Wikipedia gave me the below definition for Blog:
(A contraction of the term "Web log") is a Web site, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video - And that is what we precisely intend to do here.
To start off, we intend this to be a dedicated blog to express our views on the wonderful game of "Cricket", which we must admit; we are passionate about, to say the least.
Just as the 1st Test match between India and Australia came to a close at Bangalore, we exchanged our views as we usually do when we see a good cricket match. That’s when our cousin Mukund jokingly commented that we could join any cricket related website to give our analysis. (A much more chaotic situation than the Wall Street crisis could result if everyone who follows cricket decides to do so….)
So we thought, “Why not create a blog?” It’s enough of reading the works of the Harsha Bhogles and Ian Chappels, and it’s an attempt to experience the joy that these people get when writing on cricket.
We were wondering from where we could start writing, as our memories date back to not later than 1989 where we remember a 16 year young boy lofting Abdul Quadir over the ropes. Little did we realize that this young boy would hold the pulse of 1 billion people over the next two decades like no one else. We could recollect many of the best and worst of cricket moments right from the time we woke up early in the morning (3:00 AM) to watch India get butchered by Mark Greatbatch in the World Cup in New Zealand.
Even as I write this, two of the stalwarts (Anil and Sourav) watching whose deeds and talking about whom, a lion’s share of our teenage had passed, have called it a day. The entire country is debating about how MS Dhoni is sure to take Indian cricket to greater heights just when the country’s security and economic situations are reeling under crisis of different kinds and ones that need much more attention.
If that was sarcastic, cricket enjoys such a cult status in India that blasts and stock market crashes causes less ripples to the majority than a century from Sachin or an “I’m quitting” statement from Dada.
We will come up with posts as regularly as cricket hits headlines in India.
-Cricket Columnists Hunt in pairs too…
