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Et tu, Sachin??

Posted: February 20, 2007 in charity, restaurant, Sachin, tendulkar
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This is a personal experience of a close friend, who went for a meal at the restaurant, Sachin’s. Part or whole of this restaurant chain is owned by Sachin Tendulkar.

He happened to notice, AFTER returning back from the restaurant, that an amount of Rs. 5/- had been put on the bill, under the head of ‘charity’. My friend was not asked at the time of presenting the bill, whether he wanted to contribute to the charity. Next day when he called and enquired about this, they were apologetic and offered to refund the money the next time he went there for a meal.

The other part of the story is that the charity so collected from patrons is being contributed to an organisation run by Sachin’s mother-in-law, and is probably going as Sachin’s contribution to the charity! When it actually is coming from patrons eating at the restaurant.

Makes the whole thing seem very creepy. Especially when it involves Mr. Clean, Sachin Tendulkar??!

Cricket Musings..

Posted: February 16, 2007 in cricket, Dhoni, Dravid, Karthik, Sachin, Saurav
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Few months back, I, like many others, had written off Saurav Ganguly. I did not see him returning back to the Indian team, except if it happened via some political manipulation.

And today, he is not only back in the team, he is one of the most consistent batsmen in the team at this time. So much for the youth brigade in the team, we have all the old stalwarts back. No Raina, no Venugopal Rao, no R P Singh, not even a Kaif. Saurav, Dravid, Sachin sounds like WC 2003 or even earlier times!

And yet, as all of them seem to be in decent nick now, it gives more confidence and comfort for us fans. At least now, if we are 3 down for something, we do not have to feel that its all over. We see hope even at that stage.

Speaking of which, I do not think we have a mature head amongst the latter batsmen – someone who can hold his end, play out the overs, inspite of wickets falling at the opposite end, and try to make a run for victory at the end. Obviously I mean a player beyond our mainstays of Sachin, Dravid, etc.

Yuvraj – maybe? But I suppose he should be a part of our main batters’ list.
Dhoni and Dinesh Karthick show a lot of promise. Whether they can be depended upon, in crisis, and consistently, is something we have to wait and see.

I am talking of players like Symonds, Shoaib Malik, Jacob Oram or even a Russel Arnold. Lets see if a Dhoni or a Karthik or an Irfan Pathan coming down the order can occupy this slot.

On to the World Cup then..