Jail Bail

Free Counter
JAIL FOR THE SON OF GUJARAT, BAIL FOR THE BROTHER OF ITALY (Modi, Quottrochi)

Fake IPL Player

Free Counter
I know Fake IPL Player is just an individual and not actually a member of the team but nevertheless, I enjoy the nick names that he gives to the players. Here is the List (not the complete one).

If I have to nominate 5 of the best, It would be
Peter Ka Beta
Apam Chutiya
Dildo
Kishen Kanaiyya
Little John

And the Award goes to APPAM CH****** :))

Here is the List.

Dildo -- Shahrukh Khan
Bevdaas -- Bangalore's Team
Gilli Danda -- Ashok Dinda
Mangal Pandey -- Laxmi Ratan Shukla
Lordie -- S. Ganguly
Bhookha Naan -- Coach Buchanan
Style Bhai -- Murli Karthik
Sheikh -- Shane Warne
Big Sister -- Shilpa Shetty
Little Sister -- Shamita Shetty
Shakespeare -- Akash Chopra
Ganji Hanger -- Sanjay Bangar
Bubli -- Preity Zinta
Appam Chutiya -- S.Sreesanth
Peter Ka Beta -- Petersen
Big Mac -- McCullum
Little John -- Ishant Sharma
Prince of Patiala-- Yuvraj Singh
RVR Singh -- VRV Singh
Kishen Kanhaiyya-- Ravi Shashtri
Sheeghra-Patan -- Yusuf Pathan
Calypso King -- Chris Gayle
Akram Azam -- Kamran Khan
Kaan Moolo -- Ajit Agarkar
Chintu Singh -- Mendis
Sandy Maddy Babe-- Mandira Bedi
The joker -- Chang (Indian Idol fame)
Meera Bhai -- Harbhajan Singh
Bangla Tiger -- Mortaza
Junta Tormentor -- Mendis
Boy George --
Phoren Babas --


Free Counter

Modi/BJP/Gujarat

Free Counter
*Vibrant Gujarat global investor summit* --> Gathered Maximum Number of Investors.

*Agricultural Growth of 14% --> one month every year, we hold an agricultural festival in which about a lakh government servants go to the villages in May-June, braving the 44 degree temperatures, sit down with the farmers and work towards agricultural development. You remember what we do for two days out of two years, but where the government travels to the countryside for a month every year and promotes agriculture, you are not interested.

The result of such attitude is that the Manmohan Singh government's targeted agricultural growth of four per cent is stuck at 2.5%. The agricultural growth in my Gujarat is 14%, but no one looks at it.

Girl Child Education --> I have given priority to the girl child's education. Every year on June 13, 14 and 15 my entire government goes to the villages -- and you are also invited to come along -- the chief minister, minister, chief secretary, secretary, IAS officers, all of us go from home to home and get the girl child admitted in schools. And today my state has 100 per cent girl-child enrollment. You don't think this is work?

Chiranjeevi scheme --> in this nation everyone from the poor man to the President is against maternal and infant mortality. My government has formulated the Chiranjeevi Yojana under which every below poverty line mother will have her childbirth in hospital, I have started this as a movement, and done partnerships with private doctors. From 40%, today we have 80% to 85% of the deliveries happening in hospitals, thus we have saved the lives of many poor mothers and children. But you are not interested in this.

There is a saying 'justice delayed is justice denied'. Everyone knows of it, you do too. I have done three major things in Gujarat. I have increased court hours by 30 minutes every day; reduced court vacations by seven days; started evening courts with the same infrastructure.

We had 45 lakh cases pending from 2003-2004, to which 65 lakh new cases were added, making it more than one crore pending cases. After our initiatives, there are only 20 lakh pending court cases. Now my target is that by 2010, when Gujarat will complete 50 years, we will make it no-pendency. Cases will be disposed of in the very year they are filed.


Jyoti Gram Yojana --> thanks to which rural migration to cities has ended, all arrangements have been made. Very few of our villagers go to cities, which is a very interesting development about Gujarat.

If you provide urban amenities in villages, they will not go to the cities.

Wheat Price --> In Gujarat we have been providing wheat for the last seven years to those who live below the poverty line at Rs 2 a kg, I have been giving a subsidy of Rs 750 crore from the state treasury. Now I will ask the people, do you want wheat at Rs 2 a kg or Rs 3 a kg? I am giving it cheaper.


Internet --> Broadband Connectivity in Villages of Gujarat.

Nuclear Power --> Its not Man Madar Singh's Deal which proved India as Nuclear Power. World accepted India as Nuclear Power the day Atal Bihari Vajpayee dared America and went ahead with the nuclear tests. If Vajpayeeji had succumbed to American pressure we would have been left high and dry and not become a nuclear power. This happened when India's leadership showed steel. Not because of some deal.

What are the other things that drive Narendra Modi? Only devotion to Bharat Mata while Man Madar's Mata is Sonia Mata :))


Free Counter

IPL

Its less than six hours to go before the first game of IPL begins. I am nervous, excited, eager to see the first ball of the game.

I cant wait. Perhaps, I am also more excited because, I kept DirectTV just to watch IPL & Other Cricket on TV. I was impressed by New Zealand Vs India series and the crystal clear quality. I was disappointed though of the matches between South Africa and Australia. I hope and pray that IPL Quality would be much better than SA Vs Aus games.

I want to see who would be doing the commentary. I am pretty sure of Ravi Shashtri would be there but who else? I want to see who is going to be Umpiring. I am eager to see who is going to win the games.

I guess this is the beauty of IPL, There is no specific team that I cheer for. It is the Cricket in general or the change in Cricket that I am cheering for. Although, I would like to see Mumbai Indians win it all, I also support Chennai because of Dhoni & Flintoff.

I hate Rajasthan now because of "Good for nothing" Shilpa Shetty but then I like them because of Cricketer of the Century "Shane Warne". I have been ardent supporter of DADA and hence Kolkatta was my first choice of team last year.

I also love Adam Gilchrist and Rohit Sharma so I love to see Deccan win it all. I hate V.Mallaya and Uthapa,Kumble etc but then I love Kevin Pietersen.

Perhaps, Delhi and Banglore are the only two teams which I do not like as much compare to other teams. Poor Punjab How Can I miss them, Well They are not much of a team this year to look forward to but hey, they got Six King Yuvi and Sanga and pretty Preity Zinta.

Chennai Super Kings

Chennai Super Kings are favorite to win the competition. They have the most sellable asset in the Cricket Market today, M.S.Dhoni. He is Captain Courageous and Calm.
He is not only King but Super King.

He has team of lot of Options. He has team of lot of all-rounders. He has team of lot of good young talented cricketers. He has team of leading test match wicket bowler. He has team which has two local fast bowlers with international exposure (NTINI & MORKEL).

There are lot of options to Open the inning but most likely, P.Patel and M.Hayden should be able to do the job in most games.

Hayden (S.Fleming)
P.Patel (S.Anirudha, M.Vijay)
S.Raina
M.S.Dhoni
Badrinath
Flintoff(Oram)
A.Morkel
Jogindar Sharma (V.Shivaramkrishna)
Gony
Balaji
Murlidharan (Ntini)

Mumbai Indians

Heart is where Mumbai Is !!!

Mumbai Indians last year was unfortunate team to miss out to qualify for semi-finals. Mumbai Indians is one of the strongest team in IPL Season 2. However, Mumbai Indians are not the favorites to win the IPL. Chennai Super Stars are the best team and have good chance to win the IPL-2. But, if Mumbai Indians do qualify for the Final (and most likely they will), the side who has Tendulkar can never be written off on the day.

Tendulkar and Jayasurya was the combination in the dream team's of 90's. Even after a decade, they are still one of the fearsome partners. However, It is not the Opening Pair which gives Indians the edge, It is the strong and capable middle order which gives Mumbai Indians the stability and power to win the games.

Tendulkar's role would be to stick around till 16th over. If He is manage to do so, He would be scoring bulk of runs in the process. There are series of left handers dashers around Tendulkar. Jayasurya to start with and then Shikhar Dhawan, A.Nayar and J.P.Duminy to follow up.

Tendulkar's job is very simple and defined. Take run a ball and give strike to all dashers. At the end of 15th Over, if Tendulkar is still batting, He would be definately having 50 runs on his name and Mumbai Indians would have 120 Runs in 15 Overs. Their job in last 5 overs would be to score another 50 runs. Their Bowling Line Up is more than capable enough to defend those 170.

Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh are in sublime form. D.Bravo would give them a company in almost entire IPL since he is not selected for West Indies team for the two test matches against England.

There will be one overseas bowler from the likes of D.Fernando or L.Malinga or K.Mills. alongside D.Kulkarni or R.Raje.

Possible XI:

Tendulkar, Jayasurya, S.Dhawan,A.Nayar (A.Rahane), Duminy, Bravo,Takawale,Harbhajansingh, Zaheer Khan, D.Kulkarni(R.Raje),Fernando (Mills, Malinga)

IPL Fantasy League Invitation

Dear Friends,

Viral would like you to join a League in the game 'IPL 2009' at Cricinfo Fantasy Cricket.



To join the league,

Step 1: Go to Cricinfo Fantasy Cricket

Step 2: Login with your Cricinfo ID (you will need to register if you do not have one)

Step 3: Create a team for yourself (this step is optional if you already have one)

Step 4: Click on 'Join a League' on the Left Hand Navigation

Step 5: On the page which appears, select your team, copy and paste the unique invitation code(LPIN) generated for you as shown below

Step 6: You are now a member of the league - all set to play Cricinfo Fantasy Cricket

Your Unique Invitation Code:

--------------------------------

68937-01b9a3074ea63689

--------------------------------

Looking forward to have you as part of the league

Warm Regards,
Cricinfo Fantasy Team

Bangalore Royal Challengers

Bangalore Team is more or less like NY Yankees. They have bunch of stars even the owner is a Star. Yankees unit is also sometimes referred as Bronx Zoo, because of lot of expectation from them and not able to fulfill them. Bangalore team can also be turn into Jokers or Zeroes from Heroes soon. There is no clear indication from their camp who would be the leader once, KP returns to England. (Perhaps, J.Kallis).

How does Kallis is a better 20-20 player than R.Dravid? (God knows)

Would number 3 position be filled by R.Uthappa or KP.

Will Kumble or Joshi be playing?

They have J.Ryder and R.Taylor who are having the time of their life. If K.P.Can show them to win one or two games, this side could end up winning many more games. At the sametime, if they start loosing 2 or 3 games, this side could end up being disaster yet again.

J.Ryder and Virat Kohli should Open. Uthapa, KP, and either Kallis or Taylor would make up Top 5. Chipli/Dhiman etc would be an allrounder alongwith Goswami as wicket keeper.

Their bowling line up would depend a lot of Steyn. P.Kumar and B.Kumar are the two best swing bowlers in the country today. Pankaj Singh or if two senior spinners are playing will take the last open slot in Bowling Line up.

Rajasthan Royals

Let me just say this, If there is one man who forces me to wake up @ 4.00 in the morning to see IPL, his name is "Shane Warne". Ever since Warney retired, there is something missing in the test match cricket. It is just Warney who makes me support Rajasthan Royals.

Warney and Royals are badly hit by Pakistani's are not being part of IPL-2. S.Tanvir was fantastic in Season 1 and it would be very difficult for Tait or Morkel to fill in his shoes. However, I believe, one of them will have to do the job of Tanvir.

They still have best bowling line up in IPL-2 & balanced one too. Either TAIT or MORKEL would open up the bowling with Munaf Patel. S.Trivedi (the same fast bowler for which stupid shilpa shetty said, "You have to Spin the ball") and Warney would make up the other two bowlers. There is one more key missing ingredient, Shane Watson.

Perhaps, Bowling would not be as much suffered, but certainly batting would be. Either Henderson or Mascarenhas would need to step up.

They should have the services of Smith,Asnodkar,Y.Pathan,Kaif,Jadeja etc in the batting.

Royals wont be dominating this year but they can certainly make their run to qualify for Semi-Finals. Their rival would be Bangalore Royal Challengers to fight for the last spot. Perhaps, one of them team will win 8 game and will qualify for Semi-Finals.

Final XI,
G.Smith, Asnodkar,Y.Pathan,M.Kaif,R.Jadeja/Niraj Patel,Henderson/Mascarenhas,Rawat,Warne,M.Morkel,Munaf,S.Trivedi

Deccan Chargers

If there is the most lovable character to choose from Australian Side, It has to be Adam Gilchrist. Perhaps, Harbhajan Singh would argue this fact, but there are very few "WALKERS" that have entered in the Test Match Arena and Gilchrist being one of them stands out.

It was Gilchrist's heroics in one of the game in IPL-1 which helped Deccan Chargers win 1 game. Everyone including Gilchrist would hope that, they would get much more match winning innings from him. Deccan Chargers batting line up is the strongest batting line up in IPL-2. Yes, They are stronger than Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians in terms of batting.

Even though, they would be loosing the services of A.Symonds, it would be blessing for H.Gibbs. Gilchrist and Gibbs could be much more dangerous combination than Tendulkar/Jayasurya or McCullum/Gayle or Sehwag/Gambhir in South Africa.

Apart from the two dashing Openers, they have the middle order full of stylish Indian batsmans. Rohit Sharma, V.V.S Laxman, Ravi Teja & Venu Gopal Rao. This 6 batsman are capable of chasing 180 runs.

However, their downside is their Bowling Line Up. Their Bowling line up is more than capable of giving more than 200 runs in 20 overs. Although R.P.Singh and P.Ojha even in last IPL 1 tried, they were let down by likes of Kalyankrishna and SarveshKumar. Hopefully, this year, inclusion of Shoaib Ahmed and Edwards would help them in winning few games more.

A.Gilchrist, H.Gibbs, R.Sharma, V.Rao, VVS Laxman, Ravi Teja, Vaas/Zoysa, R.P.Singh,P.Ojha, Edwards/Harris, S.Ahmed/Sarveshkumar/Kalyankrishna.

Prediction is that they would win 5 to 6 games but fell short by a game or two to qualify for Semi-Final.

Kings XI Punjab

IPL 1 had Hyderabad's team as the most poor team. Predictions says, Kings XI Punjab in IPL 2 would be the worst team.

Shaun Marsh, Brett Lee and James Hopes would be busy with the international duties for Australia. They would miss almost every game of IPL-2. Sreesanth has been ruled out due to injury. J.Taylor is ruled out due to Injury.

Their only hopes are with the likes of Yuvraj Singh, Kumar Sangakkara and M.Jayawardene with the Support staff of Irfan Pathan, P.Chawla, VRVSingh and young south african Y.Abdulla.

Their likely XI would be:
T.Srivastava, K.Sangakkara,M.Jayawardene,Yuvraj Singh,Ravi Bopara, Karan Goel, Irfan Pathan,R.Powar, P.Chawla, VRVSingh & Y.Abdulla.

It would be only miracle which can help Punjab makes it to the semi finals. I would be even surprised if they can manage to win even more than 4 games.

Narendra Modi

One of the Primary reason of supporting BJP, is to get Narendra Modi as Home Minister of India. Narendra Modi could excel and remain as one of the best Home Minister India ever had.

I really like his speech. It reminds of me of young A.B.Vajpayee. He is Poetic and straight talker. He means Business. Some of the statements that came out in this elections from Modi are:

"Congress 130 saal budi aurat hai, aur BJP 30 saal ka Jawaan". (Congress is 130 year old Lady while BJP which formed in 1978, is 30 year old Young)

"Delhi mein Dosti aur Gaon Mein Kushti". (All small parties like Left, Samajwadi, Lalu, NCP etc, fights during election against Congress in various states but when they reach Delhi after election, they become good friends and form the govt. with single agenda of ruling out BJP).

"Congress is PVT LTD Company". (Congress is owned by Gandhi's ever since it has borned. Be it Mahatma Gandhi or Nehru or Indira Gandhi or Rajiv Gandhi or Sonia Gandhi or Rahul Gandhi. Its like India is owned by Gandhi Family.)

Jai Hind !!!

Man Madar Singh

First Reason to hate Man Madar Singh is that there is not a single decision he can take without the approval of 10 Janpath Road.

Second Reason to hate Man Madar Singh is that he being a SIKH, ready to be the Prime Minister from the Party which is responsible for killing thousands of innocent Sikhs in 80's.

Third Reason to hate Man Madar Singh is that he knows if he goes Public, not even a single person would vote for him. How coward the person can be that he is too afraid to stand in a Lok Sabha Election.

This person is a national disgrace as PM. He can't get elected even in municipal elections. He gets elected to RS that too from Assam. He made the life of Assamese miserable by indirectly supporting ULFA, permitting Bangladeshi illegals and more! This traitor should be sent back to from where he came!

Man Madar Singh proved time and again that he is just a idiot. How does he say that CBI did not inform him on the Tytler Issue.

Reason he is not doing Debate with Advani because, "no one understand what Man Madar speaks". He does not have anything to say except the Business deal (Nuclear Deal) that Corrupt Congress approved.

Baseball Begins

The Red Sox's Opening Day roster is as follows:

Pitchers (12): Josh Beckett, Manny Delcarmen, Jon Lester, Javier Lopez, Justin Masterson, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Hideki Okajima, Jonathan Papelbon, Brad Penny, Ramon Ramirez, Takashi Saito and Tim Wakefield
Catchers (2): George Kottaras and Jason Varitek
Infielders (6): Green, Mike Lowell, Jed Lowrie, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia and Kevin Youkilis
Outfielders (5): Rocco Baldelli, Jason Bay, Chris Carter, J.D. Drew and Jacoby Ellsbury

Most Likely Red Sox's Batting Line Up will be:

Ellsbury,Pedroia,Ortiz,Youkilis,J.D.Drew,Bay,Lowell,Veritek,Lowrie.

Lets Go Red Sox !!!

Kolkatta Knight Riders

Considering the consideration of all players signed up for Kolkatta for IPL Season 2 are available for selection, following XI would be my pick.

C.Gayle,McCullum,S.Ganguly,D.Hussey,C.Pujara,LRShukla,W.Saha,A.Agarkar,I.Sharma,Mendis,A.Dinda.

Openers:
Whenever available (First 6 games), Chris Gayle and Brendon McCullum should open the inning. I am not sure, if Ganguly wants to bat at number 3 position but Gayle and McCullum could be more dangerous than Sehwag/Gambhir or Tendulkar/Jayasurya. Specially since Gayle and McCullum are injury free and available for first six games. When Gayle is not available in May,Ganguly can join McCullum to open the inning. If Ganguly gets settled playing at number 3 then Akash Chopra can fill in(However this is very unlikely scenario).


Middle Order:
Unlike Delhi DD, Kolkatta has better and strong middle order. Given the circumstances that Gayle and McCullum would open the inning, they will have Ganguly, D.Hussey, C.Pujara, L.R.Shukla in the middle order. Specially D.Hussey would should be available for first couple of games and then last 4. D.Hussey is in prime form and match winner in 20-20 format. C.Pujara seems a better option than M.Tiwari from Delhi. In case of D.Hussey's absence, Brad Hodge can be a good replacement.

In the month of May, when Gayle would not be available, M.Mortaza would be the replacement.

Wicket Keeper:
Most Likely, W.Saha is going to keep the wickets. If he is unable to provide depth in the batting then McCullum who should be available for entire IPL could be used to keep the wickets. In Those circumstances an extra allrounder or batsman could be used in the lower middle order. (For Example: M.Mortaza or Lahiri).

Bowling Department:
Even without the presence of Shoaib Akhtar, Kolkatta has strong bowling line up. They have A.Dinda who was phenomenal in IPL-1 and continued his good performances in the Ranji games. Ishant Sharma is an ace bowler. A.Agarkar could be very handy.

Mendis would be the only person in most matches who would be an overseas player in the bowling department. Langervelt and Mortaza can be used if required to support the bowling.

All and all, Kolkatta team's fate would be decided in the first 6 games when Gayle would be available for selection.If Kolkatta manage to win 4 out of 6 first games then they will have good chance of winning total of 8 games and qualify for Semi-Final. A lot would depend upon Gayle/McCullum much like Sehwag/Gambhir and Tendulkar/Jayasurya, however, Kolkatta has advantage of having better bowling side and presence of Ganguly and D.Hussey in the middle order.

My Prediction says, Kolkatta will win 8 games and have to battle out the final spot of Semi-Final depending upon a difference of a game or run rate.

Delhi Daredevils

Considering the consideration of all players signed up for Delhi for IPL Season 2 are available for selection, following XI would be my pick.

Segwag, Gambhir, A.Devilliers, M.Tiwari,P.Collingwood, R.Bhatia, D.Karthik,D.Vettori,A.Nehra,Yo Mahesh and Glenn McGrath.

Sehwag & Gambhir (Openers)(These two are not only the best pair of Delhi DD but also the best pair available rightnow for the entire world if not India in all forms of game. There arent any chances of dropping either of them but if for injury reason, it does happen, then D.Warner from Australia (if available) would fit in. Since Australia would be playing five one-dayers with Pakistan during the middle of IPL, I am not sure about the availability of D.Warner. If Sehwag/Gambhir does become unavailable due to injury, it would be lucky break for M.Minhas).
A.Devilliers, M.Tiwari, P.Collingwood, R.Bhatia

(They would start of with 2 Overseas player in their middle order. If they struggle due to their Middle Order, they may think of inserting people like T.Dilshan, O.Shah or D.Warner into it. Since Collingwood and O.Shah would not be available in the month of May. It would be T.Dilshan who would be playing in the middle order. Manoj Tiwari was in excellent form in the Ranji Trophy for Bengal and R.Bhatia was more than above average player for Delhi in last IPL Season. In the month of April, for few early games, if Delhi realizes that they need some help in batting, they may inject 3 Overseas player instead of 2 in place of R.Bhatia)

Their ace wicket keeping choice would be in the hands of Dinesh Karthik. In case of an injury or out of form, D.Dilshan can keep the wickets.

They have lot of flexible options in the bowling department. They spearhead in the bowling would be old G.McGrath. A.Nehra would be almost certain to play in all games if he keeps his form. In case of out of form or Injury for Nehra they would fall back on P.Sangwan or D.Nannes (both are lefty). Their Spin Department is in the safe hands of D.Vettori and Amit Mishra. They also have the services of Yo Mahesh, last years key performer and Maharoof in case they need bowling allrounder in place of R.Bhatia/D.Vettori.

Delhi has lot of Options and good back up side. They have best Opening pair. They have solid middle-order. They look the most balance side in IPL-2.

Their disadvantage is that they rely heavily on either Sehwag or Gambhir to perform at the Top. They do not have very strong middle order who can survive without good start. They do not have lethal bowling attack who can support them in case they do not make enough runs on the board. All and All, they would win matches when Sehwag/Gambhir will be able to give them good start and one of them should score minimum of 40 runs to win them the games.

I would be surprise if they can win more than 2 matches without Sehwag/Gambhir. I would say they would win around 4 to 6 wins but fail to qualify for Semi-Finals.

150

During Engineering College timeframe, there was a magical figure of 40. Everyone around were looking to score 40 for passing the exam. There was a figure of 35 in schools. There is a magical figure of 272 for forming the govertment in the center for India.

For IPL-2009, 150 will remain the magical figure. Any Team batting first, if scores above 150 would feel they have a chance. If they do below 150 it would lower their chance to win the game.

I have prepared following table which shows batting first what score would give them how much amount of confidence to win the game.


If Batting First Team Scores 240 Or Above Winning % Chance is 100%
If Batting First Team Scores 220 to 240 Winning % Chance is 98%
If Batting First Team Scores 200 to 220 Winning % Chance is 90%
If Batting First Team Scores 180 to 200 Winning % Chance is 75%
If Batting First Team Scores 160 to 180 Winning % Chance is 60%
If Batting First Team Scores 150 to 160 Winning % Chance is 50%
If Batting First Team Scores 140 to 150 Winning % Chance is 40%
If Batting First Team Scores 120 to 140 Winning % Chance is 25%
If Batting First Team Scores 100 to 120 Winning % Chance is 10%
If Batting First Team Scores 80 to 100 Winning % Chance is 2%
If Batting First Team Scores Below 80 Winning % Chance is 0%