And finally ...


India has finally recorded a test win abroad. The margin is a comprehensive 123 runs.

I liked Sreesanth's attitude and spunk. It's not something one sees very often. After Gautam Gambhir, he is the second Indian to launch an assault on Andre Nel. Previously, in a one-day game, (a comeback game), Gambhir, after taking some abuse from Nel, hit him to the fence and followed it up with a shoulder charge that any top defender in the Premiership would be proud of. Gambhir is about 5'4" to Nel's 6'3".

Nel should be fast learning that aggression is bitter when you are at the receiving end of it. That said, I do like Nel who is basically a nice guy with a strange case of bipolar disorder. Cricket is richer because of him ... and not just because he causes a 22 year old Indian tailender to hit him for six and then twirl and dance in a bizzare fashion. Nel is fascinating in his own right.

Indeed life is all about the unexpected. I have been observing the events in my life in the recent days quite closely and quite nothing has gone to plan .... or my plan at least. Nevertheless there seems to be a greater plan, a plan of the Universe at play. In so many ways I think Paulo Coelho and the Paramahansa concur. More on that another time.