Watch the amazing catches of IPL6 edition of 2013, till 16 April 2013.
IPL 6 has been outstanding in catching so far, barring a few misses.
And, it is proved, Age is no match for , Passion.
Ricky Ponting and Rahul Dravid fly to latch to a fleeing ball.
And some funny moments too.
Australia is seen in India as boorish,racial and ethnocentric .
Does Australia know how much they are hated by the world , especially by the British and New Zealanders?
Its visible face in India is,of course, is its Cricket, and Cricketers, whom Indians love and hat at the same time.
While the Indians love Brett Lee,Don Bradman,Dennis Lillee Adam Gilchrist,Shane Warne,they respect McGrath and hate Steve Waugh,Ricky Ponting,Bill Lawry.
Look at their behaviour.
Apart from being totally uncouth and ill mannered, Ricky Ponting publicly pushed Senior Politician,Cricket Administrator and Central Minister aged Sharad Pawar in Public in front of the cameras.
Bill Lawry is notorious for his ‘Saree hides all sins’
This despite the accolades showered on them for their skills.
Who can forget the ‘Monkey gate’?
Nor have they endeared them by their pub brawls in and outside Australia.
Neither their politicians nor their Media are the epitome of culture.
Remember what the past Prime Minister has to say of the Indians in Australia or how the media treats Indian news/events?
What about the college making Indian wear colonial dress and making them serve Food?
The current “‘ television series has led a mixed group of Indian citizens on an at times hair-raising guided tour of Australia, a nation that the program’s title suggests is ”Dumb, Drunk & Racist”. does not help either.
The perception among the educationalist of the Australian Universities is no good.
They are seen as after only money and the curriculum is not up to the mark .
Indian students also contribute to an extent by not following the Australian mores and style of living and the general refrain from Australians is that the Indians do not integrate well with the Community.
A comment that appeared for following story, though may look silly, it has its point.
Unless a special effort is taken, the relation is bound to worsen.
The least they could do is to ask its Cricketers to behave like adults.
Story:
Comment.
While its easy for most of us to ignore the talentless efforts of
wannabee ABC egomanics like Hildebrand, its far less easy
to ignore the constant bombardment from Indian call centres.If India wants to do anything positive for its relationship
with Australia it should rein in this form of aural abuse.I’ve lost count of how many Indian voices have rung
often claiming to be calling from Melbourne, while
obviously doing so via a international phone line.
OVER recent weeks a ”reality” television series has led a mixed group of Indian citizens on an at times hair-raising guided tour of Australia, a nation that the program’s title suggests is ”Dumb, Drunk & Racist”.
Having got our attention with this outrageous provocation, it becomes clear that the bleak label is host Joe Hildebrand‘s own creation – his Indian fellow travellers are clearly in at least two minds about the proposition.
Clever, funny and at times brave and insightful, the show entertains. It also confronts a serious issue: are Indians and Australians ready for that larger journey towards understanding each other better?
Recent signals have been mixed. Assaults and robberies that affected Indian students in 2009-10 saw them leave Australia in droves. The exodus wrought havoc in the tertiary education sector and cost Australia billions of dollars.
Aussies visiting India used to be set upon by happy crowds chanting names such as ”Boon”, ”Border” and ”Mark Taylor”. Cricket is still a shared passion, but since the student crisis travellers from Down Under have been asked, “Why do Australians hate us?”
The good news is that recent polling suggests an unexpectedly rapid recovery in Australia’s reputation in India. The AMR Research data, revealed in a report published today by the Australia India Institute, shows that Indians surveyed ranked Australia the eighth-best country in the world, up from 35th during the depths of the student crisis.
Yet similar optimistic moments in the past have turned out to be false dawns and there has been precious little solidarity between our democracies. Australia hasn’t hosted a visiting Indian prime minister for 26 years.
The AII report, Beyond the Lost Decade, reveals some of the reasons why. Influential Indian policymakers regard Australia’s foreign policy as ”erratic”, ”impetuous”, ”immature” and ”unduly mercantilist”. Australian diplomats counter that India is simply holding on to old grudges, mainly the perceived overreaction to its 1998 nuclear tests.
The report, produced by a taskforce whose members combine decades of experience in diplomacy, government and media, finds that perceived commonalities such as cricket, democracy and the English language have created a deceptive sense of familiarity that masks very different world views.
India’s need for energy security will not necessarily produce close political ties. India demands respect and prefers discrete alliances with reliable partners. It seems to move slowly, yet once its confidence is gained – as an unlikely friend in Israel has gained it – doors can open quickly.
The Labor Party’s decision last December to lift its ban on uranium sales to India created a circuit-breaker and an opportunity to advance the relationship. But since then the Gillard cabinet has not formally adopted the policy, apparently due to problems with international treaty obligations. This is creating renewed uncertainty among some Indian officials.
Dhoni Bowling,click Link.
Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara on Tuesday morning handed in his resignation from the Sri Lanka cricket captaincy.
Ricky Ponting is stepping down from the Australian captaincy to make way for Michael Clarke, according to reports in Sydney.
Ponting, 36, has captained the one-day team since 2002 and succeeded Steve Waugh in the Test team two years later. He hopes to continue as a batsman in both forms of the game.
Clarke, 29, and Ponting have struggled for runs the past year as Australia’s once vaunted team surrendered the Ashes in the winter then bowed out of the World Cup.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/mar/29/ricky-ponting-michael-clarke-australia
Isn’t it a fact that other countries were given the perpetual trophy on winning the game?
Has the trophy not been lying in the Customs Godown because ICC/BCCI refused to pay Rs 22 Lakhs as Refundable Deposit to the Customs for clearing the trophy?
O r was it at the Wankhede ?
Why did not the ICC pay the amount ,which is refundable, when it has made Rs 1500 crores from the World Cup event?
The controversy over the trophy presented to the World Cup winning Indian cricket team by the ICC refused to die down today because the “perpetual” trophy that is handed over to the victorious squad was lying in a Customs warehouse in Mumbai and it was given only a replica.
Captains of the previous winning treams such as Ricky Ponting of Australia have all been given the perpetual trophy on winning the final. The names of previous winners are engraved at the base. Subsequently, the perpetual trophy is taken back by the ICC and the replica is given to the winning team for keeps.
As reports surfaced that the ICC had left the perpetual trophy with Mumbai Customs as they were asked to pay a customs duty of Rs 22 lakhs, the cricket’s Governing body ICC said that the trophy that was handed to Mahendra Singh Dhoni‘s team was a “real one” and not a “replica”.
http://www.timesnow.tv/Controversy-over-fake-World-Cup-refuses-to-die-down/articleshow/4369565.cms
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