India-Pak:Day2- The Misery Continues...
Pakistan's power batting put them in a dominant position at the end of Day 2. They finished at 679/7d but in all fairness to the Indian bowling, this was an awesome batting track with sweet, even, tennis ball bounce and no signs of deteoriation yet. Indian batting should be reasonably optimistic of posting a huge total themselves, if possible as close to the Pakistan total, and then given the nature of the pitch, and amount of turn and such around the 4th day, attempt to spin themselves to a victory. But I wouldnt blame Dravid and Chappell if they just decide to bat till day 5 (and there's no reason why they cannot) and essentially bat pakistan out of the game and play for draws. It would make for good batting practice.
A call from a friend around 3 AM ET gave me access to a link to watch few overs before the lunch break. But all hell broke loose after lunch. Shahid Afridi was especially in a foul mood as though someone had stolen his chicken kebabs at lunch (Inzamam would look to be the guilty party) and he looked to take out his anger on the Indian bowlers by ferociously thumping them all over the ground. Harbhajan Singh was taken apart in one over conceeding 4 consecutive sixes and a total of 27 runs.
Special note regarding the commentary. After having the luxury of listening to high-quality commentary such as in a NBA or NFL game, it was quite a rude awakening listening to commentators like Arun Lal and Ramiz Raja talk. Has there been a more irritating and annoying commentator than Ramiz Raja? Perhaps Ranjit fernando, but Ramiz Raja makes my blood boil everytime he opens his big-mouth. He is openly biased towards his team and obviously takes great pleasure in pointing out whenever India struggles. Which other commentator would compare Afridi to Sehwag and Gilchrist. I agree they' could all be equally destructive, but is there any comparison between the three? Raja has made it very clear on several occasions that Afridi is Pakistan's answer to Sehwag or something along those lines. This by itself would qualify him as a bad commentator but his words and comments make him especially bad.
For instance on day 2 sometime in between Afridi on 97 and getting his century this is what Raja had to say.. " That 97 would look more impressive if 3 more were added to it" ?.. And not to be outdone, there's our own Arun lal. Why do all Indian commentators feel the need to be agreeable? Save perhaps Ravi Shastri none of the others have the confidence to hold their opinions and speak their mind. And his comments are cringe-worthy.
For instance - The over in which Afridi smacked Harbhajan for 4 sixes, one of those sixes travelled just outside the boundary lines and landed on a puddle of rainwater. This is how Lal had to describe the event - "That was the six which Afridi hit to find the water"
And it's only Day 2..
-Nav
A call from a friend around 3 AM ET gave me access to a link to watch few overs before the lunch break. But all hell broke loose after lunch. Shahid Afridi was especially in a foul mood as though someone had stolen his chicken kebabs at lunch (Inzamam would look to be the guilty party) and he looked to take out his anger on the Indian bowlers by ferociously thumping them all over the ground. Harbhajan Singh was taken apart in one over conceeding 4 consecutive sixes and a total of 27 runs.
Special note regarding the commentary. After having the luxury of listening to high-quality commentary such as in a NBA or NFL game, it was quite a rude awakening listening to commentators like Arun Lal and Ramiz Raja talk. Has there been a more irritating and annoying commentator than Ramiz Raja? Perhaps Ranjit fernando, but Ramiz Raja makes my blood boil everytime he opens his big-mouth. He is openly biased towards his team and obviously takes great pleasure in pointing out whenever India struggles. Which other commentator would compare Afridi to Sehwag and Gilchrist. I agree they' could all be equally destructive, but is there any comparison between the three? Raja has made it very clear on several occasions that Afridi is Pakistan's answer to Sehwag or something along those lines. This by itself would qualify him as a bad commentator but his words and comments make him especially bad.
For instance on day 2 sometime in between Afridi on 97 and getting his century this is what Raja had to say.. " That 97 would look more impressive if 3 more were added to it" ?.. And not to be outdone, there's our own Arun lal. Why do all Indian commentators feel the need to be agreeable? Save perhaps Ravi Shastri none of the others have the confidence to hold their opinions and speak their mind. And his comments are cringe-worthy.
For instance - The over in which Afridi smacked Harbhajan for 4 sixes, one of those sixes travelled just outside the boundary lines and landed on a puddle of rainwater. This is how Lal had to describe the event - "That was the six which Afridi hit to find the water"
And it's only Day 2..
-Nav
posted by Nav at 3:37 PM
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