Aditya Blog

Losing two T20 matches to South Africa is not an alarming sign. South Africa is a thoroughly professional side which always performs well in any bi-lateral series or in league phase of any major international event. The main objective of this short post is to highlight some of the debatable decisions which our T20 / Limited Overs Captain Dhoni takes based on his personal preferences. 1>      Dropping Ajinkya Rahane on frequent basis. – Ajinkya Rahane has proved himself as capable T20 player by playing some memorable knocks from RR. But Mr. Dhoni has some personal opinions about Rahane which is resulting in not selecting Ajinkya. 2>      Not bothering to select Amit Mishra – Amit Mishra performed really well in Tandem with Ashwin in recently concluded SL series. But Dhoni has no liking for this hardworking guy and will continue to ignore him despite his presence in 15 member squad. 3>      Dhon...

As we sit in comfort in our homes on a very hot May Saturday afternoon, we have last 4 league matches of IPL 2015 lined up. Apart from DD and KXIP remaining 6 teams have chance to make it to next stage. This post discusses various probabilities of teams' future based on results of remaining 4 games. Current Points Table (Each team has played 13 matches) CSK 16 RCB 15  KKR 15  SRH 14  MI 14  RR 14  DD 10  KXIP 6 Matches coming up over weekend CSK Vs KXIP RR  Vs KKR RCB Vs DD SRH Vs MI For the time being eliminate Wash out in any of the matches.  So we have 16 possibilities for winners 1> CSK RR RCB SRH 2> CSK RR RCB MI 3> CSK RR DD SRH 4> CSK RR DD MI 5> CSK KKR RCB SRH 6> CSK KKR RCB MI 7> CSK KKR DD SRH 8> CSK KKR DD MI 9> KXIP RR RCB SRH 10> KXIP RR RCB MI 11> KXIP RR DD SRH 12> KXIP RR DD MI 13> KXIP KKR RCB SRH 14> KXIP KKR RCB MI 15> KXIP KKR DD SRH 16> KXIP KKR DD MI For each com...

Most of modern world population live in cities. Modern world cities are experiencing increasing levels of pollutions. These pollutions include air pollution, noise pollution, water pollution etc. Every person living in cities get exposed to these pollutions. At the same time, the level of stress in jobs, business are increasing day by day. To face these challenges of pollutions and increased stress levels, one needs to be really maintain good health. Health during childhood is a key factor in determining the health during later stages of life.  Healthy diet habits and daily exercise routine helps to develop a sound body and mind in childhood stage. These factors forms a sound base on which health of a citizen is formed.  A person with sound health is always in better position to excel in professional life due to ability to think more diligently and ability to handle stress better. In modern world, there are many opportunities in Sports field where one can make succes...

The 2015 World Cup is already in its third week. After initial one sided encounters we have seen some interesting contests in last few days.  The initial 3 world cups were played in England with 8 participant countries. The format was simple with teams divided into 2 groups of 4 teams each. I started following World Cup in 1983 edition. During this world cup, the 4 countries in each group played each other twice. The matches were played alternate days with day in between those matches served as reserve day in case the weather didn't allow the match on prior day to complete. The advantage of this format was that at a given point of time, all countries would have played same number of matches; hence point table would not paint unrealistic picture.  1987 Reliance World Cup was the first edition when World Cup moved out of England. Slowly with each editions, commercialization took over and number of participant countries was increased to please the associate nations. The sche...