Hrishikesh Pallod

        "You either die a hero, or live long enough to become the villain" - The Dark Knight         There are men like Jonathan Trott who go on a sabbatical out of nowhere. There are men like Yuvraj Singh who, despite cancer, hang on. And, there are these plastic fans who should stop watching Cricket. He has never scored more than 150 in ODI's, but he has probably won more matches for us than any other player this decade. Its funny how Indians (read hypocrites) start making these stupid jokes when a player fails. Almost as if these people want India to lose to target the "scapegoat". He is one of the best finishers, one of the best fielders and a very effective bowler and was India's best player in 2007 and 2011 World Cup triumphs. Cannot imagine how India would have fared minus Yuvraj. Two wickets and 57 runs vs Australia in the second qualifier in 2011 is the perfect testament to summarize his entire career. Tendulkar and Gavaskar d...

"He's not good enough to play One Day Internationals", they said.  How many people go on to score 10,889 runs in ODI cricket after being pulled down like that?  With a methodical and technically perfect approach Rahul Dravid took Indian Cricket to a whole new level. His contribution alone is equivalent to the combined contribution of ten other successful players. May be the statistics don’t reflect this, but we all know to what extent he can go for any team he plays for. When you don’t have a captain, you go to Dravid, you don’t have a wicket keeper, you ask Dravid to keep, you can’t find an opening partner for Viru, you promote him up the order. The comparison with Sachin is inevitable.  Sachin was the reason I started watching Cricket, but Dravid gave me the reason to keep watching cricket. Unlike all big players Rahul Dravid  never played for his fans, he played for the team and HE PLAYED FOR THE GAME. He played Cricket the way it was intended to...