India in Beijing Olympics

After Abhinav Bindra's Gold, India has not had many success in Beijing. Rathore,Saina,Sania and other contingent is all out of the games, the only hopes for another medal is from the Tennis Stars Mahesh & Peas pair and to an extent Anju George.

It was heart breaking for the whole of India and Saina to have missed from a formidable position in the quarter-final. Good that her performance is being noticed and the Netball Federation has recognized her feet to award cash prize of 1 lakh (Yes you read it correct its just 1 lakh) at least they have come forward to recognize her effort. This is the most sad state of affairs of many federations with no funds and no initiative to approach corporates for sponsor's. I am 200% sure that the big corporates like Tata,Reliance,UBGroup,Sahara would have provided funds to reward her achievements with much better cash award, its the lack of initiative and will to do that.

She is young and talented and this is the time to appreciate her efforts and keep faith and provide all facilities to get her ready for the next Olympics. Cash award of 1 lakh in these days will not help in any way but feel bad. I also feel that the corporates should take some interest in special talents like Saina and spend time and money and provide her with what ever is needed to make her the champion. I am hopeful and this will happen in time and its up to the sports governing body to move things in their favor.



India takes on SriLanka in ODI

Dhoni was in the receiving end this time from the sports journalists with the repeated question on " How Indian Batsmen plan to take on the Magical Mendis". Dhoni put it rightly stating that its up to the individual person and what were you talk and plan in the dressing room its up to the player to tackle the bowling on the pitch on a given day. He is perfectly true, even if you see 100's of video its not going to help, how one plays on the given day makes the difference.

Yet another accolade for Sachin from his captain on scahin's absence due to injury and how it affects the team.

"It's not just his contribution with bat and the ball, but he comes up with brilliant suggestions and advice on the field. The impact he has in the dressing room is great."

I think this is the best chance for the youngsters like RohitSharma,Raina,Kohli,Badrinath to prove that they can deliver in the main stage and its also a challenge for Youraj and Gambhir to prove that they can take the responsibility of carrying the team to victory. Good that finally the selectors have given a break to Ishant Sharma and it should do good to him and be fit for the forth coming Australian Test Series at home.

On the side line, Sreeshanth is making waves in Bollywood functions playing host with Mandira. He was left out from the Indian team for fitness problems but was fit to perform a full dance sequence with Mandira Bedi and also kept the crowd enjoying with his acting skills. Good he has a carrier after cricket :):)