With the ninth edition of the cricket World Cup being declared open in the West Indies by Sir Garfield Sobers last night, churumuri.com is pleased to announce a contest with a twist. Answer three reasonably interesting questions—in the next three days—and we will offer three very fine cricket books as prizes to the three best entries.
Our questions are:
1) Which will be the losing team in the finals? In other words, which team will be the runner-up of the tournament, not the winner!
2) Who will be the flop star of the tournament? In other words, which cricketer will fail to match the hype built around him because of injury or poor performance?
3) Who will be India’s biggest liability? In other words, which of the 15 boys in blue will make the least impact with bat, ball or on field, and derail the team’s chances?
The prizes on offer are a priceless first edition of C.L.R. James‘ Beyond a Boundary, universally considered to be the finest book on cricket ever; Mihir Bose‘s A History of Indian Cricket; and Ramachandra Guha‘s A Corner of a Foreign Field.
Terms and conditions: All entries must be sent in by 12 noon, IST, on Friday, March 16, 2007. Entries should be sent as a comment with no and/or. Participants can send in as many entries as they wish, but they should be sent as separate comments, and with a valid email address. The winner/s will be picked by draw of lots in case of one more than one all-correct entry. The results will be announced after the World Cup ends. The decision of the jury will be final and non-negotiable.
1.) India will once again end up on the wrong side in the finals.
2.) Sachin Tendulkar will fail to deliver when it matters, and for a change, even otherwise.
3.) Virender Sehwag will be India’s biggest liability and will set more tongues wagging in the process.
But as an Indian, I want the cup back in our country!
1) South Africa will be the runner up
2) Despite the enormous expectations, a rather unfit Andrew Symonds, pushed early into the team will fail because of his injury
3) India’s biggest liability will be Virendra Sehwag.
1) West Indies will be the runner up.
2) Jacques Kallis will be a flop.
3) Anil Kumble will be a liability with the ball, bat and on the field.
Cheers,
HP
1. Australia
2. Mahela Jayawardene
3. Sachin Tendulkar
1) England
2) Jacob Oram
3) Harbhajan Singh
1.Australia
2.Brian Lara
3.Irfan Pathan
1.Pakistan
2.Ponting
3.Harbhajan Singh
1. Pakisthan
2. Ponting
3. Harbhajan Singh
1. New Zealand
2. Mike Hussey
3. Dhoni
1. India
2. Shane Bond
3. Virendra Sehwag
For starters, i want Mihir Bose’s A History of Indian Cricket. Here it goes
The answer for the first one is South Africa. Needing just 40 runs to win in the last 10 overs and with 8 wickets in hand, the Proteas lose by 30 runs to Australia.
Brian Lara, the classy batsman will see his team go down before home crowd in the super 8
What one are you talking about? The full team is going to be a liability. India will lose to Bangladesh, Srilanka and will return home within 2 weeks.
The fun is going to start then…
1. New Zealand
2. Kevin Pietersen
3. S. Sreesanth
– India will be the runner up( I want ‘Beyond a boundary’). Even if I lose then India will win and I will be as happy :)
– Mike Hussey will be the flop star of this tournment. His average will come down below 50.
– Anil Kumble is going to be a liability for India in this tournment if he gets to play. He can’t turn the ball on this pitches and batsmen will play him like inswing bowler bowling at a slow pace and hit him for lots of sixes over mid wicket /mid on and cover.
1. New Zealand
2. Chris Gayle
3. Harbhajan Singh
1. NEWZEALAND
2. DHONI
3. AGARKAR
1. Srilanka losing with Australia
2. Dhoni
3. Virendar Sewag
1. Australia will be the winner with Newzealand
2. Lara
3. Sewag