Yo Twenty20!!

What a match it was....Yo Twenty20, its the way to go!
If you are wondering what match I'm talking about...well its the India Vs Pakistan match.

At the beginning of the tournament, I was sceptical about the Twenty20 game, but now I like the game very much. The credit should go to the curator of the pitch.It was a game pitch that really gave some scope to the bowlers in the game. I was actually afraid that all the bowlers would be butchered. But thank God(for the weather conditions) and thanks to the pitch, they were really the stars of the match.

True, Twenty 20 is really a made for TV format. But since most of us see cricket sitting in our drawing rooms rather than the stadium, it's OK.
I find nothing wrong.
Maybe this is the way to go ahead. Of course its really too soon to say anything about scraping the ODI format as some of my friends suggested. But still I think that this format is really good for average viewers of the game. The highlights are the crowds, the short time of 3hrs it takes to complete the match and of course the full throttled action. As for the really connoisseurs of the game there always is the Test format.

But we need to take care that the matches don't really turn into a gladiatorial shows for the bowlers. We need to see that lively pitches are made, that help the bowlers to turn the ball a bit. Of course one may wonder what a batsman can do in such conditions. But a bowler pushed to the limit can never hope to cause as much damage a batsman pushed to such limit is capable of. Even the most ardent lovers of slogging don't like a cake walk for batsman. And then there are always so many rules that really restrict bowlers.

Anyway I'm going to enjoy this tournament very much. And hope you do the same.

I am happy to say that all four of our friends who were wounded in Monday's accident are now out of danger.

Let's keep praying that they find enough strength & courage to overcome both the physical and mental hardships and let's stand with them in the face of the challenges ahead of them.
Let's also pray that the families of Preethi and Pravallika too find the same strength & courage to overcome their grief.

Let's Pray.

A really sad day for all of us, students of SRKR Engineering College.

Early in the morning a group of eight of our friends who set out from here, Bhimavaram to a birthday party in Rajuamundry met with an accident en route. One of them, Preethi died instantly on spot while Pravallika died while being taken to the hospital. Four of them, Vindhya Vimala, Chandra Lekha, Rajasekhar and Eswar received major injuries. All four of them are now in hospital receiving treatment. Details of their conditions are yet to come out. The other two, Balaji and Das Kiran were lucky in that they did not receive any major injuries. All of them except Vimala, who is from final year EEE, are from final year Mechanical engg.

Whenever I read the maxim 'Speed thrills but Kills', I used to make light of it. But now the impact of the truth in that maxim has come down as too big a shock upon all our friends and college mates, to bear. Most of us all still too shocked to even think of what happened. Most are yet to digest the truth of what has happened to our friends, some of whom we met as recently as yesterday night. The college is still reeling under the deadly impact.

The whole college is saddened by this and the worst part is that this incident has brought back all the bad and shocking experiences to mind. All of us are still so gloomy and some are so depressed.

I don't even know what prompted me to post this. I've had some nightmarish experiences as shocking as these earlier. But still the pall of gloom that has descended upon us has knocked the hope even out of me. I'm feeling really helpless. As some friend pointed out a few moments back, Gods must be crazy to play this little game of life and death with us. I'm no atheist; nor am I so religious. I don't know if they are crazy. But I only pray to all of them to get those still in the hospital out of that living hell and help us overcome this grief and let live with a little happiness and hope.

And I request every soul on this earth to pray for whoever Gods they trust for the same.

Right now I'm a bit disoriented and am not exactly aware of what am I writing here. I just spit out whatever came to my mind to find catharsis.

Lets Pray.