India Vs SA - Chennai First Test Match

I watched the first test match between India and South Africa from Coromandel Cement Stand (H) on 3rd and 4th day. It was the first attempt from my side to venture into crowds and I enjoyed it fully.

On Cricket:

Lovely to see Sehwag scoring a triple hundred. He was at ease and punched all around the park. He never seemed to be under pressure whereas he put the bowlers under severe test. Dravid was normal and played at his own pace. Great third day indeed.

Play turned upside down on fourth day and South african bowlers took the match under control and dismissed India. I thought India would go and score 700 runs or so but it turned out to be "No Way". Couldnt understand why players like Sachin, Ganguly , Laxman & Dhoni didnt play their natural game and acted as if they are under pressure.

Come on guys.. where is the pressure when you are near "scores level" ?

On Stadium:

Nothing much to say. All I can say, choose Canara bank, IOB or Coromandel stand for good view of the pitch and if you want to avoid the hot sun effect to reasonable extent.

Free for all male toilets..very transparent without any partition. Bisibelabath, Melaga bajji, Curd Rice, Vada available all over the stadium.

No Queue system during lunch and tea breaks. But "outpass" concept was damn good and using that one can get out of stadium anytime and come back. No real checking by security guards... I could spot lot of people sneaked in with digi cams even though it is prohibited under rule.

Good to see posters on discrimination (effect of symond - monkey episode) !!!!!!

On People:

Genrally noisy. And players who came to boundary line greeted fully. Everyone is so curious to come on TV definitely. One poster "Multan Sultan is now Chiranjeevi of Chennai".

Overheard:

1. Enna Sir.. Sehwag 300 adippana? (when Sehwag was at 285)... reply came: adicha pottuduvan... (what a reply :) )

2. Generally, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman were most cursed players from the spectator's point of view.

Final Conclusion:

If one likes cricket and if one can tolerate maximum noise, pls do visit the stadium once. It gives a real "feel good" factor.

Thanks once again to Radio One for giving the ticket as "contest winner"; Good selection folks... especially for the "H" Stand.

chennai cricket

I am going to watch the first test match between India Vs South Africa - live at chennai cheupak stadium. Do check out for my detailed update by week end about my experience. Thanks to - Radio One 94.3 contest.

Some chennai events

1. What to say... heavy rains lashed Tamil Nadu. Tuticorin recorded the heaviest rain in the past 25 years. Chennai's quota was for couple of days. What to say...
I like the effect the climate change :)

2. AIADMK lawyer joined DMK. He quit Jaya for not getting re-nomination for rajya sabha. But i would say, this could be a dangerous move for Jaya due to Jothi's possession of litigation secrets. DMK's vengence mind is highly popular for those who follow TN politics. Look what is happening with Vijaykant's farm land....

3. Times of India is going to launched chennai edition as a morning daily sometime in april. Heavy door to door marketing for subscription is being witnessed.

F1 - Sepang

Lovely race in Sepang. Sad to see the mechanical issue with Massa's car and without that Ferrari would have had a best possible race.

F1 - Australia

Australia F1 - Turned out to be a miserable race indeed. So many accidents – the one involving Timo Glock was really bad. Felt very happy to note that his health was in tact.

Ferradi, Force India, Red Bull had a dismal week end. Rosberg had a great finish. I somehow liked the way Heikki Kovalainen drove.

By the way, I liked the new Honda commercial showing all their product range (shown during the race).

Coffee Break

Investor: Sir… You are following market for a long period. Tell me what's happening…

Stock Pandit: US is in recession, bcoz of which some loans of banks have gone bad. So., US market is very weak. All the other markets sneeze when US get cold. That's why.

Investor: hmmm… good time to buy now? The market has come down quite a bit.

Stock Pandit: Not really. Actually, it is quite complex. Interest rates are cut that's why commodities are going up and currencies are dropping. Hence, profitability would be affected. Huge panic in stock market, no one wants to buy stocks… kind of untouchable L;

Investor: So, u mean to say, whatever we do, we will end up in loss, huh? LLL

Titbits

Some titbits:

1. Saw the chilling lahore attack gate crash video in the news channels today and feeling little disturbed.

2. Newyorker Spitzer - Resigned after exposed from a sex scandal. He was a successful state attorney general for 8 years before becoming mayor. Very foolish act of money transaction for his background.

3. What more goodies would come out Ben Bernanke? I am little sceptical about interest rate cuts after mar 18 fed meeting.