This is the time to celebrate resurgence, rejeuvenation of Indian cricket, all through i have been criticizing Dravid as a captain and have in my earlier posts shown how he along with Chappel killed Indian cricket.
Dhoni has just lifted Indian cricket to a level from where it can progress to be a consistent team and rise to the top of the rung.
After Ganguly if anyone should lead Indian team in all forms of cricket it should be Dhoni, he has on debut has become a world champion, what more you can ask?
I love Tendulkar, I have been one of his biggest fan, but I am praying he opts out of tests captainship as well, Tendulkar may be the greatest player, he can still not be a patch of a captain compared to Ganguly or Dhoni.
Why I like Dhoni? For a very simple reason, it is said that spectators are the best judges, and at every crucial moments when spectators wished for a change, Dhoni applied with better effect. In the Pakistan final he could have places an extra man out of the ring but he didnt, and two of the catches went to guys who otherwise would have been on the boundry, and think of the singles that were saved.
Celebrate Indian win, rejoice a world cup Title has come after 24 years, but something tells me, with Dhoni at the helm, we will get another sooner than later, and wait definately wouldnt in two digit years.
Celebration time again when my favorite dance show Nach baliye kicks up again while Music shows near their end. T20 cricket almost killed other programs on TV, Nach Baliye this year has got of to an awful start, almost more tardy than last year, however last year, performers made the show into an unforgettable reality saga on television, can they do it this time around too. With Jhalak Dikhlaja having better contestants, its a mighty ask.
Indian Idol has come to an end and as usual lousy contestant won again, a different thing which happened on Idol 3 was Amit Paul.
Amit Paul has been the best voice heard over last three / four years and will definately make more than the one crore that boy from darjeeling took home, because while Amit will succeed in Mumbai the Darjeeling boy will have to go back from where he had come.
Amit Paul must realize that Idol was a begining, and that audience votes don't seal his destiny. Amit has enough talent to make it big and only one person can stop him from being a top star, and that person is Amit himself, if he takes things in life too easy.
Finally back to cricket, it's time that Dravid & Ganguly retire from the limited version of the game gracefully in near future. Especially a word for Dravid, he has had a brilliant career that has been marred by his two year reign at helm, which showed him to be a greedy selfish character. His abdication has done him no favors, he was close to a boot, it will be sad if he is shown the boot soon, because he isn't a Ganguly who would make it back, and certainly he wouldnt be liked to be heard on prominent Cricket channels as a commentator, just like Manjrekar whose commentary has relegated him to commentating on the other side of the border.