Works Of Contemplation

I admire Rahul Dravid. But wait, who does not? There are enthusiasts who say Tendulkar was a far better player than Dravid was. I chose to vehemently disagree to this. In this post, I will try to dissect the technique and temperament of the Indian cricket team's stalwarts, Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar Dravid. He was nicknamed the Wall by the cricketing fraternity for quite obvious reasons. His stats are testament to this name. He has faced a whopping 31,258 balls in Tests alone. In comparison, Sachin had faced around 23,000 and Kallis around 26,000. You might argue that Dravid played a good 30 innings higher than Tendulkar but again, where was Tendulkar when India needed an anchor at one end to stay afloat? Dravid performed this role time and again, and with immense technique and concentration. His technique can be highlighted by a particular stroke that everyone around the world plays. The cover drive. We have seen players employing this shot on the up or along the ground to ...

    The New Year begins on a sedate note, as did the previous year and the year before it. Sedate is how I view it, in spite of all the brouhaha that people in my world are currently throwing up. We need reasons to get excited, don't we? And an otherwise normal Thursday, except that a calendar has to be bought anew, sends us all into delirium. But we are social animals, hence the craving to socialize. Amid this din, I feel surprisingly calm and serene. Maybe it is because that I have many plans to make this year mine. Maybe because I hope to achieve whatever I set my mind to. Maybe the rush of many ideas, hopes and dreams, through me, of which some may see completion, some fall by the wayside, some will conveniently be forgotten and some abandoned due to difficulty. Having no impractical planes to ascend in the 15 th instalment of 21 st century, I have a particular path charted out crystal-clear and is very easily scalable. The post has my random thoughts on this year'...