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Chak hi dittaaa :) India the World Champions of ICC World Cup 2011

"The 'M's' of the World Cup - Motera ! Mohali ! Mumbai ! .... MotherIndia !!!" India ne Chak hi dittaaaa!!!!    Indians are the world championsssss!!!  YIPPPIEEE!!!! wat a mindblowing Game!!! And it has happened after 28 years.... :)  Watch out for yourself the exciting last precious moments etched in History of Indian and International Cricket... [Time slot: 3:03 -Dhoni's Winning Shot, and 7:57 to 8:03 Dhoni's clean take - the sixer and his Confident Winning look following the ball - and him imagining holding the World Cup 2011 there and then :') :')  ] In case the above video doesn't work The Winning shot: India chased 275 runs post a very shaky situation.... well.. all dat we need is perseverance n sensible playing....  Gambhir played a sensible game and sambhalo-fied d terribly shaky tournament.. his contribution is no doubt extremely important...  I wish he had not lost at the crucial stage.... but then dh

India Wows the world at CWG opening ceremony

Date: Oct 3, 2010: Barring the speculation and apprehensions a few days ago... India stuns the world with a spectacular show at the opening ceremony of Commonwealth Games 2010 at Delhi, India The stunning aerostat with Rajasthani puppets hanging from it and dancing...   i was just too mesmerized by that UFO typo.. err well balloon cum projector cum screen. ] It was a breath taking ceremony with the traditional dance forms, drums, music and esp the rocking AEROSTAT filled with Helium which doubled as a projection screen... !  Clever Use and concept...! The other segments throughout the evening had the Yoga, Tree of Knowledge, and the Great Indian Journey. See for yourself the videos here:   and part 2 The creation in mehndi by children was superb - so beautiful and traditional :) Yes, indeed there was a lot of inconvenience to the local public due to travel restrictions, fines,  and the Delhi area turning into a military camp, but all-in -all the opening cere

The cricket brat pack is back - IPL

Cricket-ty cricket or wicket-ty wicket! Ah! well the game's gonna be on soon! Well the brat pack's back! Enjoy ur cricket season with some cute-ling fun-lings :D All ready with your colas, popcorns, cookies, friends, huge displays, and a whole range of new advertising wars Indian Cricket Coach Mr. Greg Chappell resigns after debacle in ICC World Cup 2007 and bitter feud with players Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) continues the great search for full-time Cricket Coach for Team India after South African Coach Graham Ford and England's John Emburey decline coaching assignment The hurts and injuries......ouch! Ok! here goes the schedule and timetable for IPL 2009 Waitin 4 all action, suspense, drama on d field.... IPL Schedule 2009 The DLF Indian Premier League will be played from April 2009 onwards. Below is the IPL schedule for all the IPL matches games in the IPL. You can get the IPL match timings also below. Match No. Between Teams Venue Match Date

Winning and Losing

Somehow... I have always learnt to be in and work towards a win-win situation rather than a win-lose situation..... Felt like jotting down some thoughts which I had read a while ago.... After failing for the 2nd time, Edmund Hillary challenged Mt. Everest "I'll come again & conquer you, coz as a mountain u cant grow, but as a human I can" (aww! leave d qoute aside.. i wanna go hiking right now :P) I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something... But I can't accept not trying... ~~ Michael Jordan The most important lesson I have learnt from sports is how not to be only a gracious winner, but a goo loser as well. Not everyone wins al the time, as a matter of fact.. no one wins all the time..... Winning is the easy part, losing is really tough. But you learn more from one loss, than you do from a milion wins (yups.. abs right!) You learn a lot about sportsmanship. I mean its really tough to shake a hand of someone who just beat you, and its even harder to do so