As armchair critics-we have a lot of choices and a lot of predictions-the last time i made this sort of prediction was when i watched an unknown actor called sharukh in a serial called fauji-and somehow his charisma seemed to transcend the small screen-and i turned to my wife and told her he is going to be the next  superstar of bollywood-and my wife still teases me-asking me whether i have second sight.
                My next prediction is regarding cricket-i once read a book written by a cricket fan like me called mihir bose-who declared that his idea of heaven was a green field-the sun shining down-and lindwall and lillee-bowling to bradman.that is also my idea of heaven-but i almost reached heaven today watching yuvaraj singh-batting in anger.
                   today morning sipping my cup of tea -i was talking about an underperformer in the indian test scene-yuvaraj-and i told my son -yuvaraj on a comeback trail is going to hit the cricket ball with vengeance.
                  what an innings-i have not watched sobers in person-but have seen a few clippings-for sheer timing and savegery of strokes-yuvi has very few parallels in modern cricket.
          this is also a plea for the other potential great of indian cricket-virender sehwag to be reinstated-someone who has scored 300 in a test is not a bad batsman-the future has to be built on a core of wasim jaffer, yuvaraj, sehwag, dhoni as the batsmen-irfan , sreesanth, rp singh, harbhajan and chawla-piyush as the bowlers-the core strength has to be identified.
              coming back to the kernel of my blog-was this innings not one of anger-a reiteration of talent and determination-i am waiting for the same sort of statement from sehwag.
     if that happens indian cricket is in good hands-let us hope!
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