throw the book at him!

Well the first major controversy of the ipl has reared its ugly head. Some would say it was a matter of time but i never expected it to be as severe as this.

to go over the facts, prima facie evidence confirms that Harbhajan slapped or punched sreesanth in the face after the mohali match. Harbhajan claims to have been provoked by sree. While this is very plausible, there certainly can be no defending harbys actions. Assaulting a player on the field is a very serious offence (contrary to what his mother says) and should be dealt with severely. Harbhajan it must be admitted has been let off in the past. Im referring to the Monkey issue with symonds where harbys defence was that he said teri ma ki. what was surprising that that time was that everyone including the bcci acted as if this was a perfectly ok thing to say and he didnt even get a reprimand from the board. These are the people influencing the cricketers coming in are influenced by (a shame since there seem to be very few ppl who want to emulate sachin or rahul, and instead are attracted by sree and harby).

If the bcci lets him off easily, it will be one fo the worst precedents set for the gentlemans game (if you can indeed call it that anymore). In my view, a ban of at least a year is forthcoming, anything less will be a travesty. Reliance industries ahould also drop him from their squad for the disgrace he has brought. Indeed the loss of money is prehaps the only thing that will set this renegade straight. frankly i dont hink it will be such a big loss for the team either beacuse i cannot remember the last time harbhajan won us a match, and we have an undervalued spinner in murali kartik waiting in the wings.

A word on Sreesanth. If youre going to act aggresive on the field, you have to back it up. Not bawl like a baby once some one hits you. Can you imagine hayden or symonds bawling the way he did (one wonders what sree would have done if it was symonds delivering the blow). His interviews after the incident also leave a lot of explaining. IN the morning, harbhajan was his elder brother who “pushed him in the wrong place” and “didnt need to apologize”. In the evening “it was a slugfest”. What the Crap?!

This is the best oppurtunity for the bcci to staighten out the two most volatile players we have and they should not let it go abegging!

Phoenix from the ashes- A and E

Aquatix:

ah!a good comeback for the royal challengers..what with the changes they made by bringing chanderpaul and ross taylor in..the run rate increased reasonably..awesome contribution from boucher…and even though kallis’s role might have seemed insignificant…his was the most important one over there…ok i’ll take back my words about dravid and charu sharma making a fool out of mr Mallya…dravid was also quite unbelievable played pretty decently…and the best part was the mr mallya’s best investment had something to cheer about today..now we have to sit back and see how the other matches go…

Enthusiastix:

I have always maintained that one match is no yardstick to judge any team in any game, least of all in t20. Yeah the changes were pretty crucial. Once steyn and kumble return (and hopefully remove joshi uncle) well be even stronger. Hope this shuts some naysayers mouths. I tell you its damn irritating to listen to ppl who dont follow the game, become cricket experts after one match and start passing judgment. Its even more irritating to watch ppl cheer whoever happens to be winning at the time without any sense of loyalty and then act proud when ‘their’ team wins. Support isnt about jumping on the bandwagon of the winning team. Its about staying loyal to your team even when theyre down (thats when support counts the most). Achtung baby, bangalores on its way!

Opening ceremony- by aquatix

ok we were live witnesses to what happened at the inaugural IPL match…the opening ceremony was something which i’ve not seen in india before..though the one at the afro asian games had similar fireworks…it started off with snakar,eshaan and loy singing 2 dance numbers…then nfl’s washington redskins cheerleaders entered the ground to entertain us…this was followed by various acrobats…which was just amazing…this was followed by the introduction of all the captains…mr tendulkar got the loudest cheer easily….following this mr gavaskar read out regarding the ethics about the game…and he specifically stated taht each team should respect their opponents…later on mr sharad pawar,the icc president and mr modi spoke to a crowd who were bored to tears thanks to those trio..

finally we got on with the toss…mr dravid despite winning the toss elected to field..which i knew was a disastrous decision for the royal challengers…1 mistake had already been done…but we still had a chance or that’s what i thought until the 2nd over started and brendon mc cullum went bonkers…even though the royal challengers were the team subjected to the ROYAL THRASHING by mc cullum..it was a sight to see someone hit a 150 in a t20 match…that’s like hitting more than a triple century in a 50 over match…i’m quite sure you people’ll know the scores so there’s no point going into that sector..it also hurts to type that stuff….coming to the best investment mr Mallya made…the redskins cheerleaders..they were our best buy:):) no doubt about that…initially they had no idea what was happening on the field so they were cheering for the works of mc cullum…later on someone told them that they were supposed to cheer only for the royal challenger’s exploits..and the poor girls had nothing to do after that than swat mosquitoes around them…the other positive thing of the match was the presence of the glamorous MISS KATRINA KAIF..though she did not make her presence felt..like Mr khan and local star Mr upendra who were dancing’n all….

coming to think of why the royal challengers lost so badly..the toss was 1 thing i agree…but what about the team they had chosen…Mallya spent the 2nd highest amount during the bidding…and what happened after that??beats me…looks like mr Dravid and Charu sharma made a fool out of him(lets hope its not that)
hopefully we’ll have stern and bracken back in our future games to salvage some broken pride for the royal challengers….

Dont count out the challengers- by enthusiastix

Loads of interest in the ipl, now that its only a few days away. And our very own royal challengers are involved in the opening fixture itself. While not the strongest side on paper, i feel they arent as ‘chanceless’ as people are making them out to be.

For starters, predicting anything in this format of the game is near impossible. Who thought india would win the t20 cup? who thought zimbabawe would beat australia? who thought south africa would crumble the way they did (ok… perhaps some ppl thought that )

Secondly, bangalore is taking a very different approach to this tournament (mainly thansk to martin crowe and dravid me thinks) that might just work. Seems to me they think the key lies in outbowling the opposition. I mean, bangalore has a very good bowling side, perhaps the best in the competition with Steyn (red hot right now), Bracken, Kumble, Khan, Kumar and even kallis.

As far as the batting is concerned, i agree it looks like a test squad and was also disappointed when i first saw it. On thinking it over, i realized that all our batsmen are class players who have proven themselves in pressure situations (chanderpaul recently hit a six off the last ball).  Still, glad we got Ross Taylor and Misbah (cant understand how we got him so cheap, think his purchase might prove crucial)

Thirdly, it must be remembered that only four international players can play per match and this means that in reality, the team with the strongest indian players is most likely to win the cup. This factor greatly weakens the overwhelming superiority teams like chennai and hyderabad enjoy on paper. One wildcard is the fact that mnay players will not be available for the first few matches cos of domestic commitments. The team that does well in the early stages might hold a big edge.

So all systems go for the first match, myself and aquatix will be there lookout for us on tv. Really really want kolkata to lose (im sick of watching srk promoting his team like some karan johar movie). Go bangalore!

PS- watch out for the chap named “napoleon einstein” in the chennai super kings. no joke!

Social commentatory……..TAP TAP TAP

this is where we’ll be commenting/commentating on various social and entertainment topics…it’ll be ranging from movies to serials…sports to products;)…also there’ll be reviews of movies watched…trust me reading these reviews of movies’ll definitely be worth it..as you guys know’ll whether to go for that movie or not…lets start of this one i watched yesterday…

The Bucket List- this movie is a must watch…there are many reasons as to why you should watch this movie…. 1> the story line itself is really catchy…2>with 2 oscar winners like jack nickolson and morgan freeman starring there’s no way anyone can miss it out…3>as i’ve already told you about the star cast,there’s no need to describe how brilliant their acting is….4>you thought tare zameen par was touchy touchy ,well then you’ll know what touchy touchy’ll be after watching this movie ,…it also comes with a lot of comedy ….overall i would easily rate the movie a minimum of 8 on 10:)….

Hello world!

Welcome to the first installation of rightho! This is basically the combined efforts of myself, aniketh venkataram and my partner in crime, srinand srinivas. We are both medical students and time being a scarce commodity for us it seemed sensible to share a blog so that between the two of us we get enough time to keep a running blog.

Right ho, the preliminaries being concluded a few of you might have some questions regarding the name of the blog. It is named after our joint favorite piece of literature- right ho jeeves, by the incomparable Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (if you havent read it, then you are a worm!) who is one of the leading inspirations for our blog, along with other stalwarts such as calvin and hobbes, asterix and obelix… by the way in the title, im enthusiastix and srinand is aquatix.

That being said, stay tuned for the next post which if hopefully more exciting than this one. Same bat place, same bat show, same bat channel. till then, Wakao!