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The T20 Champions League -- Chennai Super Kings are deserved Winners I say that because Chennai played as one unit through the tournament , were quiet in their preparation and knew exactly what they need to do and everyone played their part to perfection. As I followed the lead up to the tournament , the team that talked too much was the Mumbai Indians and they did not even make it to the Semi Finals . Not that they played badly but simply got the wrong end of the stick in their matches . The team that had the best strategy was Royal Challengers, but they faltered in implementing them on the field. Teams from NewZealand , Srilanka and West Indies were out of depth. The teams from South Africa and Australia did well but were done in by Dhoni's men - Redbacks from Australia played aggressive cricket that could not succedd at all times. Consistency was missing . Dhoni lead the CSK admirably with calmed assurance and trusted his team. The team was the most balanced . Their batsmen del

Quotable Quotes of the week The Republicans in my country talk about me like a dog-- Barack Obama US President I will slap any bookie who will come near me, big time -- Harbhajan Singh Indian Cricketer Politics is the biggest instrument. What MP's and MLA's decide, define our life - Rahul Gandhi Congress Leader Indians watch films only for a good laugh-- Shyam Benegal Film Director Endhiran ( Robot ) -- The Marketing to make this movie a success It has become the normal practice for the Movie industry to launch the Audio release of the songs of the movie in advance of the movie release . For the Rajini , Shankar , Sun Pictures mega movie , this was no different . The Audio release was done in Malaysia and telecast later. It was clear that the movie was being set up or hyped up for it to be a success. However , they did one more thing which to me is the first of its kind. They had a mega function to launch the " Trailer " of this movie. Just to unveil the 60 or so seco

The Match or the Spot Fixing. The Pakis seem to have a knack of self deteriorating themselves. The team , the captain , the Selection panel and all administration related agencies are always in the news. Not for the right reasons at all. During the past two or three years or more , Pakistan has done all or some of the following Chopped and changed its captains Banned their captain from playing Brought back the banned captain as a player ( too many of them at the same time ) Captains have give up their mantle during a tour without any valid explanation Change the team .. Few of their players have always had controversy but have managed to play for their team. Have been able to produce new crop of talented youngsters amongst all thismayhem The Pakistan team had been a roller coaster for the past few months and with their recent performance against Australia and England ,I thought for a moment they were getting their cricketing act together. First , they came back to tie the test series w

Quotable Quotes of the week My Rakhi is only for Jesus Christ -- Rakhi Sawant -- Actor , on Raksha Bandhan day ( Wow ) She is in very good form. She is like Sachin Tendulkar -- Arjun Rampal on Kareena Kapoor ( one more wow ) We are shaped by our conversations. Every person you meet knows at least one thing you don't, don't let him or her leave without hearing it -- Robin Sharma ( fine , provided the other person is willing to listen ) The Formula one at the Picturesque Circuit at Belgium Racing returned after a summer break -- Most of the teams looked back at the past races trying to see what they can change going forward. The race on Sunday generated lot of excitement and a typical Formula one race Thrill. Some things that contributed to the thrill -- 1. The safety car was out early -- Rubens Barichello in his record 300th GP race of his career rammed in to Alonso of Ferrari and never got to finish his 300th race. ( Out Lap 1 of 44 ) 2. The weather was sticky and the threat o