Friday, November 25, 2005

Why the grass is green at Eden Gardens?

By John Cheeran
Why the grass is green at Eden Gardens?
Well…that’s the way of those fifth columnists in Calcutta to get even with the Team India.
It seems Cricket Association of Bengal has taken orders from Sourav Ganguly to leave the grass on the wicket today that South African fast bowlers can put India on the defensive.
I thought the host nation always prepared wickets to suit their game.
But then again the Bhadralok thinks different from the rest of India.
The reason why grounds man prepared the juicy wicket for the fourth one-dayer was that Ganguly was not playing for India.
Only when the Maharaj wants to play, the Calcutta curator prepares a typical Eden wicket to conceal his weakness against fast bowling.
Doordarshan commentator Arun Lal went on record saying that he has never seen a grassy wicket like the one today at Eden Gardens. That tells it.
It is just as well that Rahul Dravid lost the crucial toss.
This is it.
It is time now that Team India should see it to that fifth columnists do not enter the dressing room.

1 comment:

vilakudy said...

Good that you have taken an anticipatory bail.Why you crib about the pitch? Why are you worried if the grass is green or brown? A world-class team with a world-class captain should not get bogged down by green tops. Anyway, only Ganguly can't play pace bowlers. Others excel in such conditions. So why you worry? If you are supporting a team and its class, then let it be any surface. Anyway the truth is out. If the opposition is weak, you are strong. You can't play even Pollock and Nel. Then how are you going to play Lee and McGrath and bring the world cup back? The Team India is being murdered though you have taken an anticipatory bail. Maybe you can send an SMS to Rahul telling him to diclose that Ganguly is behind the green top. Or your so-called sources.
Don't weave conspiracy theories.

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