Monday 28 March 2011

The Legendary Battle- The Clash of the TITANS




"Napoleon left with 170,000 men ,
Julius Caesar lead a war with 50,00 loyal men,
Adolf Hitler manifested an army of 18 million,
On the 30th of March we about to see the biggest battle yet, where one little master will lead an army of 1.1 billion onto the battlefield. If the event and its outcomes arent mentioned in 2012s 10 std history books, we know the indian education board isnt doing their job" - Taken from Taras Patel's Wall.



It all comes to 30th March 2011, ICC World Cup 2011 India Vs Pakistan Semi-Finals. 
Year 1947 separated these two countries and after 64 years, these two will come down together to one ground to fight for respect, to fight for THE CUP THAT MATTERS.


Even Wikipedia mentions "The Indian and Pakistani cricket team have been long-time arch rivals and their rivalry is considered one of the most intense sports rivalries in the world". The senior cricketer Ravi Shastri said that “India vs Pakistan. The semi final clash would be the mother of all matches”


If you ask how intense it gets, here are some stats which will showcase the intensity of this match.
During any other match of world cup, the average cost for a 10 seconds advertisement is Rs 3 Lakhs to 5 Lakhs. But, during the EPIC battle of India and Pakistan, it increases to a WOOPING amount of Rs 13 Lakhs to 15 LAKHS. Too much for just a match? Yes? NO! consider this fact, An India-Pakistan cricket match has been estimated to attract up to one hundred million television viewers according to well respected TV ratings firm Initiative. So if we do the maths, it comes down to Rs 15* per 1000 viewers. Now that's cheap.
Fans, fanatics around the globe already started their travels to watch the match and hotel rooms 25Kms away from the town are reserved early. Now lets talk about the tickets of the match, The Tickets for the Mohali Semi-final match between India Vs. Pakistan in the black market with the hike of 10% to 50% on the regular price. Last Quarter Final Cricket of India Vs. Australia were played in the Ahmedabad Sardar Vallabhbhai Stadium. The tickets for the quarter final were sold in few hours. Last ICC Cricket world cup tickets were sold in the black prices are:
  • 100 Rs Tickets were sold in 1500 INR
  • 150 Rs. Tickets were sold in 3000 INR
  • 800 Rs. Tickets were sold in 5000 INR
  • 1500 Rs. Tickets were sold in 8000 INR to 25000 INR 
If this was the situation in INDIA VS AUSTRALIA, then think how much it will go in India Vs Pakistan.

If we talk about past, India and Pakistan has come across 4 times in world cup, and all the time India has beaten Pakistan.

Will Dhoni's team do it? Will India trash Pakistan out of world cup and raise the CUP? 

Will little master-blaster show Akhtar exit door? 



Inshah-allah!! 
The answer will unfold on 30th of March.



Sunday 27 March 2011

A new Start from the Beginning.

Hello Friends,

After waiting for so long and after applying so much brain, I finally decided to make my own blog :) .

First of all, I want to share an incident that made my this decision strong. Recently, I took part in a speech competition in Ahmedadbad Management Association, which apparently is my college also,  called "S.R Bhandari Best Speaker Award". I got through the preliminary round and got selected for finals (Not a great achievement as they selected all the 18 speakers). But, the final round of the competition made me realize how much I lack and how I need to improve. I realized I am very bad when it comes to public speaking. I completely messed up my speech. And this thing forced me to start read newspaper on DAILY routine, read mythological books and to start writing blog in order to improve my vocabulary.
Let's hope blogging helps me.

This blog won't be any particular subject oriented, but I would try to include as many things as possible on the Top of the Desk!


Feedbacks are most welcome.

Warm regards,
Sarvesh.