*** Do me a favor, lets play Holi ***
To read till the end...
1. holi today
2. bhang today
3. rains in newzealand every day
4. prayers to rain God every day
5. india newzealand match today
6. high score by newzealand today
7. rains today
8. short match today - india needs 343 of 47 overs (enough of today shit, match starts)
9. shuffle in order, sehwag and yuvraj open, start hitting with the word go.
10. sehwag misses a few, has a realization moment, and makes himself steady.
11. yuvraj is making most of powerplay from the other end.
12. sehwag joins the party.
13. score: 117/0 in 11.2.
14. mills to sehwag, sehwag hits straight, ball touches mill's finger and hits the stumps. yuvraj found short of crease.
15. what a disappointment!!
16. gambhir is in next.
17. ryder provokes him by saying things about india and having nothing to eat, nothing to wear, and high tax rates.
18. gambhir hits ryder for two sixes and a four in three balls.
19 sehwag walks up to gambhir and asks him to calm down and take the situation seriously.
20. what an irony that was - sehwag asking gambhir to calm down.
21. bigger irony - gambhir-the-serious cannot take anything seriously
22. gambhir goes for a wild one, it was way outside off, caught at long on.
23. india 146/2 in 14.4 overs.
24. sachin comes to bat. a full-toss from southee hits him on the head, and he falls on the stumps. sachin has gone for a duck. spectators go silent.
25. india 146/3 in 14.5 overs.
26. raina comes next. sehwag and raina consolidate.
27. raina punishing the bad deliveries well.
28. a quick one from mills hits raina on the ankle.
29. loud appeal for lbw, turned down, raina is also down.
30. raina being taken away on a stretcher. this one looks bad.
31. india 198/3 in 24.5 overs.
32. indian tail exposed.
33. dhoni comes to bat.
34. dhoni is out. 201/4 in 26.1 overs - (if you want to ask me how he got out, ask a dhoni fan, because i am not. goto point 32 and read carefully).
35. yusuf pathan comes to bat.
36. pathan entertains with a few boundaries. so does sehwag.
37. pathan is caught in the gully. 226/5 in 30.5 overs.
38. harbhajan comes to bat. plays 2 shots from over the top of his and wicketkeeper's head for boundaries. some entertainment this guy is.
39. harbhajan dances down the pitch (a skill he learnt after a reality dancing show) to aim a slower full toss from vettori.
40. misses, mcullum makes no mistake. harbhajan is stumped.
41. india is 241/6 in 36.3 overs. looks difficult from here.
42. indian spectators sing a bhajan to praise God. the bhajan says that its only Him who can save them. (english readers, bhajan has got nothing to do with harbhajan)
43. zaheer khan comes to the crease.
44. a loud appeal for an lbw against zaheer, and the finger goes up.
45. india 245/7 in 36.6 overs.
46. ishant sharma comes to the crease.
47. after surviving one over, ishant edges to the wicketkeeper.
48. india is 249/8 in 38.2 overs. 94 required in 52 balls.
49. amit misra is the last one left. raina is injured and retired hurt. he has broken an ankle bone.
50. and i cannot believe it. what a sight!! raina is coming, limping into the ground. and all spectators rise. he bends and touches the field. says a little prayer.
51. crowd roars. historical moment in cricket.
52. sehwag feels confident.
53. surprise does not end here. raina is not alone. he is bringing a runner with him.
54. the runner is none other than the ex-skipper saurav ganguly.
55. what is ganguly doing here?? was he not supposed to be selecting cheerleaders. some couch that is.
56. and now sehwag and raina come to party. they are rotating the strike well.
57. dada is doing a lot of hard running for raina.
58. sehwag finishes his century.
59. indian spectators celebrate.
60. ravi shastri is at the boundary. he is speaking to the kiwi coach. and ravi is all smiles.
61. kiwi coach, now has had enough, gets frustrated, and slaps ravi shastri. its happening all around.
62. ravi shastri throws the mic. he is no more a commentator. and he is joining the indian spectators to celebrate and dance with every shot.
63. dada is still running hard.
64. india is 299/8 in 43.4 overs. india need 44 runs in 20 balls.
65. sehwag plays a sweep, ball gone fine, fielder after it.
66. sehwag wants a third one, dada is breathless, a good throw, and dada is well short of the crease. raina is out!
67. india is 301/9 in 43.5 overs. need 42 runs in 19 balls
68. amit mishra comes to bat.
69. sehwag is keeping the strike with himself. he starts hitting the ball hard.
70. sehwag on strike. it is 45.5 overs. India need 19 runs to win from 7 balls.
71. plays the ball to the covers for a single. vettori uses his feet to drag the ball outside the boundary for 4 runs! how shrewd is that. misra will take the strike now. but unfortunately, it is fair by the rules of the book.
72. end of over. sehwag loses the strike. india need 15 of 6 balls. misra on strike.
73. misra misses the first one. sehwag goes to him and speaks. 15 of 5 balls now.
74. the next one hits misra in the pads. sehwag runs. misra runs. it's a leg-bye! 14 of 4 balls!! sehwag on strike.
75. And 4!
And another 4!! 2 consecutive boundaries. india need 6 of 2 balls. sehwag is turning it around.
76. the next one is hit to the covers, sehwag wants two. they should get it.
77. there is some confusion. misra is not sure. sehwag runs half way but has to return. they only get 1!! what a disaster...
78. last ball. misra on strike. 5 required. have they lost it?
79. sehwag goes to misra. he says - misra, you have to send it to the boundary.
80. mills bowls. misra swings. they run. ball goes straight to the fielder. its a single!!
81. sehwag is down on his feet. kiwis are celebrating. its a silent stadium.
82. but...
83. camera on umpire. and what is this. his right hand is up. its a no ball!!!
84. vettori is walking to the umpire.
85. sehwag and misra are standing there, confused.
86. umpire tells vettori the bowler over-stepped. confusion all around.
87. what a time for a no ball!
88. there will be another last ball. india needs 3. sehwag on strike.
89. mills to sehwag, sehwag connects, its up in the air..long-on fielder vettori getting under it.
90. and...
91. he has caught it. he is jubilant. kiwi supporters go up.
92. sehwag’s head is down. but so are the kiwis. whats wrong here?
93. and vettori it is. he is standing outside the boundary line. newzealand has lost this match!!!
94. it is a six as he had crossed the boundary!! vettori's celebration did not long last. india has won!!!
95. background music. spectators are actually crying emotionally...
96. crowd celebrates. its a celebration like never before.
97. india has won the match. sehwag is God.
98. that makes him Sehwag. capital first letter for only two in this blog.
99. indians are dancing.
100. and it had stopped raining completely. prayers to rain God are answered finally.
101. it is not raining in newzealnd at all!!
102. indians spectators keep dancing all day.
103. still, no signs of rain. there is none.
104. vettori fired as newzealand captain.
105. he had to go to africa. he is the cricket captain for sudan team now.
106. Sehwag and misra are heroes. after all Sehwag has done a bhuvan. misra has done a kachra.
106. the bhang today was not so bad.
107. wait a minute, why am i fantasizing about the match when it is actually being played here on TV.
108. and why was it sounding like lagaan?
109. let me go up, and read it all over again….
110. goto point 17: ‘khaane ko roti nahin hoga, pehanhe ko kapda nahin hoga, duguna lagaan dena hoga';
goto point 10: 'kya kar raha hai bhuvan, sambhal ke khel'.
111. they’re all there – goli, bagha, lakha, ismail, eesar kaka, guran, bhoora…etc
112. sorry to leave out radha and princess elizabeth, but give me break. women’s day was 2 days ago.
ps. it was just a dream. ravi shastri should feel safe and not worry about recession. he still has a job.
1. holi today
2. bhang today
3. rains in newzealand every day
4. prayers to rain God every day
5. india newzealand match today
6. high score by newzealand today
7. rains today
8. short match today - india needs 343 of 47 overs (enough of today shit, match starts)
9. shuffle in order, sehwag and yuvraj open, start hitting with the word go.
10. sehwag misses a few, has a realization moment, and makes himself steady.
11. yuvraj is making most of powerplay from the other end.
12. sehwag joins the party.
13. score: 117/0 in 11.2.
14. mills to sehwag, sehwag hits straight, ball touches mill's finger and hits the stumps. yuvraj found short of crease.
15. what a disappointment!!
16. gambhir is in next.
17. ryder provokes him by saying things about india and having nothing to eat, nothing to wear, and high tax rates.
18. gambhir hits ryder for two sixes and a four in three balls.
19 sehwag walks up to gambhir and asks him to calm down and take the situation seriously.
20. what an irony that was - sehwag asking gambhir to calm down.
21. bigger irony - gambhir-the-serious cannot take anything seriously
22. gambhir goes for a wild one, it was way outside off, caught at long on.
23. india 146/2 in 14.4 overs.
24. sachin comes to bat. a full-toss from southee hits him on the head, and he falls on the stumps. sachin has gone for a duck. spectators go silent.
25. india 146/3 in 14.5 overs.
26. raina comes next. sehwag and raina consolidate.
27. raina punishing the bad deliveries well.
28. a quick one from mills hits raina on the ankle.
29. loud appeal for lbw, turned down, raina is also down.
30. raina being taken away on a stretcher. this one looks bad.
31. india 198/3 in 24.5 overs.
32. indian tail exposed.
33. dhoni comes to bat.
34. dhoni is out. 201/4 in 26.1 overs - (if you want to ask me how he got out, ask a dhoni fan, because i am not. goto point 32 and read carefully).
35. yusuf pathan comes to bat.
36. pathan entertains with a few boundaries. so does sehwag.
37. pathan is caught in the gully. 226/5 in 30.5 overs.
38. harbhajan comes to bat. plays 2 shots from over the top of his and wicketkeeper's head for boundaries. some entertainment this guy is.
39. harbhajan dances down the pitch (a skill he learnt after a reality dancing show) to aim a slower full toss from vettori.
40. misses, mcullum makes no mistake. harbhajan is stumped.
41. india is 241/6 in 36.3 overs. looks difficult from here.
42. indian spectators sing a bhajan to praise God. the bhajan says that its only Him who can save them. (english readers, bhajan has got nothing to do with harbhajan)
43. zaheer khan comes to the crease.
44. a loud appeal for an lbw against zaheer, and the finger goes up.
45. india 245/7 in 36.6 overs.
46. ishant sharma comes to the crease.
47. after surviving one over, ishant edges to the wicketkeeper.
48. india is 249/8 in 38.2 overs. 94 required in 52 balls.
49. amit misra is the last one left. raina is injured and retired hurt. he has broken an ankle bone.
50. and i cannot believe it. what a sight!! raina is coming, limping into the ground. and all spectators rise. he bends and touches the field. says a little prayer.
51. crowd roars. historical moment in cricket.
52. sehwag feels confident.
53. surprise does not end here. raina is not alone. he is bringing a runner with him.
54. the runner is none other than the ex-skipper saurav ganguly.
55. what is ganguly doing here?? was he not supposed to be selecting cheerleaders. some couch that is.
56. and now sehwag and raina come to party. they are rotating the strike well.
57. dada is doing a lot of hard running for raina.
58. sehwag finishes his century.
59. indian spectators celebrate.
60. ravi shastri is at the boundary. he is speaking to the kiwi coach. and ravi is all smiles.
61. kiwi coach, now has had enough, gets frustrated, and slaps ravi shastri. its happening all around.
62. ravi shastri throws the mic. he is no more a commentator. and he is joining the indian spectators to celebrate and dance with every shot.
63. dada is still running hard.
64. india is 299/8 in 43.4 overs. india need 44 runs in 20 balls.
65. sehwag plays a sweep, ball gone fine, fielder after it.
66. sehwag wants a third one, dada is breathless, a good throw, and dada is well short of the crease. raina is out!
67. india is 301/9 in 43.5 overs. need 42 runs in 19 balls
68. amit mishra comes to bat.
69. sehwag is keeping the strike with himself. he starts hitting the ball hard.
70. sehwag on strike. it is 45.5 overs. India need 19 runs to win from 7 balls.
71. plays the ball to the covers for a single. vettori uses his feet to drag the ball outside the boundary for 4 runs! how shrewd is that. misra will take the strike now. but unfortunately, it is fair by the rules of the book.
72. end of over. sehwag loses the strike. india need 15 of 6 balls. misra on strike.
73. misra misses the first one. sehwag goes to him and speaks. 15 of 5 balls now.
74. the next one hits misra in the pads. sehwag runs. misra runs. it's a leg-bye! 14 of 4 balls!! sehwag on strike.
75. And 4!
And another 4!! 2 consecutive boundaries. india need 6 of 2 balls. sehwag is turning it around.
76. the next one is hit to the covers, sehwag wants two. they should get it.
77. there is some confusion. misra is not sure. sehwag runs half way but has to return. they only get 1!! what a disaster...
78. last ball. misra on strike. 5 required. have they lost it?
79. sehwag goes to misra. he says - misra, you have to send it to the boundary.
80. mills bowls. misra swings. they run. ball goes straight to the fielder. its a single!!
81. sehwag is down on his feet. kiwis are celebrating. its a silent stadium.
82. but...
83. camera on umpire. and what is this. his right hand is up. its a no ball!!!
84. vettori is walking to the umpire.
85. sehwag and misra are standing there, confused.
86. umpire tells vettori the bowler over-stepped. confusion all around.
87. what a time for a no ball!
88. there will be another last ball. india needs 3. sehwag on strike.
89. mills to sehwag, sehwag connects, its up in the air..long-on fielder vettori getting under it.
90. and...
91. he has caught it. he is jubilant. kiwi supporters go up.
92. sehwag’s head is down. but so are the kiwis. whats wrong here?
93. and vettori it is. he is standing outside the boundary line. newzealand has lost this match!!!
94. it is a six as he had crossed the boundary!! vettori's celebration did not long last. india has won!!!
95. background music. spectators are actually crying emotionally...
96. crowd celebrates. its a celebration like never before.
97. india has won the match. sehwag is God.
98. that makes him Sehwag. capital first letter for only two in this blog.
99. indians are dancing.
100. and it had stopped raining completely. prayers to rain God are answered finally.
101. it is not raining in newzealnd at all!!
102. indians spectators keep dancing all day.
103. still, no signs of rain. there is none.
104. vettori fired as newzealand captain.
105. he had to go to africa. he is the cricket captain for sudan team now.
106. Sehwag and misra are heroes. after all Sehwag has done a bhuvan. misra has done a kachra.
106. the bhang today was not so bad.
107. wait a minute, why am i fantasizing about the match when it is actually being played here on TV.
108. and why was it sounding like lagaan?
109. let me go up, and read it all over again….
110. goto point 17: ‘khaane ko roti nahin hoga, pehanhe ko kapda nahin hoga, duguna lagaan dena hoga';
goto point 10: 'kya kar raha hai bhuvan, sambhal ke khel'.
111. they’re all there – goli, bagha, lakha, ismail, eesar kaka, guran, bhoora…etc
112. sorry to leave out radha and princess elizabeth, but give me break. women’s day was 2 days ago.
ps. it was just a dream. ravi shastri should feel safe and not worry about recession. he still has a job.
posted by Piyush Peshwani at 3:31 AM
11 Comments:
too much blog hai :) laate kahan se ho itna ..
Bhaiyaa words nahi hai bolne ko ..hasne se hi time nahi mil rhaa hai ..too much !! ..Full On :)
Too much hai Panju
Padhke mazaa aa gaya
Ek minor mistake hai:
India ko 344 banane hain 47 overs me to point 67 aur 70 me over number ko change kar le
saras, saala always knew you had a keen eye for cricket scores.
corrected. :-)
dude,, u did had scope for radha and elizabeth.. shud have made them cheer-leaders..
in any case,, well played..
Fantastic ... creativity at his best .. after bam bam bhole HOLI prasadam .... :-)
I like the part where rain stops soon after India wins..as if it was being played while it was raining..:)
mast hai
Oho. your flight of fancy kaafi mast udi..
wow!
that's a whole lot!
pretty interesting!
point # 65 mein mishtake hai... sehwag never sweeps...
but bhuvan does.
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