IPL 2012 has started and everyone seems to be glued to his or her television set. But during this exam season can we have exams in T20 format, wonders S Ahmad of NVONews.Com
The number of players taking part in IPL or any T20 cricket match is not more than a couple but the impact is huge. This is being felt by the Patna University teachers in amusing ways. In fact, examinations in Bihar have always been an amusing thins when cheating is demanded as a genuine thing and riots break when police take action. Not only the cheating students are booked but even the guardians are sent to the jail. The report of copies being written at home and tagged in the main sheet is also not a secret.
The girl students always put some rupee note or a simple request to give them at least pass mark otherwise their marriage would not be possible is also a well known thing.
Now the boy students are throwing some irritatingly fresh ideas though not in their copy books. A report says that the Patna University Students Welfare Dean Ejaz Ali Arshad has received an SMS which says, ‘Can’t we have a T20 type examination’?
Like other states in Bihar the use of mobile phones are not allowed in exam hall but messages come pouring in after or before exam time. The above SMS sent to Mr. Ejaz also suggested that instead of holding examinations for three long hour the University should hold examination of only one hour duration on the pattern of a T20 match because three hours exam is like a five days Test match.
Another SMS sent to a different teacher suggests that the syllabus should be like a mini skirt covering the vital parts and exposing the superficial portions of the topic.
The report says that many similar messages are being received by the University officials who are busy conducting the ongoing undergraduate and PG examinations.
The way Mr. Kapil Sibbal has changed the education and the examination system one wonders if he would go for really a T20 type examination. It may be mentioned here that in the new system under Right to Education or RTE act no student shall get failed or detained. Numbers are already out of the scene and the grades are not a clear indicator of how a student fares in the examination.
Bihar government has already introduced the grade system till the teth class and it is quite possible that this system is applied in intermediate classes too.
IPL 2012: Oh MI! what a start
Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings make for the IPL’s proverbial bash. You think you know what to expect. Something in the range of 200. A Suresh Raina sparkler or a late blitz by MS Dhoni, none of which happened on Wednesday. Never put a formula to the game, it often befuddles you. And so the Chennai Super Kings crashed to 112 on their own turf. Mumbai didn’t even allow Chennai a brief presence in the contest and chased down the target comfortably.
Richard Levi, the stocky right-hander, smashed a 34 ball 50 to set up the chase. When he lofted the ball, he hardly seemed to expend power. What a catch he could be for the Mumbai franchise!
Levi’s abrupt departure did bring a brief lull in the Mumbai innings.
Rohit Sharma’s exit for a blob made it 72 for two. Sachin Tendulkar, after hitting a straight six off Albie Morkel, had to retire hurt on 16(he was hit on the thumb).
Later, Ambati Rayudu and James Franklin steered Mumbai hope.
In the last IPL itself, Mumbai had raised the bar with their fielding. On Wednesday, their energy levels were just as infectious. Ambati Rayudu’s one-handed pick-up and throw to dismiss Faff du Plessis said it all. Raina flowed freely, first tonking Abu Nechim over mid-off. A few more sweetly timed shots gave Chennai some impetus. It didn’t matter that Murali Vijay laboured to 10 off 2.
Soon enough, Franklin, Mumbai Indian’s Man Friday in the Champions League, outfoxed Vijay. Pragyan Ojha (4-0-17-2) snapped up both Raina and Darren Bravo — the latter looked in supreme touch. Haven’t we watched Ojha do this before: creating unusual angles or mixing up the pace? Ojha’s figures were bettered by Kieron Pollard who’d figures of 4-0-15-2.
Each time Chennai had a semblance of a rewarding stand, they lost a wicket. At the end of14 overs, they were 90 for five, with Albie Morkel, too, in the dugout.
Would MS Dhoni and S Badrinath, CSK’s most dependable bats, have thought that they were actually halfway into a quicksand? Dhoni’s run-out inevitably killed the contest. With Badrinath and IPL’s costliest buy Ravindra Jadeja, too, beating a hasty retreat to the dugout, Chennai couldn’t even last the full 20 overs. The scores of their last five batsmen resembled a telephone code. A wry comment on a popular cricket website summed up CSK’s innings. “Mr Dhoni,” the reader remarked, “we are not playing overseas”.
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings innings: F du Plessis run out (Rayudu) 3, M Vijay c Singh b Franklin 10, S Raina c Malinga b Ojha 36,
D Bravo c Pollard b Ojha 19, A Morkel c Ojha b Pollard 3, S Badrinath c Singh b Pollard 10, MS Dhoni run out (Ahmed/Karthik) 4,
R Jadeja b Malinga 3, R Ashwin run out (Singh/Karthik) 3, S Jakati not out 6,
D Bollinger c Sharma b Malinga 3;
Extras: (LB5, W7) 12
Total: (all out; 19.5 overs) 112
(5.64 runs per over)
Fall of Wickets: 1-4 (du Plessis, 0.4 ov),
2-38 (Vijay, 5.5 ov), 3-75 (Raina, 9.5 ov),
4-80 (Bravo, 11.2 ov), 5-85 (Morkel, 12.4 ov), 6-95 (Dhoni, 15.1 ov), 7-99 (Badrinath, 16.1 ov), 8-103 (Ashwin, 17.1 ov), 9-104 (Jadeja, 17.6 ov)
Bowling: L Malinga 3.5-0-16-2 (W2),
A Ahmed 2-0-17-0 (W1), H Singh 4-0-24-0 (W2), J Franklin 2-0-18-1, P Ojha 4-0-17-2,
K Pollard 4-0-15-2 (W2)
Mumbai Indians: R Levi c Bollinger b Bravo 50, S Tendulkar retired hurt 16, R Sharma c Dhoni b Bollinger 0, A Rayudu not out 18, J Franklin not out 25; Extras: (LB3, W3) 6
Total: (2 wickets; 16.5 overs) 115 (6.83 runs per over)
Fall of Wickets: 1-69 (Levi, 7.5 ov), 2-70 (Sharma, 8.3 ov), 2-72* (Tendulkar, retired not out, 8.6 ov)
Bowling: A Morkel 4-0-20-0 (W1), D Bollinger 3.5-0-34-1 (W1), R Ashwin 4-0-20-0, R Jadeja 1-0-16-0, D Bravo 3-0-14-1 (W1), S Jakati 1-0-8-0
Richard Levi, the stocky right-hander, smashed a 34 ball 50 to set up the chase. When he lofted the ball, he hardly seemed to expend power. What a catch he could be for the Mumbai franchise!
Levi’s abrupt departure did bring a brief lull in the Mumbai innings.
Rohit Sharma’s exit for a blob made it 72 for two. Sachin Tendulkar, after hitting a straight six off Albie Morkel, had to retire hurt on 16(he was hit on the thumb).
Later, Ambati Rayudu and James Franklin steered Mumbai hope.
In the last IPL itself, Mumbai had raised the bar with their fielding. On Wednesday, their energy levels were just as infectious. Ambati Rayudu’s one-handed pick-up and throw to dismiss Faff du Plessis said it all. Raina flowed freely, first tonking Abu Nechim over mid-off. A few more sweetly timed shots gave Chennai some impetus. It didn’t matter that Murali Vijay laboured to 10 off 2.
Soon enough, Franklin, Mumbai Indian’s Man Friday in the Champions League, outfoxed Vijay. Pragyan Ojha (4-0-17-2) snapped up both Raina and Darren Bravo — the latter looked in supreme touch. Haven’t we watched Ojha do this before: creating unusual angles or mixing up the pace? Ojha’s figures were bettered by Kieron Pollard who’d figures of 4-0-15-2.
Each time Chennai had a semblance of a rewarding stand, they lost a wicket. At the end of14 overs, they were 90 for five, with Albie Morkel, too, in the dugout.
Would MS Dhoni and S Badrinath, CSK’s most dependable bats, have thought that they were actually halfway into a quicksand? Dhoni’s run-out inevitably killed the contest. With Badrinath and IPL’s costliest buy Ravindra Jadeja, too, beating a hasty retreat to the dugout, Chennai couldn’t even last the full 20 overs. The scores of their last five batsmen resembled a telephone code. A wry comment on a popular cricket website summed up CSK’s innings. “Mr Dhoni,” the reader remarked, “we are not playing overseas”.
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings innings: F du Plessis run out (Rayudu) 3, M Vijay c Singh b Franklin 10, S Raina c Malinga b Ojha 36,
D Bravo c Pollard b Ojha 19, A Morkel c Ojha b Pollard 3, S Badrinath c Singh b Pollard 10, MS Dhoni run out (Ahmed/Karthik) 4,
R Jadeja b Malinga 3, R Ashwin run out (Singh/Karthik) 3, S Jakati not out 6,
D Bollinger c Sharma b Malinga 3;
Extras: (LB5, W7) 12
Total: (all out; 19.5 overs) 112
(5.64 runs per over)
Fall of Wickets: 1-4 (du Plessis, 0.4 ov),
2-38 (Vijay, 5.5 ov), 3-75 (Raina, 9.5 ov),
4-80 (Bravo, 11.2 ov), 5-85 (Morkel, 12.4 ov), 6-95 (Dhoni, 15.1 ov), 7-99 (Badrinath, 16.1 ov), 8-103 (Ashwin, 17.1 ov), 9-104 (Jadeja, 17.6 ov)
Bowling: L Malinga 3.5-0-16-2 (W2),
A Ahmed 2-0-17-0 (W1), H Singh 4-0-24-0 (W2), J Franklin 2-0-18-1, P Ojha 4-0-17-2,
K Pollard 4-0-15-2 (W2)
Mumbai Indians: R Levi c Bollinger b Bravo 50, S Tendulkar retired hurt 16, R Sharma c Dhoni b Bollinger 0, A Rayudu not out 18, J Franklin not out 25; Extras: (LB3, W3) 6
Total: (2 wickets; 16.5 overs) 115 (6.83 runs per over)
Fall of Wickets: 1-69 (Levi, 7.5 ov), 2-70 (Sharma, 8.3 ov), 2-72* (Tendulkar, retired not out, 8.6 ov)
Bowling: A Morkel 4-0-20-0 (W1), D Bollinger 3.5-0-34-1 (W1), R Ashwin 4-0-20-0, R Jadeja 1-0-16-0, D Bravo 3-0-14-1 (W1), S Jakati 1-0-8-0
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