/tags/shoaib-akhtar/ Recent content in Shoaib Akhtar on Amit Agarwal Linux Blog Hugo -- gohugo.io en Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:56:56 +0000 /2011/04/05/mohali-maahol-kricket-diplomacy-comes-of-age/ Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:56:56 +0000 /2011/04/05/mohali-maahol-kricket-diplomacy-comes-of-age/ <!--[ad#ad-2]--> <p>Enjoy reading this 🙂</p> <p><a class="zem_slink" title="Mohali" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohali">Mohali</a> Maahol+ACEAIQAhACE KRICKET Diplomacy comes of AGE+ACEAIQAhACE Eleven flannelled fools chasing a red ball, with eleven thousand fools cheering them.</p> <p>Bernard Shaw</p> <p>This Englishman would have turned aback in his grave+ACEAIQAh By George+ACEAIQAhACE Had he glimpsed the current fervour and crescendo the game has attained. The <a class="zem_slink" title="2010 FIFA World Cup" rel="geolocation" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-26.2347972222,27.9823527778&spn=0.01,0.01&q=-26.2347972222,27.9823527778%20%282010%20FIFA%20World%20Cup%29&t=h">World Cup</a> which began in an almost staid and lacklustre manner (the Opening Ceremony was quite a damp squib, my thoughts) +<a class="zem_slink" title="LSE: IBM" rel="googlefinance" href="http://www.google.com/finance?q=LON:IBM">IBM</a> slowly but surely reached a state of frenzy with each win for <a class="zem_slink" title="India" rel="geolocation" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=28.6133333333,77.2083333333&spn=10.0,10.0&q=28.6133333333,77.2083333333%20%28India%29&t=h">India</a>.</p>