Where is the party?

First signs of MSD's unravelling. Everybody and his uncle are taking potshots at the Indian team.
Rightly so. But for the wrong reasons.

Long and short is that India will never win anything of worth in T20. The reason is quite simple:

The moment they see India, oppositions are going to do two things:

(1) pack their teams with fast bowlers and give 'em the perfume ball as a staple diet
(2) where possible, give them the liveliest of pitches.

Since it is only four overs that they have to worry about, it is almost impossible to see India crossing 160 consistently. Lesser said about the Indian bowling the better.

MSD and Kumble made pertinent points about the pressures of playing for the franchises - we have seen that happen in soccer; only there the itineraries are much saner and definitely the franchisees do not want their wards to attend/adorn 'must-attend' parties!!

England did a fabulous job at St Lucia thrashing Sri Lanka; it will be a good thing to watch them face off against Australia - two good bowling teams with England holding a slight edge of that 'x' factor.

Answer to BQ-6:

Answer is 98,0,1,0,1.
For the explanations check here.

Anand Re, Siva*, Ganesh Kumar, Ishan (Honest: did this in his econs class at the varsity) gave the right answer.

Here is the last one for this tournament: BQ-7:

A bumper one to round this edition off. There are five boxes given below. Each one contains a puzzle. Each puzzle refers to a common expression that we are all familiar with. Your task is simple. Give me the five expressions that these puzzles refer to. There is no connection between the puzzles.

Send in your entries for:

1. Aus v Pak semis#2 - ALL CAN JOIN - No restrictions! Same rules apply.

2. Finals - ALL CAN JOIN - No restrictions! Same rules apply.

3. Answers to the final quiz question

See you soon.