India trying to hard to pick themselves up for next game - but what can they do** ? 
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Team Nike consider some bold moves
By our strategic correspondent
Rawalpindi: Buoyed by their heroic performance in Peshawar, Team Nike (known at a few other times as the Indian cricket team ) are now considering some bold moves to reassert their age old superiority over the Pakistani team and regain some respect in front of Kenyan supporters who are now celebrating their impending move up in the ICC ratings ladder.
TheSourceNews has learnt of amazing new plans by the famed Chappell/Dravid combo (sponsored by Cats Eye Agarbatti with their logo “we can make anything or anyone smell nice”) to rectify the situation before the next match in Rawalpindi. Speaking on a condition that the TSN will not disclose the true identity of the source, the bus driver for the Indian team (Jeera Bhai Blade) revealed some portions of this well kept secret. According to this source, the new Indian strategy will be based on the theory of containment which centers round containing the Indian coach, Greg Chappell in a small carton replete with pictures of Saurav Ganguly to keep him company until the series came to an end. Jeera stated that he had been told by those in the know that apart from this strategy, the Indian think tank was also considering withdrawing Nike sponsored dhotees that were causing immense amount of discomfort to Indian players and were another cause of the recent drop in performance against a team not from Zimbabwe. This painful decision was taken after one of the dhotees worn by Harbhajan Singh caught fire, resulting in Harbhajan missing the Peshawar match.
Our Cricket correspondent adds:
Reactions from the Pakistani camp was of great puzzlement – as Peshawari fans fired AK47s in the air and at each other and threw hard objects at Pathans of unclear origins, Inzamam-ul-Haq, the Pakistani captain was totally perplexed by the whole situation. When queried on this issue, he immediately asked for a 6th power play once he had super-subbed his biryani for gulab jamans, based on the D/L method. He did express his sadness at Greg Chappells containment since Greg provided many hours of mirth in the Pakistani dressing room. On a serious note, he admitted that Chappells absence could cause a great crisis in the Pakistani camp as he was a great motivator and would be missed by his number one fan, Shoaib Akhtar. Asked about how Pakistan would change their plan due to this development, he thought carefully and replied in a candid manner “I will try and stay in my crease?”
And Finally….
The record breaking legend that is Sachin Tendulkar has expressed his disappointment with the conduct of the Pakistani authorities on this tour. He said “When they came to India, we provided them with the best net bowlers in the shape of Nehra and Balaji and how do they return our compliments? I can take flat pitches, dodgy umpires and balls aimed at my head but, I ask - Where’s the spirit of friendship and what about hospitality? *Where are Sami and Khalil *!!!”.
