Sporting contests to remember: India Down Under 2012

An accomplished opener Viru sure isIn royal style opening the flood gates,Letting others bat tooBeing the darling of his mates.With a new lady in towGautam doesn’t have to worry about luck,He surely has a bright hunting futureFor everytime he comes back with a brand new duck.

Stranded in the middleIs our rock solid wall,thorough gentleman that he isCan’t refuse the bowler a five wicket haul.The darling of the crowdsGOD fluently moves towards that ‘you-know-what’ score,Teasingly leaving the finale to another daySmilingly exits, the mesmerized souls asking for some more.

The Very very special talent is still omnipresentSo what if his bat doesn’t win any more matches,Don’t his edges contributeIn all those athletic catches?Looking at our opening bowler, the umpires are all confusedHolding the new ball, is that a sack?All the generous helpings of biryani under his beltIt’s the sultan of swing himself, it’s good ol’ Zak.

With a puzzled look on his faceStrategizing how the next IPL he is going to win,Ashwin bowls the carom ball, the straighter one…he bowls them allExcept for that innocuous delivery, the one that’ll spin.

The world beaters are hurtSurely they’ll find out a way,Firing on all cylinders in the next seriesAgainst that ol’ champ team, Zimbabwe.Experts at blurting expletivesmasters at go karting,Dare not sledge us, not an inch will we yieldWe are the world champs…just that we can neither bat, bowl or field!