Bad light!

The 1st India vs Pak test at Lahore is making more news for bad light than for the actual game. Today is the 4th day & as of now, play hasn't started. This, after more than a day has already been lost on account of .... what else, bad light.

Meanwhile, Star News was running a clip on Friday which showed the Ganguly-Dravid-Chappel triumvirate engaged in animated conversation regarding 'the opening slot'. Reportedly, team management wanted Saurav to open, but he, predictably, was totally against this. The news channel bought in lip readers & psycho-analysts to decipher what he was saying & his state of mind respectively(!!!). In fact, they even managed to reach the informed conclusion that Ganguly was dead set against opening & wanted Dravid to do it instead! And that is what exactly happened on Saturday after Pakistan declared at 679-7!

I don't know what to say .... Dravid has always been the team man & this time too has put team interest paramount. Saurav, however much I would like him to succeed & prove his critics wrong, seems to be making all the wrong moves. But given the treatment he's got over the last 2 months (akin to a shuttlecock), I don't blame him. God help this team!