Indo-Pak Series

Geoff Lawson was right when he said that the Indo-Pak series is more popular than the Ashes. Millions watch this series with interest.

About Shoaib Akthar's comment that Dravid was invaluable and that he would like to face a Dravidless India, Uthappa retorted that the Indians are not afraid of Shoaib !

Pak lost both matches in the T20 and the result was decided in the final over. So thrilling five matches are ahead. In ODIs, Pak is rated 4th and India 5th. But in T20 India is 1 and Pak 2. In Tests, India is far ahead of Pak !

The exclusion of Dravid !

There is a hue and cry raised about the dropping of Dravid. He was dropped only for ODIs and not Tests. He is off form also. SO one cannot completely criticise the selectors. There are 33 players on BCCI payroll. It was a very young side which brought India the T20 World Cup. Not the seniors !

We should give more chance to youth, to Badrinath, to Tiwari, to Praveen Kumar, to Yousuf Pathan, to Rohith Sharma etc. Then only can we have a powerful team.

We are not disrespecting the Three Muskateers ( Dravid, Sourav and Sachin ) but think of India after 5 years !

Being the Numero Uno is possible for India !

In T20, India is First, in ODIs 5th, behind Australia, RSA, NZ,Pakistan and in Tests Third after Australia and England.

It is a psychological game. Similar to " All wars are won in the Mind " so " All games are won in the Mind ". If Indian players change their mindset, they can also become No 1 in ODIs and Tests, as they have done in T20 !

T20 World Cup

It is good that the T20 has clicked. It is also good that India has won the World Cup.

Now more and more nations will be playing this Instant Cricket. US, Malaysia, Singapore, UAE etc will be coming on to the global arena.

There are indications that T20 is the future. Let us wait and see