Airtel Border-Gavaskar Trophy-2010
Venue: Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore.
Date: Oct 09, 2010.
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| There was a steady crowd build up at the venue from 8 am, in anticipation of an Indian batting exhibition and hopes of seeing Sehwag on song.. |
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| It was not Queen's road, it was more of a 'Queue'n road! |
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| But it was Ponting who was lucky at the toss..and expectedly Aussies were to bat first. The climate in Bangalore was just perfect for Test cricket.. |
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| India made 3 changes in their line-up. Vijay for Gambhir, Sreesanth for Ishant & more importantly Cheteshwar Pujara (aka Chintu) won his test cap in place of 'the aussie's menace' VVS Laxman. |
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| For the visitors, Dougie Bollinger's absence due to injury meant right arm pacer Peter George would make his Test debut. |
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| All set! Game on! |
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| Zaheer started the proceedings for the hosts. |
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| Sreesanth shared the new ball... |
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| For the Kangaroos, it was Shane Watson... |
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| ..and Simon Katich. |
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| The opening spell of the seamers proved fruitless, and MSD had to turn to his spinners. Pragyan Ojha was given the ball ahead of 'Bhajji'! |
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| The aussies cruised to 50 without breaking a sweat... |
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| ..even as this statistic was looming large.. |
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| Here comes the 'Turbanator'! |
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| Support for the 'Men in Blue' was quite obvious and came in various forms.. |
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| This sweep to a boundary... |
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| ..gave Watson his 2nd fifty of the series..He is relishing the Indian attack this season, isn't he?! |
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| says it all!! |
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| Bhajji gave India the first breakthrough by removing Katich, not before the openers put together a 99 run partnership. |
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| "The day Laxman retires, it will be a national holiday in Aus". The stylish Hyderabadi was sorely missed, atleast by the fans! Hope the Indian batting line-up wouldn't! |
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| Katich's departure brought Punter to the crease, and he looked quite comfortable from the word go.. |
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| Ojha, who bowled brilliantly all day, came to the party by scalping the 'man in form' Watson for a well constructed 57. |
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| The 'fleet footed' Michael Clarke was the next man in and he showed glimpses of why he is one of Australia's better players of spin. |
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| So near, yet so far! The spinners bowling in tandem, gave the fans a few exciting moments.. |
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| Bhajji was back in business, when he removed, Clarke to a sharp catch by Raina at backward short-leg. |
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| Clarke's dismissal brought 'Mr.Cricket' to the crease. |
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| Viru turned his arm over for a couple of overs before tea and almost got Hussey with a scoop that sailed just over the Mid on fielder to the fence... |
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| Hussey was getting down to do what he does best-dropping anchor-before Zaheer came back to pouch him at gully, thanks to Sehwag's safe hands! |
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| Marcus North vying to erase the not-so-great memories of the Mohali test, was tested with some incisive bowling. This short delivery in particular, from Sree, had him in two minds. |
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| Once he gauged the pace of the pitch, Marcus North played some delectable drives. |
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| In the meantime, the Aussie skipper slowly but steadily got to yet another test fifty and was looking mighty good for another ton. Here he acknowledges the cheers of the crowd on reaching his fifty. |
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| But Mahi and Raina had other plans. This delivery from the 'part timer' caught Punter plumb in front! He made a flawless 77 of 147 balls. |
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| The elated Indian team celebrating Ponting's departure and Raina's first test scalp. Way to go Raina! |
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| North and Tim Paine ensured that the visitors ended the day without any further damage, after bad light stopped play after 85.5 overs. Aus were 285 for 5 at stumps on day 1. |
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| Hope you enjoyed my coverage of day 1. While I thoroughly enjoyed my first time at a test match venue, I will not be covering the rest of the match. However like each one of you, am keeping my fingers crossed for the Indians to close out the series on a winning note. Signing out from Chinnaswamy stadium, this is camera person and reporter 'yours truly', for ULaral TV!! :) CHAK DE INDIA!! |
10 comments:
Wows, wonderful narration :-)
Expanding your coverage into sports too now.. nice ...
Were you following the match or taking pictures and notes for ur blog ;) ?
Thanks..nothing like expanding the ambit..just that I never got an opportunity before..i look at it as just another event coverage.. did miss the happenings at times..but was keeping track.. :)
Keep your Ularals!
I meant "Keep Ularals going"!!
Chandu bhai.MR Kalmadi needs u for closing CWG ceremony to work for kind only..No cash though!
Good coverage!
Is it possible to view the photos in a larger size?
That placard on Lakshman and Ponting is interesting though I would have changed it to:
'What is common between Mareecha and Ponting?Their last words-Hey Lakshmana'.
(a gentleman who was with Gandhiji on the 30th Jan 1948, told me that he never uttered 'Hey Ram'.Point to be noted by Kamal!).
Wish you had covered the Master's 14,000, 49th and his highest in Tests(the last mentioned is of course purely wishful thinking :) ).
@Raj: Thanks! Yes, I am also thinking about enlarging the pics.. will do so..I would have loved to cover all the 5 days. I enjoyed it thoroughly. But work didn't permit.
Even I have heard about 'Hey Ram' part, but fortunately or unfortunately the history books say otherwise and I am not sure if it will even change (if reqd) to reflect the fact.
Hey ! Chandru,
That was brilliant job, I guess you are preparing yourself for an alternate profession...."sports journalism" all the very best in your new endeavor.
Frankly a great job
Keep it up.....
cheers
Jags
Thanks Jags!
Ankur Bhai..Does Mr.Kalmadi need me for closing down CWG or for the CWG 2010 closing ceremony..I didnt understand what you meant... :)
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