Tuesday, November 16, 2004

Death of a Champion.

  • She won the national title for the first time in 1997 at the age of 15, and kept it for next 7 consecutive years.
  • She was among the best in Asia.
  • Suffered a serious back-injury while preparing for next meet.
  • Pleaded to the deaf ears of State Govt. official for financial help , even failed to get the promised prize money.
  • To save her parents from further debts, last saturday night consumed poison and committed suicide.

Shobhini Rajan - national rowing champion
(1982-2004).
My team for forthcoming home-series against SA and away-series against Bangladesh.

For One-dayers.
Sachin (Bat/Ball)
Sehwag (Bat/Ball)
Mongia (Bat/Ball)
Kaif
Dravid (C/WK)
Yuvraj (Bat/Ball)
Powar (Bat/Ball)
Harbhajan
Pathan
Khan
Nehra / Balaji

For Test-matches.
Sehwag
Gambhir / Mongia
Laxman
Sachin
Dravid (C)
Kaif / Sriram
D.Karthik (WK)
Harbhajan
Pathan
Khan
Kumble / Balaji / M.Karthik.