Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to the post match report of the first of the three ODIs between the CFAI and VP at the Thakur College stadium on Dec 3,Sunday. It was a full house today with almost 3500 turning up for the much-awaited match up.
Without much ado, lets get to the action. VP had predecided on a very unconvetional batting order with FSA and Asset Valuation (AV+PF) opening the innings followed by Ethics,Quant in the middle and Eco bringing up the tail.
Since it was home ground, VP had a slight advantage over others and rightfully got cracking in the first innings with FSA and AV completing in record time(1.5 hrs). Then came the middle order. Ethics was always going to be tricky and was on a tricky wicket from the word go.Finally after wasting much time in the initial deliveries, panic set in and started hitting blindly (a la Sehwag).
Then came an unanticipated respite in the form of Quant.It played above expectations and was completed in normal time. Eco lived up to its tailender reputation by hitting almost all deliveries blindly.All in all the first session, the performance was a little above expectations.
The unexpected performance in the first innings gave rise to renewed fears of a fightback by the CFAI in the noon session. And truly, compared to the first, the 2nd session was a disaster. Except FSA and to some extent AV, no player could read the pitch correctly and the middle order collapsed like a pack of cards.The tailender didn’t even give a glimpse of a fightback.The less said the better about the second session.
So, the final decision rests in the hands of the Third Umpire(CFAI) . Fingers Crossed (both hands and feet).Let’s hope the first session performance gets the team through.
1) Tere Bin - Bas Ek Pal - Simply Awesome. After the somewhat overhyped Bheegi Bheegi from Gangster, Atif Aslam infuses even more pathos/passion into his vocals. Brilliant.
3) Don - Main Hoon Don - Next up is the most awaited soundtrack of the most awaited film of 2006.Honestly,like many others even I had expected remixes of the old Don’s soundtrack. And again like many others, I was taken completely surprised by the opening number. Shaan is known to be one of the most dependable singers of late and here he does complete justice to his assignment as he sings a completely different version of “Main Hoon Don”. Although the tune will be a bit difficult to get used to, after a couple of hearings,it’s a gem.
5) Don - Aaj ki Raat - Saving the best for the last,although many will disagree.Haven’t you ever wondered ,after listening to a particular song, how good or bad it will look on the big screen i.e. will the video do justice to the song.Me too(case in point - Chhaiya Chhaiya or Beedi -Omkara). I had never heard the older version of this one before(if ever there is one).So this according to me is the best song of the album.I have read somewhere that this is picturised on SRK,Priyanka and Kareena.Can’t Wait.
There is also the mandatory love angle in the form of Aradhana(
