SRI'S Blog

  All that the English media and team players can talk about is that run out dismissal – They found an excuse for the loss, not in that match alone but the series…. Fact of the matter was that Indian Women beat England in their den hollow –   Not an easy task considering conditions and playing away from home.   England did miss their regular players due to injury and other reasons but one cannot take away the fact that India played extremely well to achieve this result.   In the first two ODI s, India just outplayed England. First Smiriti Mandhana ran away with the chase in the first ODI with support from skipper Harmanpreet who was in dazzling form. In the second ODI, Harmanpreet just nailed the match with an outstanding 143 not out and England   lost the chase. And the series was won by India. The third and final ODI was just an another match .But with the veteran   Jhulan Goswami retiring in this match , the girls wanted to ensure it was won …   And they did win it for Jhulan Jhul

  The Announcement was coming, probably it was   overdue.. With injuries and surgeries and with age , Roger Federer ( RF ) called it a day on his playing career. It had been an outstanding 20 years or so at the helm of Men s Tennis . At 41 ,he was competitive still but the demand of the tour are such , this decision was the right one. My first match with which I started following him   was from   Wimbledon 2001 – it was a Fourth round match and I at that time was rooting for Pete Sampras who was the defending Champion and RF was unknown !   Pete was invincible on grass and coming in to this match   at Wimbledon he had won 56 out of the 57 matches that he had played   on grass. But then, the   hair in neat   Pony tail RF   for whom it was the first match on Center Court, upset all expectations and sent the defending Champion out of the tournament in a classic five setter .. He made everyone sit up and   take notice and watch and that   included me .. twenty years on   he was a 20 time