Although this may not be the best of times to post this article especially after India's humiliating loss to Australia in Melbourne I'm choosing to post this article believing that India would possibly fight back in Sydney ..
The pleasure of watching test cricket in a stadium with the right kind of company is immense. I was there on the 4th day of the test match between India and Pakistan at Bangalore. This was the day when Ishant Sharma picked up his first 5 wicket haul only in his second test match. Fortunately, I could get to see the batting and bowling performances of both the teams.
We were sitting right below the Nimbus camera man holding a banner "We bunked office along with our Manager to see India win" prepared by one of my colleagues. Occasionally we turned towards camera man (holding the banner) hoping that would show us on the TV
We witnessed the steaming pace of Shoaib Akhtar and some glorious strokes by dada who took the opposition with some good counter attacking shots while Dravid was batting in his own shell defending almost every ball like they were bowling to a dead wall
The audience was making as much noise as they probably could and believe me its difficult for the batsman to concentrate in the midst of all the hullah-gullah. I can visualize how difficult it would be for a one day match if its this way for a test match …
To all those cricket lovers who think "Test Cricket" is not interesting anymore think again ! I bet that you'd surely enjoy the test match cricket experience in a stadium so i'd suggest you to grab the next opportunity that comes by you ...
PS: Sorry for the blurred images.. This is what i could manage with my 2 M camera on my cell phone.
