asa, that was a Good one

Nostradamus predicted india to be superpower !!
by supandi on Sep 28, 2007 10:48 PM | Hide replies

Nostradamus predicted india will be superpower in 2020, 20-20 tournament that is.

I found another interesting video on YouTube thought I should share it with you all please have a look.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qapGXut0aQE&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eorkut%2Ecom%2FFavoriteVideos%2Easpx%3Fuid%3D7180383250533329392

Then the Pakistan captain said something that was so irrelevant that I couldn’t believe my ears. So I looked at the highlights over and over again to make sure that I’d actually heard him say it. This is what he said to master of ceremonies, Ravi Shastri, who asked him a sympathetic question about the game after Shoaib had collected his loser’s medal:

“”First of all I want to say something over here. I want to thank you back home Pakistan and where the Muslim lives all over the world.”"

This is what he said word for word because it’s important to quote him correctly. The problem here isn’t the syntax, it is the sentiment. I don’t expect Shoaib Malik to be a politically correct intellectual, but it is reasonable to expect him to know the world of cricket that he inhabits.

It is a world where Muslims, Hindus and a Sikh currently play for England, where Buddhists, Muslims, Christians and a Hindu play for Sri Lanka, where Hashim Amla turns out for South Africa, where a Patel plays for New Zealand, where Muslims, Sikhs, Christians and Hindus play (and have always played) for India. Why would Shoaib think, then, that the Muslims of the world were collectively rooting for the Pakistan team or that they felt let down by its defeat? Did he stop to think of how Danish Kaneria, his Hindu team-mate, might feel hearing his Test skipper all but declare that the Pakistan team is a Muslim team that plays for the Muslims of the world? It is one thing to be publicly religious—Shahid Afridi thanked Allah and Matt Hayden and Shaun Pollock are proud, believing Christians—quite another to declare that your country’s cricket eleven bats for international Islam.

Is this the forum to talk about this? Shouldn’t Cricinfo and cricket’s online community stick to cricket and leave issues like this alone? No we shouldn’t, because Shoaib Malik chose to make it our business by saying it in team colours at the end of the ICC World Twenty20 final. He said something that goes to the heart of cricket’s loyalties, its culture, its plurality of race and faith and language. If Shoaib took in nothing else about the final, he must have noticed that the bowler who took his wicket was called Irfan Khan Pathan, that the Indian team’s most visible cheerleader, the guy who was hugging Indian players in turn at the end of the game, was one Shah Rukh Khan. I feel a residual distaste in even mentioning their names because both Shah Rukh and Irfan are admired in India for what they’ve achieved, not who they are. But sometimes it is important to spell things out and Shoaib could do with the instruction

Shows how media plays an important role ?

i am a fan of cricket sports and i am as happy as every other indian with the worldcup victory..but i am a bit of unhappy or unable to think how good it is to distribute crores and crores of ruppes to the players for winning the world cup…i mean i am not against distribution of awards or money or jealous.. but i guess there has to be some limit to it……they are also getting match fees which is given to them for winning only actually…i may be wrong but….i donnno

Irfan, Yousuf are all proud to be muslims, proud to hold the tricolor, proud to be INDIANS.
What a contradiction with maliks statement and what we saw there…

Dhoni also made a statement “”Bhajji was not that confident since he was not getting yorkers right, Then why not give a chance to the new bowler who wants to prove self”"
Another “”I told sharma, i dont care whether we win or loose, but hold your nerve and enjoy the game”" something like that…

I think he need to polish his statements…., not to hurt others sentiments

Now atleast generation born in late 70’s and after 80’s knows the celebration of winning a world cup. My father used to say the success story of 1983 world cup winning team. Now I can say to my coming generation about joy of winning world cup. It’s ok we have won 20-20 world cup…but world cup is world cup….We have beat all the better teams and beat 2nd best team twice in this world cup.

You are right guru….statement of Pakistan captain shows what were there mindset when they were playing game. May be he is not aware that muslims leaving in India were proud Indians when MSD and his boys lift world cup. It’s a coincidence that man of the match for the final was none other then a proud muslim leaving in India. What a moment for Indian sport first foodball, then hockey and now cricket……

As far as do we need coach? Or do we need top 3? Is concerned I think we need a good coach and we need top 3 for 50 over match too….But only thing is future of Indian cricket is in safe hands……