shri shri muttiah muralitharan 800 spinbaaz...

cut above the rest...

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thank you murali...

i wrote this post on murali in my early days of blogging... since then nothing has changed... i admire him like i used to... and though with age the tweaker in him has slown down a bit but spirit to fight is still intact... so to salute murali... i re-produce it here... as it is...

its no modesty but i sincerely believe that i am too small to write anything about murali... in any case there is not much left that can be said about murali...

...some believe he is bradman of bowling... some spit venom at the sight of him... never have been a player in the history of game who has invoked so contrasting observations, views...

some say the laws were bended to accommodate him... though many find no reason what murali has anything to do with it... some see it as the natural progression of laws to be more contemporary... though i must admit here that i am the one who thinks that laws are made to be changed with time... otherwise there won't be any meaning of that law which doesn't reflect the way society is behaving, living...

i read somewhere...

"Most people think that they are thinking when they actually are merely re-arranging their prejudices."

if only we can change our tinted specs for a while....

the picture will emerge of a man who inspite of facing criticism, calls of cheats, serious doubts about career... had the guts and stronger-than-steel mind to go there and do what he loves most... bowling to get batsmen out... on and on and on... who still hates when someone scores against him... even for a single... who single handedly have changed more matches than anybody in game... without getting the support his contemporaries enjoyed...

if for not for world record, we must salute the man for showing us, and the world, that how to fight demons and still come out on top...

i was seeing super slow mo other day and those eyes left me mesmerized... they were so focused... like arjuna who saw nothing but an eye of a bird...

thanks murali for showing us the class, the grit without necessarily indulging in sledging, on the face kind of verbals or any antics which many believed and believes the way to go...

thanks... for telling us that one can still do things gentlemanly and quietly and yet being fiercely aggressive... i don't know about many but i feel privileged to have seen him bowling... feel proud for him and i don't feel ashamed of my confessions...

and i know i am not alone...

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mind this pakistan...

that its not only mendis...you have to master...there are other bowlers too in srilankan team...

that the moment you slackens a bit...cricket will come and bite you hard...

contrary to the perception...pak bowlers did fine job even with gul being off color and it was the strong batting which caved in meekly...but despite all the harakiri they still had chance to win the match but i guess misbah's penchant for finding different ways of getting himself out came in way of pakistan win...waste of a talent actually...

now with murli coming in next test match it will be very difficult for pak to make a comeback...making this series even more interesting...

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why is herath not bowling, sangakkara?

on the other hand it will be interesting to know who will make way for murli...and i have this feeling that it will be poor herath who, despite his marvelous effort, will have to sit out...


ps:
miandad sir...hope you watched this match to learn that match is not necessarily fixed to surrender it from winning position...or you still think the same way...?!

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Thanks Murli !!

its no modesty but i sincerely believe that i am too small to write anything about Muril...

in any case there is not much left that can be said about Murli...

...some believe he is brodman of bowling..some spit venoms at the sight of him...never have been a player in the history of game who has invoked so contrasting observations, views...

some say the laws were bended to accommodate him...though many find no reason that murli has anything to do with it...some see it as the natural progression of laws to be more contemporary...though i must admit here that i am the one who thinks that laws are made to be changed with time...otherwise there wont be any meaning of that law which doesn't reflect the way society is behaving, living...

i read somewhere...

"Most people think that they are thinking when they actually are merely re-arranging their prejudices."

if only we can change our tinted specs for a while....

the picture will emerge of a man who inspite of facing criticism, calls of cheats, serious doubts about career...had the guts and stronger-than-steel mind to go there and do what he loves most...bowling to get batsmen out...on and on and on...who still hates when someone scores against him...even for a single...who single handedly have changed more matches than anybody in game...without getting the support his contemporaries enjoyed...

if for not for world record, we must salute the man for showing us, and the world, that how to fight demons and still come out on top...

i was seeing super slow mo other day and those eyes left me mesmerized...they were so focused...like arjuna who saw nothing but an eye of a bird...

thanks murli for showing us the class, the grit without necessarily indulging in sledging, on the face kind verbals or any antics which many believed and believes the way to go...

thanks... for telling us that one can still do things gentlemanly and quietly and yet being fiercely aggressive...i don't know about many but i feel privileged to have seen him bowling...feel proud for him and i don't feel ashamed of my confessions...

and i know i am not alone....

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