March 12 2006

This day would always be cherished by one and all who are passionate about sports.

I had three things on my schedule that day .

The India V/s England Test ( Played at Mohali Day 4) , The New Season Grand Prix , and the Austrailia V/s SA series showdown.

India v/s England

India had a good outing at Mohali, with Kumble helping India to bag 5 English wickets by the end of the day , throwing a door wide open for Indian Victory. This was eventually possible by some nerve-racking deliveries by Munaf Patel ( is this a Baruch Express in Making ) the debutant and the ever reliable WALL leading from the front.

Bahrain Grand Prix

Alonso had Schumacher on his toes after lap 39. This happened although the multiple time champ had the pole , Alonso eventually crossing the chequered flag with 2 sec lead over the veteran champ. Ofcourse the highlight, Kimi Raikonnen having a podium finish though he happened to be the last one on the poles. Will luck run out for him in 2006 ?? The baffling question is yet to be answered.THe hot favorites finish at the podium giving a splendid start 06 Grand Prix season.


SA v/s Aus (The showdown )

But that day eventually belonged to Gibbs the SA one down batsman who just ran through Aussie bowlers shattering new world record of 434 runs in 50 overs which was set up a few hours earlier.

It is same man who was told "Boy, you have lost the oppurtunity to hold the World Cup " By the then Aussie Captain S. Waugh, when he dropped Waughs catch, (actually can you call that a drop, I woudnt not say that) in what can be called a quarter final match of 2003 World Cup.
The real fear came when NTINI came into bat with 2 runs to win, Last wicket and 2 balls remaining. The way he, the man who rarely holds the bat properly took that single saved SA being tagged yet again the " UNLUCKY " ones.

There was indeed a message to Ricky Ponting and co
" Welcome to the Real World " .


Futbol Mundial

Ofcourse the day didn't end there. This just happened while I was surfing through the TV channels . Hey I am talking about Arsenal beating Liverpool , the score lise reading 2-1 the only disappointmen of the day . Oh ! The reason being I do not support Arsenal .