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Dhoni opts out

Captain dhoni has opted out of the srilanka test series saying that he needs rest. He said that continuous cricket is causing fatigue so he feels he needs rest. Doctors have suggested rest to shewag too but he will be fit to play in the test series. Dhoni will be joining the team for the ODI series later. I seriously feel that these cricketers do need a good period of rest between two series.

Nadal wins

Rafal Nadal makes his maiden victory against Roger Fedrer at the men’s single Wimbledon Championship. For the past two years Rafal Nadal met Roger Fedrer at the final but he could not succeed with a victory. But now it is indeed a happy moment for him. The victory was not a cake walk however. Nadal defeated Fedrer clinched his maiden victory in a set ratio of 6-4, 6-4, 6-7, 6-7, 9-7. It was a spectacular match for all the ardent tennis lovers. Kudos to the new champion Rafal Nadal!

great match

It was a fantastic match between Germany and Turkey in the Euro 2008 semi finals. I didn’t mis even a second in the match and i was glued to the television for the full 90 minutes. I didn’t expect Turkey to draw the first blood. But they were very close to score a goal and they were penetrating the German defense very easily. After about four minutes Germany leveled back from a goal by schwinstiger. There were no more goals in the first half. In the second half Germany scored from a Klose header and now Germany was leading 2-1. But all was not lost for Turkey. hey cam back strong and drew 2-2 by a fantastic goal by the midfielder. The game progressed into extra time and Federic Lahm was the Saviour for the Germans he scored a fantastic goal by beating the goal keeper and by that time it was all gone for the Turks and they knew there was no time left to equalize. Thus Germany have qualified to the finals and we shall see who will be competing with them in the finals soon.

Ana Ivanovich

In the recent past I have become a good fan of Ana Ivanovich, world’s number 2 tennis player. She is not only a fantastic tennis player but also a super model like Maria Sharapova. This Serbian girl is truly awesome. With stunning green eyes and thick black hair she is sure to capture the hearts of many youngsters out there. She also stuns people with her amazing play at the field. It seems more like a clever tigress on the field and a stunning beauty in front of the camera. During her practice sessions when she was young it was only WAR at Serbia. Despite this lady charm has overcome all the hurdles to be what she is today.

india wins

A fifth ODI century for Gautam Gambhir and another quickfire fifty from Virender Sehwag extended India's domination in the Kitply Cup as they thumped Bangladesh in Mirpur by seven wickets, with 14.5 overs to spare, and set up a final with Pakistan. Bangladesh needed to win by a bonus point to book their place in the final but, despite Raqibul Hasan's 89, they were always going to fall short of a fighting total after a miserly opening burst from Praveen Kumar.

Chasing 223, India were off to a flier with Sehwag in imperious touch. He offered a few chances early in his innings but soon took the attack to Reza in the sixth over, smacking one over midwicket for a boundary and then another through point. Fortunately for him, an outside edge eluded a diving Mushfiqur Rahim. Gambhir repeated the dose in Reza's next over, taking three fours as the bowler erred in his line.

Ashraful brought on Dolar Mahmud, playing his second game, but Sehwag showed him no mercy and disdainfully dispatched twice him over the extra-cover boundary for six. To Bangladesh's relief, he then smashed a short ball straight into the hands of Tamim Iqbal at square leg at the end of an over in which he plundered 24 to rush to 59 off just 32 balls.

The platform had been set for the other batsmen to consolidate, and Gambhir took the cue from his Delhi team-mate. Rohit Sharma was lucky to survive an outside edge off Dolar and then pulled one superbly for six, but it was Gambhir who stole the show once the spinners come into play.

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No time to rest says Dhoni part 2

Two players who have strong cases for rest are Ishant Sharma and Mahendra singh Dhoni. Ishant has been a precious addition to India's fast bowling arsenal, a rare fast bowler who can unsettle the batsman with pace, and his value to the Test team is far greater than what he offers to the one-day side. Ishant missed the first two Tests against South Africa because of injury but recovered for the third, after which he played 13 out of 14 Twenty20 games for the Kolkata Knight Riders. During India's Kitply Cup opener against Pakistan, Ishant showed discomfort when his knee hit the ground after completing a catch. Perhaps deploying his skills in Tests and key one-day fixtures is the way forward. Resting him once in a while will give newcomers like Manpreet Gony the chance to make it on the international circuit.

The other player who, in public opinion at least, seems in need of a break is Dhoni. Before the home series against South Africa began, he had played 47 one-dayers, 11 Tests and eight Twenty20s - 105 days of international cricket - in a span of 15 months. Since then he played all three Tests against South Africa and the entire IPL though he did not keep wicket for the majority of the tournament because of a finger injury.

However, after the win against Pakistan on Tuesday, Dhoni said the hectic playing schedule had to be accepted. "It is part and parcel of our profession," he said. "Till you are fit, you will love to play this game. You get addicted to it. For a cricketer no other addiction is bigger than playing cricket."

Kirsten, however, said there is a longer plan. "We are going to look at every player individually and see if there's an opportunity for him to be rested. It's a long year so we'll look at opportunities [for resting players] through the year. At this stage there is no plan from MS's [Dhoni] side to rest. He's very keen to captain this one-day team and take it to more success. So there's nothing planned as yet."

That Dhoni wasn't keen on resting was evident from the squads chosen for the Kitply and Asia Cups. With Dinesh Karthik being dropped, Dhoni is the only wicketkeeper in the squad, which means he is likely to play each and every game. That is, unless, he picks up an injury.

No time to rest says Dhoni

he final of the Kitply Cup is almost certainly going to be India v someone else, unless India crash to defeat by an inconceivable margin of more than 218 runs against Bangladesh on Thursday. It provides the team management with the ideal opportunity to give tired squad members a break, provide opportunities to new faces, and tinker with team combination.

The usual argument in favour of rest and rotation is that of player burnout, the packed international schedule made even more demanding by the Indian Premier League. It is a valid point for India's one-day outfit was involved in a long tri-series in Australia before the IPL. Some of them even played the home Tests against South Africa in energy-sapping heat. Weather conditions in Dhaka are humid and future fixtures - the Asia Cup in Pakistan and the tour of Sri Lanka - will be equally taxing. A counter-argument is that the squad is young and most of the players can meet the demands. That may be true but all these matches add up and eventually a player may have to take a forced break. Prevention is better than the proverbial cure.

The other argument for rotation is to gradually increase experience levels of the bench strength by giving them international exposure. Only then will they be able to slot in seamlessly if one of the regular 11 picks up an injury.

"I think that's the reason the selectors have chosen a pretty young side for this tournament," Gary Kirsten, the India coach, said. "It's going to be important as we move on in the years to have a group of 15-20 players, who are equally good enough to play for India. With the demands on the players and the heat that they play in, we are going to have to rest players. We're going to have to think carefully about how we do that."

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Ind Vs Bang tom...

Any doubts about how an Indian batting line-up would perform without their senior players were put to rest by the clinical victory over Pakistan. Bangladesh, who are yet to win a match against significant opposition since last year's World Cup, now have the unenviable task of beating an in-form India to avoid elimination.

India's massive win on Tuesday means that only an unlikely defeat by more than 218 runs will stop them from making the title clash. That match also dented Pakistan's net run-rate to such an extent that even a one-run victory for Bangladesh will see the hosts through to the final.

India ends Pak winning streak

Pakistan's record-breaking run of 12 consecutive wins came to a screeching halt on Monday with their worst defeat against India, by 140 runs. Shoaib Malik, the Pakistan captain, attributed the loss to a "bad day" but that was understating it. Pakistan were a distant second to India in every department, and the margin merely highlighted deficiencies that had been masked during their successful run against weaker opponents.

Their bowlers were guilty of bowling 15 wides and three no-balls against India, offences that contributed 29 out of the total of 38 extras. India, in comparison, conceded only three extras - all of them leg-byes. Attributing it to a bad day doesn't quite cut it, for although Malik said it was down to "not bowling in the right areas", it's a problem Pakistan had even during their winning streak. Against Zimbabwe earlier this year, Pakistan conceded 80 extras in five games, with 62 wides and 10 no-balls, and during the home series against Bangladesh they gave away 97. Malik had said then they were "working hard on it", their efforts evidently haven't borne fruit yet.

However, some credit must be given to their bowlers for creating wicket-taking opportunities with the new ball. The architects of India's victory, Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag, were both let off: Gambhir on 4 and 29 by Younis Khan at slip and Sehwag by Kamran Akmal on 43. The fielding left a lot to be desired as well; a few examples that come to mind are fumbles from Salman Butt, at point and on the boundary, Malik's inability to pick up at mid-off when the batsmen were stealing a quick single, and Shahid Afridi's late reaction at point that allowed Sehwag's leading edge to lob over his head. The combined effect of the extras, dropped catches and misfields along with stroke-making from India's openers yielded a partnership of 155 at a run-rate of more than seven an over.

The composition of Pakistan's XI also left Malik with limited bowling options. They had only five regular bowlers, Afridi included, and a four-pronged pace attack meant that Malik, who hasn't bowled his offbreaks in the tournament so far, had only one spinner to use on a pitch that became slower as the ball grew older.

"When we played against Bangladesh, the ball was swinging in the evening," Malik said. "That's why we played four fast bowlers."

One of those fast bowlers, Wahab Riaz, was playing his first game against tough opponents and, although he took the wickets of Sehwag and Gambhir, his line was wayward and he went for 9.21 an over. He had to be taken out of the attack for bowling a second full toss that was above waist height during the 46th over. The situation Malik faced was a tricky one. There were four overs to go and Sohail Tanvir and Umar Gul had two each. He chose not to give the task of completing the over to a part-timer and brought on Tanvir instead, ensuring that one of the remaining overs would have to be bowled by a non-regular bowler.

"Irfan [Pathan] and [Suresh] Raina were batting and they were the last pair [of recognized batsmen]," Malik said. "That's why I gave the ball to Tanvir because we needed that wicket." Tanvir failed to break the partnership but, fortunately for Malik, Gul struck twice in the penultimate over, giving Younis the easier task of bowling at Praveen Kumar and Piyush Chawla.

Pakistan's chances of making the final now rest on the outcome of the clash between India and Bangladesh. They won't be too worried, for the possibility of Bangladesh springing a surprise on a charged-up Indian outfit is remote. However, they are still dependent on factors outside their control, which is never a comfortable position to be in, and to beat India, if they meet them in the final on June 14, Pakistan will have to make dramatic improvements in all their departments.

Pakistan rounded off a forgettable day with a knock to their purses. Jeff Crowe, the match referee, docked Shoaib Malik 20% of his match fee while each of his players received 10% fines. "Although there was a rain interruption late in the innings," Crowe said, "which always makes it difficult to keep the overs flowing, Pakistan only bowled 13 overs by the first drinks break and never managed to recover that deficit."

Throwing it away part 2

There have been enough mavericks, oddballs, colourfully defiant and derailed people in the past here; Pakistan has had enough scandals, fights, factionalism and more. "In any drama that has happened in my playing time, the common denominator in it all is Pakistan," said Allan Border back in 1988. He wasn't far wrong.

But through it all Pakistan teams kept pulling off magnificent, barely believable successes on the field. They won the World Cup, they bruised West Indies, they were undefeated at home, they won abroad. Right or wrong, winning while trying to defeat themselves enhanced their worth. This team, sadly, is not that team. It doesn't look like winning much. It is suspiciously and unnaturally bland, mediocre even. Scandal, therefore, doesn't fit it well.

Tough days lie in wait for Pakistan and young men are required: men as willing as the young and earnest Umar Gul, or with the punch of Salman Butt. Pakistan needs the unflappability of Sohail Tanvir, the tirelessness of Danish Kaneria. Pakistan also needs the gifts of Asif, for no one can afford to lose them.

If he is lucky and somehow escapes punishment in Dubai despite charges being proved against him, he will come out of this with just a ban imposed on him by the board. If so, it would partly, not entirely, make up for their grand folly in helping to ensure that he got away untouched after he admitted to using steroids two years ago. What the PCB sows, it will, like the rest of the world, reap.

If he doesn't come back from this, then of all the talent that has been wasted by the self as much as by inadequate administration in this country, Asif's is among those that will be mourned the longest.

Throwing it away

As quickly as Mohammad Asif has risen, so is he determined to fall. Eclipsing the bewilderment at this latest scrape, the frustration and disbelief, is the incredible sadness. Few matters in life are as deflating as the squandering, willful or otherwise, of genuine talent.

For even if this is all some terrible, disastrous misunderstanding - and the evidence supporting that theory is not great so far - the stigma for one so bright, so young, so early in his career is too glaring.

And this is yet another taint in a career that has so far been loaded with one other drug scandal, a fight with a team-mate, and an unproven slur of ball tampering. Men of all kinds have faltered early in life and career only to reform, and made great tales out of it too. If Asif is going to do it, he had better start soon because Pakistan knows - or should know - only too well what happens when fast bowlers waste their unique gifts.

Let's not pretend that cricketers have not meddled in drugs before, especially recreational ones. Asif's own countrymen have not been averse. In England a number of county cricketers have had problems big and small. One legend enjoyed the green and it didn't prevent him from having a knighthood conferred upon him. New Zealand and South Africa have also dealt with cricketers who, unlike Bill Clinton, inhaled. The former even made one of them captain, in fact their best and one of the best from the modern age.

But circumstances here are particularly disturbing, for if there is substance in the charges, then not just Asif's career but his life may be blotted. Penalties for such offences in Dubai, where he has been detained, are especially severe.

If true, no one factor can explain the stupidity of his actions. Lack of education, grooming and small-town upbringing will be trotted out, but with how much conviction? Cricket in much of the subcontinent is moving to smaller towns and villages. The Indian team has cricketers who are not particularly educated, and most of the Pakistan team is no different. Yet none of them are in the strife Asif finds himself in.

Now in danger of being overlooked and forgotten is his wonderful skill. He is a confident young man - enough for it to be often taken as arrogance and cockiness. He is also a fresh breath of air in Pakistan's pace tradition, for he has defied the modern fashion of bowling as fast as possible. His lineage can be traced to Fazal Mahmood and Sarfraz Nawaz more than the two Ws. If his bowling is anything to go by, he has an alert cricketing brain and Pakistan can ill afford to lose that. To write, think and talk of drugs, fights and bans and not Asif's line, length, bounce and seam movement is debilitating.

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Asif to remain detained

ohammad Asif is likely to remain in detention in Dubai for another three to four days, a Pakistan board official has said, quashing widespread speculation that he had been released or had charges against him dropped.

Asif has been detained at Dubai International Airport since Sunday after an allegedly contraband substance was found in his wallet. Since then, the PCB has appointed legal counsel for him and sent a senior board official to Dubai to handle the case.

Discussions took place between Asif's lawyer and prosecutors yesterday, though with no immediate resolution. A PCB official told Cricinfo that results from a urine test authorities carried out on Asif are still awaited, as are the results of a test on the substance itself. The fact that it has taken them so long to get results is in itself a concern, the official said.

Further complicating the matter is the fact that there has been a death in the UAE's royal family, which generally means that the various states will observe a period of mourning now over the next few days and that public offices may remain closed.

Several TV channels and newspapers reported today that charges against Asif had been dropped. Dawn newspaper reported the Pakistani ambassador to the UAE as saying that and that Asif was due to head back to Pakistan on the first available flight.

"These are incorrect as far as we know," a PCB official told Cricinfo. "The charges haven't even been laid against him so far. As far as we know of the process, the airport prosecutor lays the charges down and passes on to the public prosecutor who will then decide whether or not this should go to trial. That process, we have been told, can take three to four days. But we are concerned that they have not come back still with results of the urine test, which they carried out on Sunday and the tests on the substance."

Nadeem Akram, the PCB official handling the case in Dubai, told Cricinfo that a meeting is due to take place between Asif's lawyer and the chief prosecutor at 12pm local time in Dubai tomorrow. He also confirmed that they had not yet received any test results

Asif replaced by Sohail Khan

Sohail Khan has replaced Mohammad Asif in Pakistan's 16-man squad for the upcoming tri-series in Bangladesh, which will involve the hosts and India. The series is due to begin from June 8.

Asif was originally selected in the squad on Sunday, the very day he was detained at Dubai airport for suspected possession of an illegal item. It is unlikely now that Asif will be back in time to play in the tournament. Selectors told Cricinfo that they were not aware of Asif's situation when they picked the squad.

Khan has had an impressive first-class season, picking up a Pakistan record 91 wickets in his debut year and he has impressed many with his pace and stamina. He was rewarded for his efforts with an international call-up against Zimbabwe earlier this year in an ODI series. In three ODIs so far, he has picked up four wickets, with a best of 3 for 30 against Bangladesh.

He wasn't part of the original squad because selectors felt that Wahab Riaz's left-arm provided a more seasoned limited-overs option. Khan spent a week at a fast bowlers' camp in Lahore under the eye of Wasim Akram, where it was widely felt that despite his undoubted promise, there were still areas he needed to work on. Outside of his bowling, his poor fielding is considered a serious concern within the selection committee. The Pakistan squad leaves for Dhaka on June 5.

Rajasthan champions in IPL

League or knock-out there was only one champion. It was fitting that the most consistent side in the tournament held their nerve to clinch a thriller. The Chennai Super Kings summoned every ounce of their reserves to take the match to the wire but a calm swat from Sohail Tanvir, when one was needed off the last ball, sparked some heady celebrations in the Rajasthan Royals' dug-out. The least expensive side in the league had completed the coup that had them winning 13 of their 16 matches.
A galaxy of international stars might have added fizz to the IPL but it was India's most improved domestic player who sparkled in the tense final at the DY Patil Stadium. Few outside India might have heard of Yusuf Pathan before this tournament but he imposed himself on the grand stage, snaffling three wickets before smashing a scintillating 56, setting the stage for the inspirational Shane Warne to pull off the last-ball nailbiter.
Chasing 164 wasn't going to be easy on the slightly two-paced surface and Rajasthan were hobbling at 42 for 3 but the 65-run stand between Yusuf and Shane Watson provided the impetus. Another mini-collapse put them in a spot but Warne and Tanvir put on 21 in a harum-scarum final leg. Chennai's sloppy fielding didn't help but the batsmen ensured they didn't lose their head.
L Balaji, who got a pasting in the first three overs, was brought on with eight needed off the final over. Three tight deliveries piled on the pressure before a costly wide, which also produced a bye, tilted the balance. With three needed off 2 balls, Tanvir hurried two to deep midwicket before settling the victory in the final ball. The best bowler of the tournament did his side a big service with the bat. Warne's mighty embrace suggested much.
The base was set by Yusuf's ballistic, yet fortuitous, fifty. Chennai will rue the chance they missed in the 11th over - Yusuf tried to loft Muttiah Muralitharan but Suresh Raina, one of India's best fielders, couldn't latch on to the skier after running from mid-on. With the asking rate approaching 10, that could have been a big blow. Murali had no answers against him in the next over, though, when he was blasted for two successive sixes over wide long-on.
Yusuf soon pounded Balaji, backing away and blitzing thunderbolts down the ground, and looked more like a veteran accustomed to such high-pressure situations. He looked set to run away with the match but Raina's dart-accurate throw from gully added another twist.
Yusuf was instrumental with the ball too. Just as Chennai appeared to be building partnerships he pegged them back with his fastish offbreaks. S Vidyut holed out to deep midwicket, Parthiv Patel snicked to the wicketkeeper, and Albie Morkel top-edged towards short fine leg. Not only was he the most effective of the bowlers but also the most economical - showing the ability to raise his game at the crunch.
Chennai weren't outclassed, not by a long way. Against an efficient bowling attack, with a slow outfield to consider, they strung together a fighting total. Raina and Parthiv, the duo who took them to victory last night, put on a useful 25-run stand through accumulation rather than attack, ensuring that the platform was laid for the rest of the order.
Morkel's two sixes injected some verve into the innings before Raina and Dhoni upped the ante. What could have cost them is the decision to send Chamara Kapugedera ahead of S Badrinath. Kapugedera pottered around for a 12-ball 8 and it was left to Dhoni to up the rate. The 17th over, bowled by Watson, where he conceded just three and picked up a wicket, appeared to tilt the scales but a few mighty hits from Dhoni pushed them to 163. It was the highest total at the DY Patil Stadium but only for a couple of hours.

Updates from IPL

Fleming returns to New Zealand
Stephen Fleming, the Chennai Super Kings opener, will not be available for his team's remaining matches as he is heading back to New Zealand for the birth of his child. Chennai have qualified for the IPL semi-finals and will now have to find a replacement opener for Fleming before Saturday.

Jayaprakash retires
Indian umpire AV Jayaprakash has retired from all forms of the game after standing in the IPL match between the Bangalore Royal Challengers and the Mumbai Indians in Bangalore on Wednesday. Jayaprakash, 58, said he had come to a point where he was not enjoying umpiring matches and was mentally tired.

Dravid not keen on two IPL's a year
Rahul Dravid, the Bangalore Royal Challengers captain, said IPL commissioner Lalit Modi's idea of having two editions of IPL from 2011 would be a "difficult" proposition. "It would be difficult considering the way the future tours are structured and the way matches are scheduled," Dravid said. "I, personally, would hate any dilution of Test cricket to fit in another season of Twenty20. Test cricket has history and has a lot of value and I hope it is never tampered with."

IPL performances not to influence Pakistan selectors
Pakistan selectors will not consider IPL performances while naming the squad for the triangular series in Bangladesh, according to the chief selector Salahuddin Ahmed. "We are not going to consider the players' showing in the IPL," Ahmed said. "We believe that twenty20 is a different ball game and you can't compare it to proper one-day internationals where you have to play 50-over games."

Chennai super kings will fleming

Stephen Fleming, the Chennai Super Kings opener, will not be available for his team's remaining matches as he is heading back to New Zealand for the birth of his child. Chennai have qualified for the IPL semi-finals and will now have to find a replacement opener for Fleming before Saturday.

However the Chennai management have decided not to sign on an overseas player as Fleming's replacement. "We thought about it but there isn't sufficient time to get a new player," VB Chandrashekhar told Cricinfo. "We have Chamara Kapugedera in our ranks and will give him some opportunities instead."

However it is unlikely Kapugedera will play as an opener and Chennai may pick S Vidyut to partner Parthiv Patel at the top of the order.

Fleming turned out for Chennai after Matthew Hayden left for Australia's tour to West Indies at the start of May. In 10 matches, Fleming has scored 196 runs at a strike-rate of 118.78.

Viru's words

Though the Indian Premier League is a Twenty20 tournament, Delhi Daredevils captain Virender Sehwag wants performances in the high-profile event to be taken into account when the Indian team for the tri-series in Bangladesh is selected on May 30.

"IPL performances should matter. Everyone is watching it," he said. "I think the selectors should take IPL performances into account when they select the Indian squad."

A number of youngsters have made their mark in the IPL and Sehwag felt, given the amount of international cricket ahead, they should be picked to the national squad on a rotation basis. "So many youngsters have done well in the tournament. For us, Shikhar Dhawan has done well, so have Yo Mahesh and Pradeep Sangwan.

"India play a tri-series in Bangladesh, they play the Asia Cup in Pakistan and then there is the Champions Trophy. There's a lot of cricket is to be played this year and I think selectors should, on rotation, give chances to the youngsters to play alongside the seniors."

Dilip Vengsarkar, the chairman of selectors, had earlier said that the selectors would watch the second half of the IPL to gauge the form and fitness of players ahead of the tri-series in Bangladesh, which starts on June 8. However, he had also said: "IPL is a very good concept. Young players with potential have come along. But one-day internationals are a different ball game."

Hockey federation suspended!!

The Indian Olympic association suspended the Indian hockey federation for activities that bought discredit to the nation and decided to form an ad hoc committee to run the affairs of the game. The unanimous decision was taken at a meeting of the IOA's executive committee, convened to discuss the future of Hockey administration following a sting operation by a nes channel on IHF secretary K.Jothikumaran. IOA president was authorized to decided on five member panel until all the issues were resolved and a amicable solution was reached.

This is the second time that such an ad hoc body was formed and the last time it was formed was in the year 1975. Mr Kalmadi admitted to the fact that the Indian Olympic association had to intervent because of increased pressure from International Hockey Federation. The members, who called for some drastic action, were unhappy with the fact that India failed to makei it to the olympics for the first time in 80 years.

The gerenal secretary of the International Hockey federation had sent a letter to the indian Olympic association urging it to take prior action to guarantee the administration of the Indian Hockey Organisation and India hocey function properly without any mishandling and manipulation. THis type of a happenings should definitely not be encourages and must be avoidd in the future. If you ask me, Those guys should be banned or even better out in jails. Hockey in the national game of the country and it is such a disgrace that such an incident should have happened in our country. All we can do is to make sure that such a kind of incident which has put the nation to shame does not happen again.

The government must put up a commission to make sure that the accounts of the federatrions are being auditted and are accounted for so that there is no one manupulating the accoutns and there is no favoritism

Harbhajan making up!!

After the acrimony at MOhali, Sreesanth and Harbhajan Singh engaged in a public display of affection during the announcement of adjudicator Farokh Engineer's verdict in New delhi. Harbhjan was banned by the Indian Premier League for the remainder of the Twney twenty tournament for slapping Sreesanth. And we thought Cricket was a gentle man's game. There was no reason why Harbhajan had to slap Sreesanth. The records say that Sreesanth went to say "hard luck mate" to Singh and I dont think there is nothing provacative about saying HARD LUCK MATE?.

But anyway harbhajan Singh whatever he did was done is a fit of rage and there was nothing intended in what ever he did. Anyway the matter is closed right now and Bhajji cant play the rest of the Indian Premier League matches. And the biggest surprise was when Lal Chand rajput was also fined for not preventing Harbhajan from hitting Sreesanth. What ever has happened. All we can do is to look out for the rest of the matches and have awesome cricket played. And there is no reason why we should all be sick or sad about bhajji's ban. After all Mumbai has won their match against Kolkata Knight riders without the turbanator.