I like the Lankans more for their cricket but I feel (like many others) that the Aussie juggernaut is unstoppable. Australia look good to complete a hat-trick of World Cup Victories.
Meanwhile I am eagerly looking forward to Subhash Chandra's new upcoming cricket league. I really want to see the real domestic talent come out in the open and the current lot of the Indian international cricketers' reality to be displayed against the upcoming cricketers.
Australia is a CMMI level 5 team. India would be somewhere level 3 and South Africa, Sri Lanka at Level 4.
Sounds Crazy! Cricket and CMMI? Well I do observe similarities in approach, winnability and focus in both.
CMMI process tries to create an environment where the performance is repeatable and optimizing. The Australian team is showing that continuously for the past 5 years or so. Earlier teams would score 250 or so against them in one days... now its tough to get to 200 also.
In CMMI process there is a need of not relying on heroics to make the project successful. In cricket also, there is a philosophy of teamwork and a desire not to depend on individual heroics. Everyone in the team should be capable, which is why there are multiple batsmen, multiple bowlers etc. If there was a single Hero then what is the need for having multiple people for the same objective.
I am sure there are a lot of other similar things but do not have the inclination to go into that much detail at this time. But you generally get the idea...
Got this hilarious forward today... dont know the source so I acknowledge whoever is the author etc.
Year 2019 - Cricket World Cup news:
· India failed to defeat Afghanistan in the world cup
qualifier in the Asia -Pacific zone
· Coach Sehwag said that he is not worried bcoz he has
backing of selectors, captain and board.... and that they had
won a close match against Papua new guinea just 2 yrs ago
· Rahul Dravid, the coach of New Zealand team said
that Sachin should now consider retiring gracefully and let his
son take over the captaincy
· Mahender Singh Dhoni broke Ajit Agarkars record of
most no of consecutive ducks in twenty 20
· Saurav Ganguly, the coach of England feels that the
boys need to control their emotions on the field
· The current leading man from bollywood Bret Lee
advices MS Dhoni to take up acting as well
· Minnows Pakistan beat Ireland in a close match...and
thus they avenged their defeat in the 2007 WC against the then
minnows Ireland
· Inzamam ul haq, who was the captain of the losing
team and now the present coach said in a press interview that
"Boys plays well...they try hard...inshallah we wins the world
cup"
· The police arrested 8 ppl for violence after England
and NZ match...
Investigations revealed that these ppl were members of Dravid
and Ganguly fan communities on Orkut, which have 62 and 12
members respectively.
· The Indian cricket board led by president Rahul
Gandhi has called for an emergency meeting to discuss future
course of action. Former players like Yuvraj Singh, Md Kaif,
VVS Laxman and Kumble have been invited...coach Sehwag and
captain Tendulkar will present a report...
· VVS Laxman today created a new controversy by saying
that he expected a written apology from Rahul Gandhi for
including him in the category of former players.... he said
that he has improved his fielding and fitness and wants to play
2023 WC in Brazil
क्या बात है... हिंदी में ब्लोग। कमाल हो गया :-)
बस लिखते चलो और ब्राउजर में जावा स्क्रिप्ट उसको अपने आप हिंदी में बदलती चली जायेगी। तो अब जब मेरा मन करेगा मैं हिंदी में लिखूंगा और जब नही तो इंग्लिश में। वैसे मेरे कुछ ऐसे भी दोस्त हैं जो हिंदी नही जानते हैं तो इसलिये मुझे इंग्लिश में ही लिखते रहना पड़ेगा। लेकिन इस नयी चीज़ को देखके मज़ा आ गया।
There was and is a lot of debate on whether the new KBC hosted by Shahrukh is better or the older one hosted by Big B.
I have watched a couple of episodes of the new one and found that Shahrukh has given it a distinct identity of his own compared to what Big B had given it. And for this exact reason, I will not be able to comment on which one is better.
Big B had a different appeal and aura for his show and Shahrukh has given this one another appeal. Big B's was more sedate, just right to do with Big B's age and maturity. Shahrukh's is more youthful. With Big B hosting, the contestants were faced with an elderly person, with Shahrukh there is a person who seems to be close to their age group, they can even get away with his leg pulling ... witness one of the contestants saying K..K..K..K..Khan.
So there will always be KBC known by 'Big B's KBC' and "King Khan's KBC'.
Long weekend ... gone. Lot of planning for an outing but in the end, just stayed at home most of the time. It gets more frustrating when there are no decent movies also on the TV during these days.
And of course India is not playing cricket!!!
A thought comes to mind. 'Experts' talk about Generation Gaps at home. But how many have acknowledged and have thought about Generation Gap at workplace? In my opinion, the biggest gap in the workplaces today in India is related to the difference in mentality between my generation and the previous one regarding the capability of Indians. The previous generation is coming from a time when the general thought was that Everything Imported is good and Everything Indian is of inferior quality. Same for plans and ideas. My generation believes that we Indians are no less or different than the rest of the world and given the right opportunity, or even at times without it, we can become world beaters. And this is just one example.
Was returning from Kolkata recently and went to the washroom after landing at the Delhi Airport. Signs of change after the privatization have already beginning to show. The washroom and the utilities in there are resembling those of a top hotel now rather than the dingy old ones from before.
