India and Pakistan had a cracker of a match last night. I watched it till the end, and although I’m disappointed that India lost, it was a great game nonetheless!

I appreciated the tenacity displayed by Mohammed Yousuf and Shoaib Malik in taking the Pakistani score from 3/65 in 14.4 overs to a massive score of 302.

I really enjoyed the fight that Gautam Gambhir and Suresh Raina exhibited which gave India lots of hope and belief that they could pull off an awesome win!

But, after all was said and done, I think that Pakistan were the deserving winners of that match. Their spinners out-bowled India. Their batsmen batted a lot more responsibly. In the final equation, they were a better team on the day. So why is the media crying and creating such a fuss about Dhoni not bowling Tendulkar??

There’s nothing like a good game on a relaxed Sunday morning! And I don’t mean just sitting in front of the television and watching someone else play! So, what was I doing out instead of lazing around on a Sunday?

Saturday Morning:: Dad tells me that there’s a cricket match, and I’m supposed to play in his place. “What match?”, I ask him. “It’s the Bharat Petroleum Employees vs. Distributors friendly match”, he says. Now for those of you who have visited http://www.padekar.com , you will probably be knowing that we are distributors for Bharat Petroleum’s LPG division. So, as a matter of courtesy, I took up the offer. (The fact that I wanted to see what kind of form I was in after such a long break, was another matter altogether!)