Rajiv Mordani

In one of my previous post about cricket I said that Australia is the best team in the sport. However after seeing some of the current series between India and Australia and the way the Australian team players, in particular Andrew Symonds has been in the series I need to rethink that statement. A best team in sports isn’t one that just wins but does so with class, one that Andrew Symonds for sure does not have. In the second test match between Australia and India in Sydney Andrew Symonds was out not once, not twice but thrice and still wasn’t judged out by the umpire. One of the three was a clear caught behind by the wicket keeper to which Symond had to say -

“Apparently, in the eyes of some critics, I should have merrily walked after nicking one to the Indian wicketkeeper. But I have never once walked in my career and I’m not about to start now. And, barring Adam Gilchrist, nor will anybody else in the current Australian team”

If this is really true then the only true sportsman in the Australian cricket team is Adam Gilchrist aka Gillie. I tip my hat to you Gillie if this is really true. As for the rest of the team – being the best isn’t about just winning but also being a true sportsman.

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I am currently visiting my in-laws in Bombay (Mumbai) for a couple of days and they live pretty close to the airport. The one thing that bugs me the most here is the fact that there is a lot of air traffic at night. Want to know why? India is one of the few countries that lets planes land and take off during late night / early hours of the morning. I feel that a lot of international airlines actually misuse this and make the flights either land or take off late in the night / early in the wee hours of the morning. India, like most other countries, should ban take off and landing of flights late night / early morning. The occasional delayed flights should be fine. However flights schedule should not allow flights between 11:00 p.m and 5:00 a.m in the morning. A lot of the European countries and US cities don’t allow flights later than 10:00 p.m or allow them to fly out only in a certain flight pattern so that it does not affect the local residents as much. I wish India would also put some such rules in place.

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Which ever way you want to call it – hat trick or 3 peat, Australia IMHO is all set to win the world cup for the 3rd time in a row. It would be the first for any team to do it if they can pull it off. For a team that has won 18 straight matches in world cup it seems like there is no team that can come close to beating them. South Africa was the only team that came close and they too lost by 83 runs. While I like the team, specially after India’s exit from the tournament after the first round, I hope that the other finalist gives them a tough fight and gives the viewers a good match to watch.

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Typical as it is with any new thing that you pick up in the world of software you start off with the traditional “Hello World” program in that particular language. So to continue in that spirit I thought it would make sense to start my blog as well with a “Hello World”.