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Back to cricket.  A President's Eleven beat  England who rested Flintoff and Harmison, by 5 runs in Jaipur today ( President's Eleven - 260/5. England -  255 all out). Kaif top scored with 119 n.o.( 136 balls). Raina scored  49 off 46 balls with 10 fours and bowled well at the death( 6-0-28-0). Piyush Chawla and Romesh Powar bowled well too. Bell top scored for England with 71.

Here is my team for the 1st. ODI at Delhi.

Sehwag ( 1 more failure and he should be out), Gambhir, Dravid, Yuvraj, Kaif, Raina, Dhoni, Pathan, Romesh Powar, Munaf, Sreesanth. I know the selectors will take Bhajji instead of Powar but I would not. Powar is a better ODI bowler and better bat. I also fear for Pathan in ODIs. If the ball is not swinging around expect him to be murdered. His batting, however, is a plus.

Not selecting Kumble is a blunder by the selecters. They way he is bowling and batting, he would walk into my team at the expense of Bhajji.

Sehwag will, hopefully, have a better time in ODIs with the restrictions on the short stuff. His recent record in ODIs does not inspire confidence, though. One look at his figure and I do not know if I should laugh or cry. It is enough to make you think that players should be barred from getting into the restaurant business!! Unless he dramatically improves against the short ball ( that rarely happens), a can of worms has been opened and I expect all teams to play 'chin music' to him in tests.

I am enjoying a very different kind of music this weekend. God bless A R Rehman. He certainly gives me a lot more pleasure than the Indian cricket team. Have fun!