India wins series in style

Respected Brother

Sadar Charan Sparsh
Bade din kI Badi shubhkaamnayen.. you had given a good vivid account of Kolkata days that I had sought.. what if.. if it was not cricket.. it had Christamas around it and what could be more fitting than one could ask for..

You have been showing yjay all your energies are not cornered around acting skills alone.. you have reserved good amount for your excellent writing skills.. it gives me a great pleasure to read the long detailed accounts from you.. and you obliged with an extremely exciting piece on reaching Mumbai from Dubai..

I would have loved to praise the young man Virat Kohli yesterday.. better late than never.. here is a sensible young cricketer who has graduated well from his teens into sheens.. does that makes sense the phrase.. I would not know.. I wanted to say that he has most easily jumped into manhood from childhood.. his knock of whatever I saw reminded me of how cricket is to be played even in the shortest verson.. working out singles, converting bad deliveries into boundaries. and taking care that you are not carried away into thinking that you are Sehwag..

Well done Virat.. had been championing the cause for the inclusion of all-rounders and with your fielding skills and ability to bowl when needed does put you into that bracket.. it is a different story that nether Dhoni nor Sehwag has given it a thought that you know how to use your bowling arm.. that is all right.. he will be tested soon on that count too in front of his home crowd..

Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli were going neck to neck and the way they were playing it was only a matter of academic interest who scores his century first.. here it seems Gambhit helped him register his century before him.. the gesture to hand over his man of the match award to the young colleague who had essayed his first (maiden) hundred in international cricket was a very humanly move.. Hats off to you Gautam (Buddha) Gambhir.. you have certain calmness and confidence that every cricketer world wide would love to have.. you ake a perfect foil to Swashbbuckling Viru..

I had yesterday named two teams for India and would love that it does happen sooner than later..

Wishing all a Merry Christmas all over again..

Abhaya Sharma

PS Virender Sehwag I do not mind congratulating you on two consecutive victories.. they were important as the came against no mean team.. the Lankans have good talent and Dilshan has been tamed.. finally.. yet dropping or rather not finding place for Praveen Kumar is a question you will have to answer..