Atish Jadhav

What a match! It was IPL #5’ 49th match on Wankhede with Sachin on ground made me write this time. The kick start of Murali Vijay and his every knock flattening every bowler gave an initial edge to Chennai team.   I bite my tongue when Murali hit Munaf for 24 runs a over with 3 smashing sixes round the ground and a four. Bravo and Raina put no doubts with the intentions their team entered on Wankhede. Their partnership proved remarkable to put a target of 173 with an extra edge given by Dhoni's quick rally of 25 off 15.   Chasing massive RR of 9 per over, Franklin's dismissal much earlier of the game was proved to be a good draw which got Rohit Sharma in. All went well till a brilliant century partnership stand for Sachin and Rohit. Sachin's fifty with boundaries and sixes were a treat to eyes. Rohit too proved a good mentee for Sachin with a mature discussion on the pitch amongst boundaries and sixes around by both the Mumbai Indians. All looked goo...

In the midst of soaring Gold... In the midst of diving sensex... In the midst of Indian politics with a blend of Adarsh, telecom 2G scams at each corner... Here comes April 2, 2011, the day no Indian could ever forget!!! When the last world cup was lifted, I was 3 months old, still wrapped in my nappies, crying for milk, didn't know about what the heck is this world cup so special for? Even I am sure about MS Dhoni on that day when he must be 2 years old and may not be in the different mindset of what I was in? In both ours and in the lives of 1.21 Bn people's life, here comes a day, 2nd Arpil, 2011 An outstanding performance by Zaheer Khan, Gauti, Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh when roared by a "magnificent strike in the crowd" (Typical Ravi Shastri) when Dhoni hit a winning six in style, the entire nation's ecstacy went up in the sky touching a new height. The day was really different in every sense. Its a rare occassion in the history of cricket - When Mumbai l...