The team looked unorganized and looked like nine pins or eleven individuals. Today, the Chennai Super Kings becomes the proud winner of IPL 3 2010. The IPL 3 Final Match started on 25, April 2010 and Chennai turned a winner on 26th of April 2010.
Dark horses than underdogs - Chennai Super Kings eventually won the IPL 3 Championship with sheer effort and Dhoni's captaincy. Mahendra Singh Dhoni proves to be the best Captain India has ever had in any form of the game. Mahendra Singh Dhoni placed the Indian Team top of the Test Match Rankings.
Chennai Super Kings (W)innings
The Chennai Super Kings played at about 6 an over until 15 overs when Suresh Raina stepped on the gas and accelerated Chennai to a score of 168. Raina turned the lone star of the match scoring a briskly paced half century. He rocketed Chennai to a good total to defend.
Raina was dropped twice by three of the Mumbai Indians fielders where two of them avoided a collision and let the ball drop to the ground. Zaheer khan dropped a catch in much of a clumsy manner proving to be not one of the best of fielders.
The Chennai Super Kings fans did not feel that the total was inadequate and believed that the team stood a chance to win.
Mumbai Indians innings
Sachin, though injured, played the game as a true warrior. Sachin Tendulkar would never want to sit at the dressing room and watch his team lose. Sachin Tendulkar played as far as he could and the fall of his wicket at 48 paved the way for Chennai's win.
A few blunders on the part of the Mumbai Indians made them lose the game. Saurabh Tiwary, Keiron Pollard and Ambati Rayudu could have taken the crease earlier than Harbhajan Singh who lost his wicket for one run. They did not look like accelerating and the Chennai Super Kings restricted them to less than 5 or 6 runs an over.
As Abhishek Nayar got out, we witnessed something that has never been seen. Sachin Tendulkar hit the ground with his bat hard out of frustration. This win mattered most to him. Keiron Pollard looked like taking the game away from the Chennai Super Kings but somehow fell to a trick by Dhoni who fielded Matthew Hayden almost on the side screens in mid-off.
Keiron Pollard was hitting straight and a good pair of reflexive hands as Matthew Hayden's could endure his cracking shots. This was discussed on the Presentation Ceremony (Just as I am typing now) and Dhoni gave an impressive answer stating that powerful hitters hit straight on the ground and do not sweep or do late cuts. So, there is no point in having a fine leg.
Dhoni is worth the money
Dhoni (as I am typing) will go last to collect the medals letting his team go first. Dhoni is one of the highest paid cricketing stars in the IPL. He goes for achievements after achievements and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (is collecting the cheque and the trophy as Ravi Shastri announces) is worth all the money spent on him by India Cements.
While Ambani would have been slightly disappointed, one has to feel bad for Neeta Ambani who would have been lifted in the air by the aggressive Harbhajan Singh for one last time in this tournament - IPL 3, 2010!
Lalit Kumar Modi in his final address rubbished claims on the IPL for having been involved in large scale scams and practicing faulty methods of trade. IPL was almost called a gamble and match fixing allegations engulfed the IPL 3. Hardcore partying also added to the controversies! But this is not to be talked about now! This is a proud moment for Chennai fans!
Both the Chennai Super Kings and the Chennai Super Kings' fans can celebrate as long as possible.
The Chennai Super Kings vs Deccan Chargers IPL 3 match ended with the Deccan Chargers winning quite comfortably. Chennai Super Kings still irk fans by their average performance and lack of team spirit
The IPL 3 has not had a single team that could win consistently like the Australian Team in One Day Internationals and Test Matches. Except for Mumbai Indians, there seem to be no convincing winners. Almost every other team is fighting to secure the four berths. Some have failed drastically like Kings XI Punjab but last minutes heroics will not rewrite destiny in favor of them.
It is interesting to see that Sachin Tendulkar led the team better than his Australian Counterparts. Those Legendary Captains and Players won less matches than Sachin Tendulkar. What worked in favor of Sachin Tendulkar? What not in favor of those Aussie Legends like Shane Warne and Adam Gilchrist? The answer to both the questions is the sheer unpredictability of the format which led the Pakistan Team to a surprising World Cup Win!
When the Mumbai Indians were beaten recently, it showed that in this unpredictable game, any team could win and lose. Dhoni has a few winning knacks in his armory but the Chennai Super Kings must understand that that is not all that is enough. The openers, middle order and everyone has been failing and the burden falls on Dhoni and Raina over and over again.
Except Murali Vijay other Chennai lads or members of the team have not performed well. Murali Vijay seems to have a certain charm about himself. When he secures himself permanently in the Indian Team, he is sure to attract a lot of Female fans from Chennai with some marriage applications too.
We simply have to hope that the Chennai Super Kings will make it to the Semis (whether or not there is a chance from now or at least through Net Run Rate) winning the next few matches!
Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians Round 2 IPL 3 Match ended with Chennai Super Kings on the winning side. Sachin Tendulkar's dehydration worked in favor of the Chennai Super Kings. Acute bowling and fielding of CSK led to victory
Wow! The crowd erupted! A sweet choir of "Oooohs" and "AAAhs". The stadium and the stands were magnificent. Outside a huge crowd was waiting to see the match. I went late to the stadium without a ticket. I was hoping to get one. As many as four or five tickets were transacted before me. I simply let it go! I came back home and found that Sachin Tendulkar was dehydrated.
With that came Chennai Super Kings' chances! The Chennai Super Kings decided to bat first and posted a total of 165 runs. Though with no big scores, scores of 30 to 35 from most of the players did the trick. Hayden scored 35 and Dhoni 30. Then, Mumbai Indians came out to bat and started off well. Shikhar Dhawan and Sachin Tendulkar took time time to settle and soon Dhawan departed. Sachin Tendulkar scored six fours in his overall score of 45 runs off 35 balls.
Earlier, Sachin Tendulkar was dehydrated and had to "retire ill". Sachin Tendulkar had then made 38 off 28 balls. He came back again at a crucial stage of the game and had to leave the field for he could not withstand the humid conditions of Chennai. Sunil Gavaskar mentioned that the Mumbai Indians lost because they were bereft of their leader. Sachin Tendulkar marshaled his Mumbai Indians team to great consecutive wins. They are now the top ranked team losing only one match before losing out to Chennai Super Kings yesterday.
The retired hurt of Sachin Tendulkar made the Mumbai Indians retire hurt to a loss after being on the winning trot for so long fully and exclusively led by the Little Master.
The IPL craze, fun and fan - IPL larger than life
The game is definitely a good enough fun, excitement and an enjoyment. It is definitely a larger than life game. The IPL is worth every single rupee spent on it. The fun and excitement electrified the whole atmosphere. The place filled up with loads of youngsters who wanted to take at least a good peek at the game from behind the closed grille gates. Small kids could climb walls of 6 ft high. They got some live action from before the Police frightened them off the place.
While coming back on train, a few experts of the game (commuters) said, "Chennai isn't that hotter now." "Well! This could be match fixing," said another. I could not control myself, "We Chennaiites find it hard to survive the temperature. We sweat even at nights. And Sachin may not have been able to manage." I said.
"He played Tests, One Day matches here. Why can't he play T20, that too at night?" Those memory loss patients said. "Ambani is richer than India Cements. So guess who gives money to whom," I shot back. They were people of above 40. From the Railway Station to my home, another guy (man) who asked me for the score. I just told him what I got as the update.
He said, "Is it not possible to go inside paying money?" I said, "The Police will (lathi)charge your bottoms for that." He said that he saw a cricket match between India and West Indies. He was a coolie. He told me that he had once gotten in by paying a security personnel Rs. 20 per head. I said, "This is not possible now."
He (was drunk) said it was before 15 years and said, "Sunil Gavaskar played a very fine innings. Krishnamachari Srikanth is my favorite. Whichever bowler bowls, he hits six. I saw VRS Richard (Vivian Richards), Wals (Walsh), a great batsman. I saw all of them!"
PS: I have started hunting tickets for the next IPL match! So, hopefully I will post live action right from the Stands!
The Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore IPL 3 second round match ended up with Chennai Super Kings on the winning side. The law of averages favors Chennai Super Kings - Royal Challengers Bangalore clueless on loss
The Royal Challengers Challenge
The Royal Challengers might have gone a little clueless on what cost them the match. Perhaps, they took the losing Chennai Super Kings team too easily. But it was apparent that in their innings the Royal Challengers did make a few attempts to win. Jacques Kallis's classy batting that maneuvered the gaps could not come handy once more. After Robin Utthappa was dropped, the team depended on him to repeat the trick that he did on his home turf.
But the clear Chennai MA Chidambaram pitch is always a flat wicket which makes Sachin Tendulkar say that it is his favorite ground. Robin Utthappa went out early in the uncertain T20 format of the game. Jakati's bowling was unexpected considering the bowler is little known in the cricketing fraternity. Jacques Kallis could not accelerate the innings after building up a good launching pad. The run out cost not only his wicket but also the game for the Royal Challengers.
The RCB could post only about 161 runs for the Chennai Super Kings to chase who were seriously held up in the 15th over and the run rate did not move much further until Kevin Peterson and Cameron White chipped in with a few shots.
The Chennai Super Kings innings watched from an electric train
I was travelling on train and while going past the stadium a few of us could not resist to take a look for a few seconds. Near the entrance on the train, we could not look at each others' faces just because though we were embarrassed by our acts, cricket is simply irresistible to every Indian. It seemed like eternity when we were seconds away from the Stadium. "Still it has not come," one of the commuters said.
The moment arrived. Voila! Live Cricket from Electric Train. It seemed to be very close. We could make out that Matthew Hayden was playing. The RCB bowler ran into the pitch. The non-striker was attempting a run. Seconds flashed and it was all over! We got back to our seats and I heard some of them speaking, "Hayden is still in,"
Still excited faces! I knew they were going to remain so for long. A surprising candidate was Murali Vijay who could play the best of cricketing shots and help the Chennai Super Kings win the match. Amidst IPL T20 sloggers Murali Vijay did a good job with his bat. Surprising that the Chennai Super Kings could make a win with less of hiccups though they had some after losing two quick wickets of Dhoni and Morkel.
This win helped build the team morale of the Chennai Super Kings! Dhoni's presence has also made the team a better one. There will be significant improvements when the team bowls than bats. Dhoni could maneuver the fielders and fetch wins from nowhere out of the blue. Captain Cool remains cool even when a few catches are dropped. He always thinks about what next to do when something adverse happens. That is what that makes Dhoni win matches than the "Midas Touch" which is pure myth!
It is presence of mind, hard work and ability to be cool all the time that makes Dhoni a very good Captain!
I read on Yahoo, a headline, on Dalai Lama watching the IPL! I didn't read the article fully. Hopefully, will catch it today. By the way, one more Kudos to us for two of our predictions had turned right. We said in our last post that Dhoni will come back in to the side for the match against Chennai Super Kings for some damage control, then the Chennai Super Kings will lose the match against the Mumbai Indians! Gee! We have been right on more than one occasion!
Sachin Tendulkar won the toss. Experience helped Sachin take good decision
Sachin Tendulkar won the toss and decided to field. The Mumbai Indians rather restricted the Chennai Super Kings to a 180? Knowing that the Mumbai Indians will win the match with Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar? Earlier Mongoose bat Matthew Hayden scored 4 fours of consecutive deliveries of Zaheer Khan. Then, he got out cheaply.
Suresh Raina came to the crease and scored a well made 83 off 52 balls with seven fours and three sixes and remained unbeaten. Subramaniam Badrinath scored 55 off 45 balls. In Twitter, it was joked that the strategy of Mumbai Indians was to not appeal for Badrinath's wicket. The batsman did not give a flying edge to his game but rather scored better than a run a ball.
They sailed the Chennai Super Kings to a comfortable total of 180 runs. It could also be called as a comfortable total for the Mumbai Indians to chase with Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar. The Chennai Super Kings, though they scored at 9 runs per over, lacked a fighting spirit. The team always looks ordinary and looks like "just-out-of-bed".
They scored a few shots here and there except for Suresh Raina's batting who scored most of the runs. This is a serious sectarian humiliation for the Chennai Super Kings. This further echoes the stigmatizing of the Chennai players as lacking talent to play at the International level. At least Dinesh Karthik is one of the fine players from the soil, who unfortunately plays for the Delhi Daredevils.
Even that move would not make much of a change. The commentators (probably Harsha Bhogle I remember) told that the last over by Lasith Malinga which gave away just 7 runs could have been the crucial turn around for the Mumbai Indians. Was it true? It clearly indicated that the total on the board was not enough for the lackluster Chennai Super Kings bowlers to defend.
The Mumbai Indians innings
The Mumbai Indians scored at brisk pace right from the beginning. Shikhar Dhawan scored a brisk 56 off 34 balls with 5 fours and 3 sixes. Then, Sachin maneuvered the team to a superb victory with 8 fours and 1 six. His strike rate was 138.46. Sachin Tendulkar scored 72 off 52 balls. The inexperience of Saurabh Tiwary was revealed when he fell to the spin wizard Mutthiah Muralitharan. He was caught LBW by a straightening Mutthiah Muralitharan delivery which pitched in line. Mutthiah Muralitharan made useful contribution by picking up 2 wickets but that was not enough for the Chennai Super Kings to win.
The team demanded a team effort to win. Probably, the next IPL auction will call for a few good bowlers for the Chennai Super Kings team. It was all quite easy for the Mumbai Indians and they never looked out of the game for even a single moment. The Mumbai Indians won the game against Chennai Super Kings quite comfortably.
I wanted to see God today. He came in the form of Sachin Tendulkar!
I wanted to see God. I knew I would see him today. I gleefully saw Him score 72 off 52 balls. I was wondering if I wanted Chennai Super Kings to win or Sachin Tendulkar to score a comfortable half century. I opted for the latter. I had long foregone my love for the Chennai Super Kings that the team remains the least glamorous of all. Even the ever losing Kings XI Punjab has been glamorous! Not only with Preity Zinta! Mind you!
Sometimes it seems that the IPL is a lackluster extravaganza but all the ideology goes bang along with each and every six that is scored. When Mahendra Singh Dhoni bats Chennai Super Kings singlehandedly to a comfortable win, the interests are alive. Probably, I am as hypocritical as some of the Sex Scandal Swamijis.
When Matthew Hayden failed, when a rather inexperienced Suresh Raina did and all other specialist players did, Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni leads by example. He is the first ever Captain who has done so. Some of the Cricket lovers argue that it is Sourav Ganguly who started this trend but it is true that Sourav Ganguly lead from the front but when the team is down in spirits, it is Mahendra Singh Dhoni who shows what next to do.
"Do as I do, Don't do as I say," goes well for the Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. This is characteristic of Dhoni even in One Day Internationals, T20 Internationals and also the IPL. He seems to have a surefire plan to win! Sometimes, I feel that Dhoni takes a backseat and lets the opposition take advantage.
He seems to be complacent and then suddenly the team which should have lost by 140 runs goes on to score a 250 to lose. This is a common occurrence. I have seen this in Dhoni's Captaincy but it is also not true that he sits complacent and takes some rest when he feels he is good enough to win.
So many of the Captains in the past have failed to win in crucial encounters just when they seemed to be winning all along. That includes Mohammed Azharuddin and even Sourav Ganguly to some extent. By the way, incidentally, Dhoni won against his former Captain Sourav Ganguly yesterday!
The Mahendra Singh Dhoni Trivia
Yesterday, when Sunil Gavaskar asked Dhoni before the toss, if Dhoni liked to be called Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Dhoni, MSD or Mahi, Mahendra Singh Dhoni said, he liked being called "Mahi" as that is what friends used to call him when he was young. People called him in various names and he always liked being called "Mahi". Then, a moment later, Sunil Gavaskar said, "I am not holding you up.....," the toss was already going to happen.
Dhoni ran towards those present for the toss. He probably was thinking that the Camera was not yet switched on. But then, it was for everyone to see. Dhoni again embarrassingly had to join Sourav Ganguly and had to run once more towards him. Then, as luck commanded, Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat first which did not seem to be a wise decision.
Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders - the toss and the 2010 IPL
When Sourav Ganguly was asked about the decision, he said that he would have opted to field first, had he won the toss. It seemed that Sourav Ganguly was apparently happy with Dhoni's decision and seemed to indicate that batting first was a wrong decision to make.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni said that if their (Chennai Super Kings) strength was batting, they would be advised to chase, but if their strength was batting, they could post a huge total on the board and let the opponents chase. As it turned out, Sourav Ganguly seemed to be right with his remarks and was probably pleased with the result in the initial overs.
But then, a determined Mahendra Singh Dhoni took the crease and made sure that the team posted a decent total on the board. Dhoni's 66 off 33 balls along with Subramaniam Badrinath's 43 off 33 took Chennai Super Kings to a total of 164. Things could change within a few overs in Twenty20 Cricket and Dhoni did not fail to utilize that.
In the second innings Dhoni's men pulled off a comfortable victory by a big margin by Twenty20 standards. The partnership between Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Subramaniam Badrinath was 109 in just 65 balls which helped the Chennai Super Kings to victory.
However, bad luck continues for the Chennai Super Kings as Dhoni is out of IPL 2010 for ten more days due to an injured elbow. It remains to be seen how the inexperienced Suresh Raina will lead the side. There also can be a better choice for captaincy but the inexperienced Chennai Super Kings might have to go with Suresh Raina as the Captain. I personally reckon Lakshmipathy Balaji could become the Captain for the next few games of the Chennai Super Kings until Mahendra Singh Dhoni returns.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni - a successful icon of modern youth
To all the youngsters, Mahendra Singh Dhoni may remain the icon or the ideal person who inspires to bring success into their lives! Dhoni uses sheer intellect, intelligence, presence of mind, talent, ability, hard work, clarity of thought and mind to become the most successful youth icon! Even Yuvraj Singh has not lost to Dhoni when he was considered to be the potential Captain after Rahul Dravid.
Yuvraj Singh lost out to his own imbalances in mind, heart and physique. Dhoni could keep himself physically coordinated by his mind which is the most important thing to a sportsman. The mind and body coordination is what that keeps Sachin Tendulkar going and this does for Dhoni too!
The emotional competency of Dhoni was absent in Yuvraj! And Dhoni's emotional competency was not due to his upbringing or his childhood experiences, but it is one of sheer maturity and understanding. Let us hope that Dhoni could win the 2011 Cricket World Cup with ease with a determined Sachin Tendulkar beside in his armory!
Sachin Tendulkar may well be on his way to a "Bharat Ratna" but he lost out on Twitter to Nithyananda which Nithyananda could aspire achieving for years together. Thousands of Twitter users made the Nithyananda become the 7th Trending topic who was later promoted to the fifth spot!
Meanwhile Actress Ranjitha is said to share a relationship with Telugu Film Director Puri Jagannath! She has travelled excessively with him! And long time devotee of Nithyananda, Actress Tara, was shocked to see Swami Nithyananda on bed with Ranjitha! She said she felt disgusted and that she believed the Swami to be God walking on earth!
But now all her hopes are unpinned after Nithyananda's sex scandal video was released. Nithyananda became a trending topic by the cheeky, cheesy and creative one-liners that were written by Twitter users! What amazed everyone was the sheer creativity with which they were written! And the Police have filed a case against the Goddamn Godman for cheating and offending religious sentiments!
Here are the one-liners that were written about Nithyananda! I could write only one though it might seem a bit offensive:
My one-liner on Nithyananda is: Sermon by Day, Semen by Night! All of the Nithyananda one liners were written in this ____________ by Day and ______________ By Night format! I could not write any for some unknown reason and even this one liner was partially borrowed from another user! He used the word "Sermon" with which I developed my own one liner! Here are some of them for you!
bhalomanush: Devi by day, baby by night
YaavanoObba: Bhakti rasa during day, shringara rasa during night, hasya rasa on Twitter
abhility: Good boy by Day, Play boy by Night
swathipradeep2: Holy by Day, POLI by night
Shrihari: Teacher by day, teach her by night
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ragha: actor by day, actress-by night
abhility: Ved Vyas by Day, Vatsyayan by Night
YaavanoObba: Dignitary by day, John Terry by night
thebenisrael: Sandalwood by day, Scandalwood by night – My small message is don’t worship man but God!
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culdivsac: Hymns by day; Hymens by night
arunverma: Havan by day. Havas by night.
akavoor: Kaavi by day. Kaami by night.
naikaustubh: Chanting by Day, Spanking by Night
Prashant__Nair: Ram Narayan by day, Baaja Bajata by night
PuneetBishnoi: “Radhe Radhe” by day and “Radha Radha” by night
anusdad: Hari-Hari by day NDTiwari by night
arunverma: Mere bhagwan by day. Meri bhaagwaan by night
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rameshsrivats: “Hari Om Shanti” by day. “Hurry home Shanti” by night.
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sidin: Pray station by day, PlayStation by night.
rachitkwatra: Meerabol by day, Meera khol by night
YaavanoObba: Holy by day, holi by night
sunilea: Saffron by day, Blue by night
TheZionView: Obama by day, Bill Clinton by night
myliorules: Do gooder by day, do her good by night
Pulkit_Lakshya: Execution in day, Planning in night
darshanp82: Shaanti & kapur by day, Shakti Kapoor by night.
anilchintz: Sadhu Bhikari by the day. Shambhu Shikari by the night
sunilea: Aasana by day, vasana by night
ShamanthRao: Din mein bhaiya. Raat ko saiyya.
simplysumit: Prayer by day, player by night
thetanmay: Messenger by day, I Seek You by night.
notytony: Stars and planets by day, heavenly bodies by night
rameshsrivats: Baba by day. Black sheep by night.
ShamanthRao: Pray by day. Prey by night
theevilp: “Monk by day, Bonk by night” should be the tagline of a movie!
Nauphal: Simple… -Blessing by day, kissing by night..
MathewEranat: Mass’s sage by day, massage by night
subhadeep: Mala by day…. Mala D by night.
iyerdeepak: Giving aasha by day, Balbir Pasha by night
Prashant__Nair: Arun Govil by day, Prem Chopra by night
MTVIndia: beading by day and bedding by night
rajatjain: Raam Raam japna by day, paraaya maal apna by night
parasj: Ye ander ki baat hai by day ye to bada toing hai by night…lol
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vkhater: God is all yours by day, I am all yours by night
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phunkiefresh: God is all yours by day, I am all yours by night
vidya_rajaram: Moral by the day , Oral by the night
b50: high by day, thigh by night.
avinash_y: Adresses Distress by day Undresses Mistress by night
krishashok: Teacher by day, teach her by night
notytony: God-man by day, lay-man by night
krishashok: Enjoy the present moment by day, Enjoy a pleasant moment at night
samsearth: Actor by day, Act Whore by night
psr: (Bhagavad)Gita by day, Ranjitha by night.
rameshsrivats: Satyam Shivam by day. Sundaram by night.
iyermatter: “Om Shanti Om” by day, “If you come today” by night?
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theevilp: Cheese by day, sleaze by night
shankrao: Janam by day, jannat by night
avinash_y: Sloka by day sutra at night
bhargavrajan: Divine by day, dive-in by night
milcom_: Hey Bhagwan by Day, Oh My God by Night
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fakebalthakre: Talking Head by day, Giving Head by night
krishashok: Robes by day, disrobes by night; Radio Gaga by day, Lady Gaga by night; Healing the masses by day, feeling the masses by night
kaprasanna: O-Palanhare by day, choli ke piche kya hai by night
revaanandaguru: Blessing by day, undressing by night
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ChandruPandian: fasting by the day, feasting by night
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adityar: Divine message by day, divine massage by night
vidhyavenkat: Vidya upasana by day, vidya up asana by night
wlsuch: pooja & aarti by day, Pooja & Aarti by night
tam007: Preach Gita in Morning, Breach Geetha in Nigh
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rameshsrivats: “Hari Om Shanti” by day. “Hurry home Shanti” by night
gouthamdl: Shubashitha by day, Shobhana by night
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shenoyvarun86: Come my disciples in the morning, Cum my disciples in the night
logic: Oat meal by day, rasagulla by night
rameshsrivats: Raagam in the morning. Dhaanam (charity) in the afternoon. And Pallavi at night.
vkhater: Changing postures (meditation) by day, Changing positions by night
liberalcynic: Tithi by day, titty by night
__hS: He actually was following ‘ A titty devo bhava ‘ (atithi devo bhava)
rameshsrivats: Baba by day. Black sheep by night.
vsharms: Maun vrat by day, Moan vrat by night
jestme: discourse by day, intercourse by night
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desinole: Swamy for the day, Maami for the night.
thetanmay: Swahaa by day and Aaah Aaaaah by night.
notytony: God-man by day, lay-man by night
nikhilnarayanan: Oral by day, oral by night.
YaavanoObba: Ashram by day, aisho-aaram by night
shan: Pontificate during day fornicate during night
Bashan during day Passion during night
shan: Pray by day Prey by night
shan: Chant by day pant by night
High thoughts by day lower your shorts by night
shan: TAKE her to GOD by day GIVE her the ROD by night
Archana: Samadhi by the day, Sumadhi for the night
shan: Say, “come to your maker by day”, make her come by night
shan: Devotional mantra by day sexual tantra by night
shan: Spiritual lecture in the morning, spirited lecher in the night
shan: Dispense your advice to all by morning, display all your vice by night
shan: Chaste sanyass by day, chase some ass by night
Administer to spiritual needs by day; indulge in carnal deeds by night
shan: Divine ma star (master) by day, supine porn star by night
Ramesh S: twiter in the day tutor in the night
Ramesh S: Jothi in the day and JOTHY in the nights
shan: Says he is the lord during the day, reveals himself to be a common turd at night
shan: Ram-ji-ka naam during day Ran-ji-tha saath kaam during night
shan: Says he is GOD by day, shows that he is a lowly DOG by night
All these one-liners were compiled by http://blog.blogadda.com and I included some of the comments on the site which also had one-liners on Nithyananda and those are moderated by me to be put on this blog. Hope you enjoyed these hilarious one liners! We will follow the Nithyananda scandal story and update you as soon as possible as and when events unfold! Thank you for following the posts on Nithyananda!
These posts are intended to create awareness and I believe that people should not resort to Swamijis like Nithyananda to attain peace of mind! There are a lot of practical ways to attain the same!
"I think I always invent or discover! But history never lets me do so!" - Me :)!
I was lazy enough at night to do a Google search on AR Rahman and Sachin Tendulkar as I was about to write their having a lot of things in common! Out of curiosity, I did have a search after I posted the previous article! Such an article had already arrived when Mohammed Kaif was playing cricket for India! I had the same comparison conception plenty of years back which was a random thought that kept recurring!
But just as you have Sachin and Rahman being similar, there are thinkers who think similar! "Wise men think alike" is always a consolation prize in reality! Here is an article that interested me from a blog!
A startling but very logical coincidences between 2 of the greatest men of 90s. They characterized the 90s and were icons of the youth at that time (including me). Just see the startling similarities between these 2:
Comprehensive similarities between A.R.Rahman and Sachin Tendulkar:
Entry into their respective fields:
A.R.Rahman: 1992
Sachin Tendulkar: 1989
They were an instant hit because:
A.R.Rahman: Blasting music, classical songs at a very young age
Sachin Tendulkar: Swashbuckling batting and a great cricketing sense at a very young age
How they stood out from others?
A.R.Rahman: First to bring digital touch to Indian music and compose fusion that no one else dares to think off
Sachin Tendulkar: First to explore the first 15-over field restrictions, score centuries at bouncy, tough tracks like Perth.
As time moved on:
A.R.Rahman: Stopped producing blasting music, instead delivered Classical melodies like Taal & swades out of maturity.
Sachin Tendulkar: Stopped going over the top to bowlers, instead played exquisite drives and late cuts and produced innings with a lot of maturity.
Character similarity:
A.R.Rahman: Shy towards media and lets his keyboard answer his critics
Sachin Tendulkar: Shy towards media and lets his bat answer his critics
Media point of view:
A.R.Rahman: Darling of Mumbai and London press
Sachin Tendulkar: Darling of Mumbai and London press
International attention:
A.R.Rahman: Admired by Andrew Lloyd Webber , Micheal jackson (who wore a t-shirt having Rahman's photo on it which says, "Legend, I salute you!") and many other international music reviewers who want him to compose for Hollywood films.
Sachin Tendulkar: Adored by the man himself the "DON Bradman", Mike Atherton (who compared Sachin to W.G.Grace) and a never ending list of Australian, English, Kiwi, West-indian players.
Earnings:
A.R.Rahman: Draws 1 Crore/ film, ambassador of Bharti telecom, sizzled with the Airtel ad
Sachin Tendulkar: unimaginable money on contracts with big commercial giants and sizzles in Pepsi ads
Records:
A.R.Rahman: 4 national awards, 16 filmfare awards, his music sold 200 million copies around the world and success rate of 80%+ album sales in Indian movies.
Sachin Tendulkar: Look at this for a record: 46 ODI centuries, 47 TEST centuries, 17,000+ runs in ODI's, 44+ average in ODI's and 52+ average in Tests. What else u can ask for?
Popularity:
A.R.Rahman: Has a huge fan following in India and in south he is a demi-god and captures the imagination of NRI's throughout the world.
Sachin Tendulkar: According to a survey, he is the most popular man in the Country edging out the Prime minister and Shah-rukh-khan. He is popular in places like the U.S where even the game is not that popular (featured in an exclusive article in an American sports magazine)
Career Graph & Present form:
A.R.Rahman: Had fabulous nineties with all his albums doing well in this time. Reached dizzying heights during this period. Had flops with major banners since 2001, which got the critics interested. Had a great 2003 within this lean patch with Boys creating sales records. His fans base however is intact, proved that with success of "A Ah" album.
Sachin Tendulkar: The star of 90’s, his batting propelled him into a youth icon status in India and was concurred with many awards from the government. Being pressurized by the detractors for an imaginary loss of form and injury worries since 2001. Had a great world cup 2003 scoring runs at will. Recently has had a good innings in a one-day match to prove that he is still fit.
(Their career-graph is one of the most fascinating things I have ever noticed, they always seem to have good times together. Bad times also coincide for both of them)
Fans:
A.R.Rahman: Die-hard fans want him to go back to 90’s style of composing
Sachin Tendulkar: Never say die fans want him to take up 90s style of swashbuckling batting.
Successors:
A.R.Rahman: His successors like Yuvan shankar raja and himesh reshammiya are more successful than him right now but no way near to him in terms of class. (I disagree with this point)
Sachin Tendulkar: Yuvraj Singh, Mohammed Kaif (with this one also) are more popular with people than him right now but as the old west-Indian saying goes: FORM IS TEMPORARY BUT CLASS IS PERMANENT.
Duplicates:
A.R.Rahman: Has a duplicate called Harris jeyaraj who not only copies his music and composing style but also his hairstyle and way of speaking in interviews. (Highly agreeable point)
Sachin Tendulkar: Virendar sehwag, a natural duplicate of Sachin Tendulkar with looks and batting style similar to him. Virender Sehwag is called as the “Najafgarh ka Tendulkar”. (Najafgarh is Virendar sehwag’s hometown.)
Where will they end up?:
A.R.Rahman: Probably will put India into the world map of music and create records which upcoming Indain M.D's can just dream off.
Sachin Tendulkar: It would probably take an android or a special species of human being to erase his record in Cricket. Will always be remembered as the greatest ever Batsman of modern era!
What fascinated me was the similarity in the thoughts of Harris Jeyaraj as the duplicate for A.R.Rahman and Virender Sehwag as the duplicate for Sachin Tendulkar. Virender Sehwag became famous in the year 2001, I guess with his quick hundred against New Zealand, if I am right. Similarly, Harris Jeyaraj became famous in 2001 with 'Minnale".
This comparison was already made and posted on a forum by a guy called Maddy! The other thoughts are my own!
I always feel some kind of similarity between AR Rahman and Sachin Tendulkar! The Oscar winner has also reached the peak of his career along with the batting maestro! Earlier they started off at almost about the same time. They started around the early 90s.
A.R.Rahman started his career when he was a young boy. He had a deep love for music! Similarly Sachin Tendulkar started playing cricket at the age of 3. A.R.Rahman took to making jingles at almost the same time when Sachin Tendulkar was playing for the domestic teams!
Sachin Tendulkar got a break in International Cricket during 1989 but he became a familiar household name by 1992, 93 and 94 by which time Rahman also turned a household name! Both Sachin and Rahman had the peak of their careers in the years 1994, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99 and 2000.
After 2000 both of them got slightly hit in their careers. They rose back to past glory occasionally. It might seem that Sachin Tendulkar had the biggest slump after 2000 but it is also true that A.R.Rahman did not fare as much as he did in the 90s.
AR Rahman and Sachin back to form
Sachin Tendulkar was not so convincing again to many (excluding those who understood the dynamics of the game) till 2006 and neither was AR Rahman so convincing. It was after 2007 that people started to notice them getting back to their best!
Now Rahman won the oscars, grammy and bafta! Sachin Tendulkar scored the double century in 2010. Tell me how long is it since Sachin Tendulkar scored the 200 after Rahman won Grammy! It was hardly a month I guess.
Similar Character traits of Rahman and Sachin
Have you ever observed that both their characters are very similar? Both Rahman and Sachin are reclusive individuals who concentrate extremely on their professions. I also believe both have been praised for their sheer original talent. When there are about half-a-dozen music plagiarizers in India, AR Rahman is known for his talent and Sachin Tendulkar's talent is unquestionable!
AR Rahman's songs are relatively original! When it comes to both their characters, they are very similar and that is for each and everybody to witness.
Above all, both of them have put India on top of the world through their love for the profession they have been in. They have nothing else to breach, no more records to be made and no more awards to be won! They both are at their peak with no saturation point above them! They keep going all the time! There is no stopping these two great individuals!
They both have contributed significantly to our nation! What more can they do? Right when you ask this question, both AR Rahman and Sachin Tendulkar come back with some form of an even greater achievement than all their previous achievements! They both have made India stand proud amidst all the nations in the world! They can never be forgotten and history will never dare to erase them from its pages!
Let me finish off with a pun! Both AR Rahman and Sachin Tendulkar make records! Does AR Rahman break records? LOL!!!!! One more to end this article! Both are called maestros!
Sachin Tendulkar has been making headlines since he scored the first double century in One Day Internationals. Since then, I have gone berserk along with the whole cricketing world. The Commonwealth Cricket playing nations published headlines praising the master!
Here are some of the headlines from the leading newspapers across the world!
SYDNEY HERALD - Australia
Master's Masterpiece at Gwalior
The Arcade - South Africa
Milestone man reaches mt 200. Unlucky to have him on wrong side.
The Hidayat - Pakistan
Sachin proved.
South Africa bowed.
The morning sun - England
An Indian mastering our national game.
The Master truly commands a lot of respect amidst the cricketing fraternity all over the world. The Journalists have written about Sachin Tendulkar with heartfelt praise for the master. This is a situation where the praise is undeniable. Everyone feels the true value of the effort and the batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar was flawless on the day he scored the 200.
There was no little room for error. Not even a single chance was given. If he was able to play with such flawless ease, then it is all intuitional cricket for the little man. Ravi Shastri remains etched on my mind with his remarks that batting is Sachin Tendulkar's muscle memory. His muscle plays cricket, feels it and dictates what to play.
I think it was Ravi Shastri who said that a bowling machine is bowling and the batting machine is batting. Sachin Tendulkar is regarded as the batting machine. Sachin Tendulkar is a super-computer that knows all deliveries in its memory and responds to each with Intelligence. I can never stop being hyperbolic about him and it will continue for a long long time to come in the future!
Ian Chappell and his beloved brother Greg Chappell once blatantly tried to end the genius's career by saying that Sachin was at the fag end of his career. Who had taken them seriously? Greg Chappell sensed that the reason behind Sachin Tendulkar's success was nothing but his opening the One Day innings.
He suggested that Sachin step down the order to make himself play better. It was because naturally lower order batsmen do not get much opportunities to score as top order batsmen do. The reason behind this is the seemingly outspoken and honestly commenting former cricketers tried to end the career of the genius for Ricky Ponting to beat all the records Sachin has made.
I personally do not match Sachin Tendulkar against Ricky Ponting. I do not feel any greatness on either side in doing that! But now Sachin Tendulkar has become the master! I hope Greg Chappell and Ian Chappell are available for one more round of interviews in India and some reporter puts forth this question!
It would be interesting to see what the two former greats will answer to this question!
Tendulkar and I share the same birthdays. He was born on 04-24-1973 which translates into April, 24, 1973. I was born on the same day though a fourteen years later in the year 1987.
Have you wondered if Bhajji was right? Harbhajan Singh who had said that Sachin Tendulkar was better than Sir Don Bradman feels to me as rather right with his remark. But there is more to it that might count to make a player either better than Sir Don Bradman or at par with the great!
Earlier Cricket was only Test Cricket! The game has been in existence over the past couple of centuries but cricket became popular since the very beginning of the twentieth century. But then there were not much developments on the game during a Bradman. Sachin Tendulkar was the destiny's child who chanced upon the game by destiny at a time when the impact of One Day Cricket was felt upon the Test Cricket Runs Per Over.
A time when Test Cricket was played with four runs per over. Sachin Tendulkar was one who came to the game after India won the World Cup. The Indian Team, I believe, had hitherto been an underdog in the ODI format ever since the first World Cup. I mean prior to the World Cup win in 1983.
Sachin Tendulkar had an innate ability with the bat which came at the very age of three. His love for the game could have started much before he held his first bat and took his stance.
Sachin and Bradman
Sachin Tendulkar vs Sir Don Bradman is the debate that was once initiated when Sir Don Bradman observed that Tendulkar's batting style was similar to his. He was a prolific run scorer and so was Sachin. They both played the same kind of shots. I had not known a certain Bradman before Sachin Tendulkar was invited by the great man! But I always knew Sachin Tendulkar since two years after my birth.
Who would know how Don Bradman would look at the one day game, if he were young and he would play it? So Sachin Tendulkar's cricket coincided with the proliferation of the One Day format and it is surprising that Twenty 20 has not had much impact on him. The twenty 20 format of the game can be ranked much below the willowing skills of the master!
The younger players of the Indian team who put up very good occasional shows are much humbled by the presence of the God before them. They know the caliber of the man.
To me, I understand that Bhajji's remarks come as a backlash against the Australian fraternity with whom he has had the worst of tiffs with. It is not only the chancing upon on the evolution of the game that has made the little man great!
It is love, passion and ability all intertwined to make Sachin Tendulkar the God!
Sachin Tendulkar has been nominated for the Bharat Ratna Award and he rightly deserves so! After all, what could you say about a man who has lived all his life with achievements? Every criticism about the direct incarnation of the God has been dispelled. I could only be happy with the hero of my childhood continuing to reign supreme as the hero of my youth.
I can watch him play for eternity and cry forever whenever he gets out. These days, a subtler version of the crying is to subtly switch off the TV and take a walk. If there are abilities, they are always there inside a man. It was absurd when people said he lost his touch and stroke making. Mind you! I heard Ravi Shastri saying that batting is simply muscle memory for the little man.
I would like to also mention people like Gavaskar and all the players of yesteryears who call Sachin as the best of players in the world despite their being called the same at several points of time. Let him live cricket, as he always does, as long as he wants. I am even more happy if the speck of support that I provide will make him stay longer in the game and create more of records.
Sachin Tendulkar has the power of a billion individuals and despite the presence of my support, he will always keep going and make and break many more records!
The master has given 200 percent of himself. What more can you ask of Sachin Tendulkar? At this historical moment, that just happened minutes before, I do not want to take a lash at the critics who did a hatchet job on Sachin Tendulkar during the least of his failures. I would request them not to do it again.
If Sachin Tendulkar were to quit cricket some two or three years back, then there was no history made today. The proud that such a history was made by an Indian who is termed the Cricketing God of the world, is more than enough to suffice. While Sachin Tendulkar was on 110 or 120, I was feeling like he had never scored enough.
That is the greed that I want to see Sachin Tendulkar play. I would take some other time to lash out at critics who prophesied the end of Sachin Tendulkar. Dear Critics, that is never to be! And you are as wrong as a murky astrologist!
Sachin Tendulkar is the living God of Cricket! There is no denying that! Let him play as long as he wants to because there is nobody who knows cricket better than Sachin Tendulkar! An arm chair as you are - no match to the little master! The maestro lives and he still does! He will do so as long as he wants to!
He is the best astrologer for himself! Please do not predict his career! Your predictions were shattered to all parts of the Captain Roop Singh Stadium! His new willow answered all your questions with a slap on your ugly faces! Just as Langeveldt today, you are ready to take the boxing bout!
Sachin Tendulkar is the king of cricket! He is the God of Cricket! Please do not incur the wrath of God! If you want to prove yourself a genius, there are a lot of ways! But Sachin Tendulkar is not one! Sachin Tendulkar's love for the game is still in tact! In fact, the love craves for more!
Sachin Tendulkar will be etched in Cricketing history for my Great Granddaughters and sons to see! Sachin Tendulkar might have played 442 matches so far, but he has made a thousand records! All of Sachin Tendulkar's records cannot be broken by all the cricketing fraternity out there including the Pontings and the Laras.
The God of Cricket lives on forever in the history of cricket! He is one of the greatest ambassadors of the game! Cheers to Sachin Tendulkar! 2011 will mark the peak of his career and there is no saturation point even after that! Sachin Tendulkar seems to keep going for another five more years!
He is as fit as that! He is still young as he always was or as he was when he was sixteen years old! I have been watching him since childhood and cricket is boring without Sachin Tendulkar! There is no cricket without Sachin Tendulkar! He will keep going and make as many records as possible and will also break and snub the noses of his critics! Love you Sachin! There is no match for you in the world of cricket!
You are the best! Sachin Tendulkar is the best in the history of the game! There will be no one to match Sachin till the turn of the next century! I do not want to finish and I will keep going as long as Sachin Tendulkar does! Keep going Sachin! We are with you!
