Memorable Cricket

The power of power

some of my lucky moments as spectator was when Sehwag smashed a swashbuckling 319 in Chepauk, I along with my friends was there when he scored 309 in the 4th day and which is also the quickest 300 in the world. We still consider us as one among the lucky thousands who witnessed his magic Live in the stands. We where there to witness a Test match put had the feel of a T20 and this knock was before the IPL's first season in 2008

God with play

When Sachin made cheeky shot of Swan to the boundary on the last day of the in the 2nd Test match vs England in 2008, not only did he bring his 43rd Test Century and took India to its highest test chase in Indian soil in the same ball and it was really great to see Sachin shaking hands with the ground staffs who thronged in the ground. he also brought smile to the whole of India and who's spirit was badly hurt by the terror attack. Thanks to the English team which braved to come back and the highlight was the commandos with guns instead of ball boys, some English players have tagged the Test as "commando cricket"

Anything is possible

IPL, Mumbai Indians was the hot favorites to win 2010 IPL Championships. After scoring a low total against them, CSK was written of defending some thing around 135 against a cent percent winning streak team in the tournament against a formidable line up starting from God himself, was nothing shorter than a wish. Managing to win the match while Sachin was sailing smoothly must have looked impossible, but the real hero which came to Chennai's rescue was the Chennai whether which caused Sachin to retire hurt, the Chepauk ground is also a burning furnace in the summer and the though it was a day and night match, the whether was too much to bear even for the locals, with the heat of almost a packed stadium and the heat radiating for the flood lights, it was very very difficult for someone even to see the match from the gallery, nothing to be surprised to see Sachin going back to the pavillion after the break though it would have surprised everyone around seeing the match in TV even we where surprised to see another batsmen instead of God but understood the reason, by the time he returned the Mumbai Indians' batsmen made a complete mess and the CSK bowlers made full use of it, Sachin was in a bit of pressure but still managed hit some smooth boundaries but since he had very little support from the other end which was a usual site a decade ago in the Indian team, he had to accelerate the scoring, soon and surprisingly he was out. After Sachin getting out caught in the deep it was only a matter of time but Harbajhan managed to keep the game interesting with a couple of sixes but then it was too high for the Mumbai tail to pull out, the Mumbai supporters in the crowd who were jumping in joy till Sachin dictated the CSK bowlers was in complete disbelief looking at the sudden shift in the match, they controlled 85% of the match but still couldn't win, later after the match was over we shook hands with Mumbai Indian supporters who were sitting right in front of us, one of them said "see you in the finals" eventually CSK was in the final and won from the jaws of defeat again from the Mumbai Indians