Farewell to Fab 3

The fab 3 or the fab 4 before have never allowed more than 4 bowlers over the years.I am quite surprised that with dhoni as allrounder, how could a team that cannot field 5 bowlers can boast of fab 3 in it. Also, the youngsters like yuvraj, kohli, raina who came into the team backed by good performances at No 3 or No 4, have to go to No 6 because of fab 3.

I mean, we talk about shewag's footwork (or lack of it) but do we realise he was originally No 4 or No 5 batsman but was forced to open because of Fab players. Azhuruddin, Lara, Inzamam are great players who started their career at No 3 but they could accommodate youngsters and push themselves down the order to even No 5. Its like telling the youngsters-"you go and do it yourselves; and if you are unsuccessful, i am there behind you to bail out the team."

Also, the DRS! Something the umpires need to be afraid of. But, how come team india with fab players afraid of this? World over players too are fans of DRS; thats because they dont want their game foiled by some howlers from umpires. How could the Indian players have different opinion? Is it probably because DRS may bring to halt abruptly Fab 3 innings anytime and that without DRS their chances of scoring big is good? By rejecting DRS, the Indians dont want to have the doubts verified. In which case, the Indians dont deserve benefit of doubts! I would suggest that the UMPIRES PRACTICE NOT GIVING BENEFIT OF DOUBT TO TEAM INDIA BUT THAT THE BENEFIT OF DOUBT SHOULD ALWAYS GO TO OPPONENT TEAM!

Lastly, to me, the Fab players have only caused more harm to Indian Cricket. I THINK WE SHOULD SAY GOOD BYE TO THESE GUYS. BUT, I AM NOT SURE IF WE SHOULD SAY "THANK YOU" before that.

The Man is Virender Shewag!

At stake was the season ending No1 position. At stake was the prize purse for season ending No1 team. At stake was the reputation of Dhoni's team that has not lost a test match before Nagpur. The safas had their tails up with Nagpur win. Steyn had the Indians scurrying for cover in the series so far. The mission to win at kolkotta was, then, going to be a handful task.

Though the safas were shot out for less than par score of 296, the test was not out of their hands specially when draw could hand them the year end No1 position.

This man, shewag, came with all guns blazing. The spectators and safas were treated with unending and ruthless attacking batsmanship. The safas had two sweepers on off side and two on on sie, but the boundries weren't stopping from this man's bat. The deficit was wiped out in no time and safas could then feel the heat of Indians piling on lead, importantly,in quick time.

We are talking pressure and heat on safas. But, the shewag's innings had another effect too. That's: taking team ahead quickly, providing momentum & direction to fellow batsmen and taking off all pressure from his fellow batsmen. His innings, thus, also provided path for tendulkar's, laxman's and dhoni's centuries.

There was one more effect like the icing on the cake:- India have never before won a test match when four players scored century in that match. The shewag's innings not only could let the team accommodate three more centuries but also a rain day too. THE MAN IS SHEWAG!