Cricket...

I am writing about cricket after a long time. India-Pakistan series should be right time to start talking about it. :)

This weekend there was nothing much to do other than cricket which is as dull as it can get. Pakistan has rolled out the flattest pitches available in the country. Are they afraid of losing to India? After a good show against England, they would be happy to get a drawn series against India. Nobody is talking about that. Because there are more interesting things to talk about. For example, is Ganguly's career over? Should Dravid open the batting?

Ganguly was drafted into first test squad perhaps because of pressure from cricket board. It is obvious because there was no reason to drop him against SL and there was no reason to change the squad for 2nd test against Pakistan. And here comes dravid as an opener. Is 5 bowler strategy just an excuse to drop Ganguly. Perhaps he will not feature in the next match also to make way for a regular opener unless India sticks to 5 bowler strategy. It is debatable whether he deserves a place in the side or not but why does it look so dubious as if there are hidden motives to not give him a chance to make a come back. One thing is for sure that he has no friends right now.

What about the match? I guess it will be another draw unless India proves their lack of application in batting just like every other time when they play a batsman short. Afridi is becoming another Jayasuriya for India. Our bowling attack lacks bowlers who can be dangerous without being dependent on helping pitches. Pathan is not consistent at all and all the talks of comparing him with greats should wait. Harbhajan looks ordinary every alternate match. It is going to be interesting to see how Tendulkar does here. He has not played much cricket off late and playing against Pakistan will tell us whether he is at his best or not. But I guess, he should be used as a bowler more often.

The series? It is going to be interesting match at Karachi if this one also ends in a draw. Let us hope now that it is not another flat pitch and there is some real cricket over there.