that we tend to run away from. To the the beauty and peace of night, to those small sounds and lights that magnify its beauty.. To The Night.. I present my poem 'RAAT'

रात

रात का यह सुन्दर दृश्य,

दिल को सुकून पहुंचाए |

चारो तरफ की यह खामोशी,

मन को ठंडक सी पहुंचाए || १ ||


दिन का भाग-दौड़ और शोर-शराबा,

कहीं भी नज़र न आये |

चरों तरफ सुख शांति का

एक माहोल सा छा जाए || २ ||


वो दूर आसमान में टिमटिमाते तारे,

वो हर मोड़ पे लगे हुए दीप |

कहीं दूर एक घर में छोटी सी बत्ती

कहीं कोतवाल देख रहा है की सब कुछ है ठीक || ३ ||


कहीं कोने में कुत्तों का भोकना,

कहीं दूर से झींगुरों की आवाज़ |

कहीं पे एक बच्चे का रोना,

कहीं एक दो मोटरों की आवाज़ || ४ ||


यह छोटी छोटी आवाजे,

इस रात को और सुन्दर बनादे |

रात के इस दृश्य को

चार चाँद लगादें || ५ ||


इस सुख शांति के माहोल में,

जीवन बिताने को जी चाहता है |

पर फिर यह याद आ जाता है की,

कुछ देर बाद रात चला जाता है || ६ ||

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श्रवण स्वरुप

CA - A Course Deviated

CA... one of the most higly rated career options in the commerce field. What can i say about it... well for one.. Sadly it has deviated from the reason it was formed...

The ICAI was formed under statute in order to conduct audit, inspections, investigations and issue stautory compliance certificates etc. But now the course that the students are learning does not ensure that the student who is passing the exam is equiped to do justice to the core reason for the formation of the Institute.

The present curriculum drafted is to compete with professionals like MBAs CS and ICWA. Is it funny how non-core areas are given the same importance as core areas. Auditing and accountancy (core areas) are kept in par with other non core areas including Managment and Information Technology.

With due respect i am not saying that Info Tech is not important but my point is that there is no use if a guy scores 40 odd in core subjects and performs exceptionally well in non-core subjects and is branded a CA. The whole idea sounds absurd. A guy who scores high in core areas, just because he is weak in a non core area is not branded a CA whereas he is more equiped than the former to conduct an audit or do justice to the profession.

Its sad that the Institute has forgotten its objective. High weightage should be given to core subjects and low weights to non-core subjects. or at least the benchbark for passing should be lowered for non-core and raised for core subjects.

Irfan Pathan is a good batsman maybe he outperforms some of the porper batsmen in the Indian team. But he is not in the team. Why? because he is a specialized bowler he has to earn his place in the team by taking wickets and not scoring runs. simmilarly a CA should be specialize in audit and accountancy and not a Info Tech master (just an example; for that matter even FM)

The reason I feel this deviation is thst the ICAI is feeling the pinch of competition with MBAs CS and ICWAs. but hey come on the ICAI should not lower its standards just for the sake of Competition. By expecting a student to concentrate equally on core and non-core subjects they are turning them into a jack of all trades and a master of none.

A CA student should master Audit and Accountancy all other subjects are just to guide them to achieve mastery in audit and accounts and not to be in par with the two.

The ICAI is privilaged to have statutory backing but if sub-standard CAs come into market and frauds etc continue then maybe ICAI will lose its stautory backing or may have to share it with some other body.

Jaago ICAI Jaago.. The Satyam fiasco should be an eye opener...

Daniel the Kiwi Saviour

If i didnt watch cricket i would have mistaken the guy for a Engineer or a Businessman. Whom am i referring to - Daniel Vettori. Someone who averages around 28 with the bat and around 33 with the bowl in 90 test matches and yet is not termed as an all-rounder.

Daneil Vettori once again saved the kiwis from humiliation his performance against India with the bat speaks volumes about the character of the guy he averages 43 with the bat against the men in blue in 10 matches with a Highest score of 118. But he would love to straighten his record with the bowl as he averages a high 55.

I think the Indians better work out a plan to dislodge his wicket else it could result in a kiwi comeback with guys like McCullum, Guptil due for some runs and India lacking a 3rd penetrating quick fast bowler.

The Indian Cricket Team

The current Indian Team is on a high, with Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma Leading the attack with the ball and Sehwag and Gambhir with the bat.

This is what everyone sees. What i see is the other side of the coin I see a Bunch of Powerful Stroke makers who when the pitches assist bounce and in swinging conditions can be rolled over like a bunch of cards and also a couple of overworked spearhead bowlers (Zaheer and Ishant) who play all three versions of the game.

We are all jubiliant about our series victory in NZ but one should notice that all the pitches but for the last one were not typical Kiwi wickets with not enough grass to assists the fast bowlers. One can attribute the change in pitches to the great Indian fast bowling duo and the lack of quality seamers as far as the Kiwi team is concerned, but i think the defeat in the final ODI has exposed that our batsmen dont need quality seamers to collapse when the conditions are seam friendly and also that an overworked Zaheer or Ishant can be tackled on such wickets with relative ease.

Expect the Test wickets to be more like the last one.

In the Test series I wont be surprised if Zaheer and Ishant miss a game or two. I dont think the Indian pace attack is fit enough to play all three forms of the game. Ishant has already faced an injury problem. The kiwis i am sure will have fingers crossed.

No fast bowler, or Wicket keeper for that matter should play all three versions of the game. MS Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma should seriously consider playing only two forms. Its best all four of the quit the T20 version. I dont see the Indian team weaking with the likes of Sehwag, Gambhir, Yuvi, Raina, Rohit, The Pathans, Karthik, Ojha, Praveen and Munaf still there.

All said and done like every Indian Fan I wish and pray i am wrong; that Zaheer and Ishnat prove their fitness and the batsmen show some grit and perform well on seam friendly conditions.

Wishing the Indian Team all the best. I hope and pray Sachin, Rahul and Laxman have pleasent memories of a series which might be their last in NZ.