My Punjab trip - Part 1

 

I often go to Agra and always mention about it in my blog but this time I went to Punjab. There was a marriage of one of my relative. They live in Ludhiana. So, we started our journey on Saturday on 6:15 and reached till 12:30. We went to Sonipat till the Eastern Peripheral Expressway. We reached them till 12:30. In the evening, my grandmother came and my Chachu came and then we slept after doing dinner. The next day as per the Indian tradition, it was Sagan. In this the bride and groom wear a ring to each other and other people just enjoy the party. The next day, it was a free day for everyone there was nothing to do and the next day was the wedding. I enjoyed this day by going to a restaurant in the night with my Bua. The next day, we all had to wake up early and go to Jalandhar for the wedding. So, we went to Jalandhar and first went to the Gurudwara. The bride and the groom took phere and we went to the banquet. We came in the evening after the marriage and I came in a bus as there was a bus arranged as there were many people so there was a bus arranged. We came till 6:30 and I came and rested for a while and played with my little sister who was of just 8 months. The bride and groom came late as they were stuck in traffic. It was dinner after that and we all came in the house just beside to the groom’s house because there were a lot of people so there was a house booked, it was just beside the main house. We all were tired after the marriage and we all slept. Next day, we had the plan to leave for Amritsar to visit Golden Temple but the next day we had to leave with two more families but the next day there were just unexpected things which were totally not expected by anybody as I woke up, I We stayed at my father’s Mama’s house and my Bua booked a hotel for a night. In the night, we went to Golden Temple and came back, my Bua also went with me and came to the house in which we were living, which was my father’s relative’s house. I was very tired and slept till 11:30. Next Day, we had to leave for Delhi and we left till 10:30 and reached at 10, means it was a 10-hour drive. We all were very tired and slept till 10 and the next to next day, we had a guest in our house which was the newly wedding couple.

 

Virat Kohli leaving captaincy ?

 

Virat Kohli is the captain of the Indian cricket team of all three  formats for 4 years. After Ajinkya Rahane led India to their 2^nd victory in Australia netizens started to say that Ajinkya Rahane should become India’s all - time captain of tests and after the England test series rumors spread that Virat Kohli may leave the captaincy but after one day only a BCCI person confirmed that Virat Kohli is not leaving the captaincy and it will be his own decision of leaving the captaincy. But after some weeks Virat Kohli on his own confirmed that he will be leaving the T20I captaincy after the T20 World Cup. He said that by leaving the T20I captaincy his workload would be less. After some days, just after the first match of IPL he also confirmed that after this year’s IPL he will quit the captaincy of RCB. Most likely, Rohit Sharma will take over the captaincy of T20I’s from Virat Kohli. He may want to focus more on his batting he has not crossed the three – figure mark for almost 2 years. BCCI said that the contenders for the vice – captain for the T20I vice – captaincy are KL Rahul, Jasprit Bumrah and Rishabh Pant.

 

 

Reviewing squad of the Indian team for the T20 World Cup

I have mentioned before, the T20 World Cup will be held in October this year. The squad of the Indian for the T20 World Cup was announced last week on Wednesday. So, I thought let us review India's T20 World Cup squad.

                                            Squad of Indian team 

• Virat Kohli (C)
• Rohit Sharma (VC)
• KL Rahul 
• Suryakumar Yadav
• Ishan Kishan
• Rishabh Pant (WK)
• Hardik Pandya
• Ravindra Jadeja
• Axar Patel
• Ravichandran Ashwin
• Rahul Chahar
• Varun Chakravarthy 
• Bhuvneshwar Kumar 
• Jasprit Bumrah
• Mohammed Shami

Reserves - Deepak Chahar, Shreyas Iyer, Shardul Thakur 

Head Coach - Ravi Shastri 

Mentor - M.S Dhoni 

Ravichandran Ashwin’s selection in the squad left everyone surprised as he was out of India’s limited overs squad for four years. Although, he was performing well in the IPL but was not Picked in India’s limited overs squad. Indian team’s selector said that he was Taken in the squad for his performance in IPL. He also told that Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma backed them to take Ravichandran Ashwin in India’s T20 World Cup squad. 

 

  Yuzvendra Chahal and Shikhar Dhawan not in the Squad

Yuzvendra Chahal and Shikhar Dhawan both were dropped from India’s T20 World Cup Squad. Yuzvendra Chahal’s Drop from India’s T20 world cup squad Didn’t surprise much as he was not in good form in both international matches and IPL. Some analysts said that Yuzvendra Chahal should have been taken in the squad. Shikhar Dhawan’s drop surprised Everyone as he was in sublime form in both international matches and IPL. Everybody said That Shikhar Dhawan should have been taken in The T20 World Cup Squad.

 

                  Dhoni selected as mentor

Another surprise to the fans was that M.S Dhoni was selected as India’s mentor. He took his retirement from international cricket last year and was chosen as India’s mentor of India for the T20 World Cup. Some People questioned the BCCI as the Indian team Have a coach so why do they need a mentor. Fans of MS Dhoni were very happy. He has Confirmed to the BCCI that he will only be the Mentor for the T20 world cup. Sourav Ganguly Said that MS Dhoni’s experience would help India as India have not won any ICC trophy since 2013.

 

My Agra Trip - Part 3

Whenever I go to Agra, I mention about it in my blog. I have also mentioned that it is my Grandmother's house. This time I didn't go there, this time we went with two other families and stayed in a hotel. First we had a plan of going to Amritsar but then we went to Agra. We went on 28th August and came on 31st August as it was a three day holiday weekend. As always we went their via the Yamuna Expressway and reached their in four hours. We stayed in the hotel named Jaypee Palace. It was a hotel but when you go inside it, it'll look like a resort because it is a very big property. We went there and checked - in to our rooms. Then we went to Dasaprakash, a south - Indian restaurant in Agra and it was a very nice restaurant. We came to our hotel and on the way we ate ice - cream. We came back to the hotel and went to the swimming pool. Then we children went to the play zone and played carrrom. After that we all went to do dinner. We went for a walk after that and we all children played ice and water. Next day, we had a plan of going to Taj Mahal. We woke up and did breakfast and then went to the swimming pool. We then went to the Taj Mahal. We took a guide and he explained Taj Mahal's history very well. Then we went to the most local place in Agra, Sadar Bazaar. In Sadar Bazaar we went to the most famous place, Chaat Gali. Their we ate Pav Bhaji, Golgappe, Aloo Tikki, Dahi Golgappe and Falooda. Then we visited all Sadar Bazaar and we ate Franky and Chowmein in our dinner from Mama Franky. Next day, we ate breakfast and then went to the Swimming Pool. We checked - out after that and went to the historical Gurudwara, Gura Ka Taal. We then started our journey back home and in between we ate Samosas and drank Lassi from a shop named Dauji. This shop was also famous in Agra. Then we went back home and it was a very nice trip and everybody liked the trip.