Tongue-tied n Twisted

Celebrations broke out in different parts of the country as Team India took an an unassailable lead in the 3 match ODI series against Bangladesh in Dhaka. Thousands of Team India supporters partied late into the night to celebrate their teams success on foreign soil shouting slogans to cheer them on towards an unprecedented series white-wash. Speaking to newspersons, Indian skipper Rahuld Dravid thanked his boys for this wonderful moment, while insisting that the minnows tag was no longer applicable to Team India. "These have been two close matches, but to their credit, the boys kept their nerve and at the end of the day that was the difference between the two teams", said the Indian skipper, allowed to speak to the media after having received due permission from the BCCI on submitting an application with attested xerox copies of ration card, school leaving certificate, electricity bill and 2 passport size photographs. Chairman of selectors, Dilip Vengsarkar, was obviou...

Coming on the back of a bowling performance that wouldnt impress the Selection Committee of even the Zaire Cricket Association, Punjab-Da-Puttar, Raj Malhotra (seen alongside, facing his bowling coach - The Bowling Machine) redeemed himself with a superlative all-round performance that saw him pick up 5 wickets ( much to the astonishment of the spectators that at any given time included such students of the game as a groundsman, a couple of College peons, a watchman and a few stray dogs) and play a match winning innings of 42, complete with scorching cover drives and ferocious pulls. Raj's superb all round performance saw Foobar A defeat Foobar B by a comprehensive margin of 8 wickets in a highly inconsequential match of great interest to the jobless, played at the Government Polytechnic Grounds. Batting first Foobar B, started off very well with Ram and Shyam stepping on the gas early on. The opening partnership saw Foobar to the other side of 50 before Raj got his first victim o...

Inspite of the absence of the dangerous pair of SamD and AbhijitG , Foobar Software continued its impressive run under the able leadership of former Kings College mainstay Raj Malhotra (seen alongside, in his Kings College days) here at the Ghorpuri Grounds in Pune. Foobar beat Indiglo software by 34 runs, a comprehensive victory which would have been even more comprehensive but for an eventful over from the skipper himself. The match itself looked in jeopardy before Messrs Ram and Lakhan with Army personnel in tow salvaged the situation and the match began as scheduled one hour after the teams arrived. After careful analysis of the ground available to both teams, a fairly level patch was designated as the pitch for this historic clash and following an initial struggle to get the stumps into the ground, the toss was held in the centre of the patch which now many had begun to acknowledge as the pitch. As is his wont, Raj won the toss and elected to bat first, much to the anguish of y...