Sachin and Saurav ... how much difference?
Well, this post is especially for all Saurav Ganguly haters ... to realize how much is the difference between Saurav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar as far as the last few (well not exactly few) innings are concerned.
Can you recognize these numbers:
2,2,2,39,19,11,2,67,93,9,123,6,2,4,47,19,16,74,18,78,82,11,18,37.
31,2,19,20,5,26,51,18,4,9,0,22,55,22,0,48,0,90,90,7,24,25,79,39,60.
Well if no, then dont' worry ...
The total of the first row is 673.
The total of the second row is 746.
The first one is the total of last 25 ODI innings of the maestro Sachin Tendulkar and the second one is the one you hate the most ... yeah Saurav Ganguly .. surprised huh!
Well some more stats:
16,41,52,52,94,36,32,20,3,55,248,5,2,8,1,8,2,194.
16,101,2,1,12,12,21,88,71,40,57,9,5,45,77,73,144.
Again the same: The first one is of Sachin Tendulkar for last 18 test innings and the second one is of Saurav Ganguly for the same.
Total of the first row is - 869 and that of second row - 774.
The stats include Sachin's 248 against "Giants" Bangladesh and Ganguly's 101 against "minnows" Zimbabwe.
Well so if the performance should be the sole criteria for includsion in the Indian team, then why there is no controvery about Sachin Tendulkar but only about Saurav Ganguly? I am not saying that Ganguly is better player than Sachin Tendulkar, in fact I am a big fan of Sachin Tendulkar for the past 16 years, but what I am trying to point out that you people who hate Saurav should realize on what basis are you doing so. Shouldn't be the parameters for selection to the Indian team be the same for all the players or when Sachin's turn comes past performances and huge experience are the criteria. Then we should start calling back Gavaskar, Shastri and the likes. And proving himself in domestic cricket,… when has Sachin last played in domestic cricket? Ganguly has to score runs in domestic cricket to prove that he is in form after recovering from injury but Sachin is included in the team automatically after a long absence due to tennis elbow.
Again double standards and again no one asks questions!
So all you true cricket lovers think twice before you say something, because you can say anything… but the figures will always tell the truth.
Am free to accept any comments from you guys.
Why Acrophobic?
Well, this is my first blog ... so it makes sense to justify why I have chosen this name (acrophobic). Dictionary says acrophobic are those who fear of heights.... but the question comes how much height? If somebody stands on a chair, he (am using he to include she also ... dont think i am a sexist) is standing about 1.5 feet (roughly) above the ground. If he is not scared then does it mean he is not acrophobic? but what happens if he fears when he stands on the top floor of an 80 storey building and looks down? Will we call him acrophobic? If yes, then I am one.
I didn't realise that I am an acrophobic until I went to Tokyo in June 2000. That time I had a chance to visit the tallest building in Japan, the Landmark Tower, which is situated in Yokohama. It is a 70 storey building and like other sky-scrappers, the top floor is open to tourist. This is building is also famous for the world's fastest elevator (150m/min) ... not sure if it still holds that fame. Yokohama is around half an hour journey from Tokyo. When I reached Yokohama station, I first saw that building. I was pretty excited since it was the first sky-scrapper I saw in my life and naturally a lot of questions came to my mind. My brother was accompanying me ... so unfortunately he had to face the wraths of my questions. Anyways ... it took around 10 mins for us to reach to the base of the building. We enter the elevator ... I was waiting with bated breath inside the elevator ... and my hands were becoming cold with excitement. The elevator didn't betray me and it was pretty quick in reaching to the top of the building. Wow!!! I never imagined the top floor will be so cool. It was a big area - the floor walls were completely made of glass, so that you can see the outside and lot of people were there ... most of them eating and chatting (I must admit Japanese people eat most of the time). I almost ran from the door of the elevator towards the wall to see how it look like from the top of a 70 storey building. Little did I know that time what is going to happen next. Finally I reached the wall and looked down. Oh dear! what's happening ... things seems to confusing ... everything was rotating ... and ..........
I woke up after sometime ... found myself sitting on a chair ... saw people around me looking at me ... some with curiosity, some with pity and some must be contemptuously. My brother was sitting beside me. I asked my brother inquiringly .. what happened? He told that I fainted within seconds of looking down from the wall. I looked outside only to find myself again in panic. I told my brother that we must leave from there otherwise I am going to faint again....
So we came back from there .... I never looked back at that structure again while coming back ...
