T20 - 'Feverish' excitement...

Its been a long time since my last blog post, but during those months of 'inactivity' i've been busy with other things...

For 1, i've been busy with photos and posting on flickr.
My Page: http://www.flickr.com/bibinhio

For another, I've started college life and am enjoying life at Manipal Institute of Communication! But from Manipal i've been forced to come back to trivandrum with a fever that has taken me 2 and a half weeks to shake off. I'll probably be leaving for Manipal again tomorrow, and since this is the last day when i have access to the net without having to pay 4 it, i thought i'd blog again!

Now since the title goes T20 - 'Feverish' excitement, I've got 2 mention the world cup, don't I?...But i hope by now, everyone would have understood the 'feverish' part!...

But 2 say T20 has consumed the imagination of legions of cricket fans around the globe, would be putting it light, very light!!!... Frankly speaking, the inaugural match between the hosts S.A and the Carribean 'Kings' was a bit boring - cricket wise. Slap bang cricket, but still, it was a no contest between the bat and ball. Yet, Chris Gayle's massive hitting deserves a mention... a 101 m 6!...How Sir Viv Richards wuld hav enjoyed this form of the game!... Hate to think of the bowlers who'd have to bowl to him though!!!...

India vs Pakistan, a game that never fails to shock you every time... and yet this one at the T20 world cup was a shock bigger even than 9-11, one could say!... The fact that the Pak skipper Shoaib Malik and the coach, the 'experienced' Geoff Lawson did not know about the possibility of a shoot-out is something remarkable and even more foolish!...

But the game of the tournament so far, just because of the unbelievable nature of it, has to be little David(Zim) slaying the mighty Goliath(Aus)!... In there first ever world cup match back in 1983 an inspired Zimbabwe defeated Australia, and now in their first T20 World cup match, they've done the same, and to the same old adversary again!...Its a shame they were knocked out though.

Its a bit early to say who's gonna win... India is in a strong group along with the Black Caps, the hosts and the brewery happy Queen's men!!!... The mighty kangaroos look ready to hop back into form and the Lankan Lions are roaring led right from the front by the 38 years young Sanath Jayasuriya!... Pakistan could yet be a force to reckon with as long as Shahid Afridi fires and the Bangladeshi Tigers are as much a pushover as USA or China at the Olympics!!!!!...

Any of the eight teams could win it from here...but two things are for sure, I'll be supporting India and I'm not likely to at all get bored in the process...T20, Cricket's answer to the global brand of football...

Cheers.

BiBinhio.