Easy exchange

After India?s victory on Sunday, there was a sea of travelling fans in the lobby of the team hotel, the Pearl Continental. They managed to felicitate most players but not the captain. Sourav Ganguly somehow managed to evade the rush and, way past midnight, went out to Food Street with friends from Kolkata (he probably bumped into Daler Mehndi, who was there round about the same time). Ganguly, who has a weakness for what we call ??Mughlai cuisine??, was apparently very much at home in this kebab paradise. Food Street is something peculiar to the nawabi cities of India: Bhopal, Ahmedabad, Old Delhi, Lucknow. The difference here is that it?s cleaner, better regulated and the food is more hygienic. And open 24 hours, which is great for journalists who live in a different time zone. Though biryani and kebabs are the specialty, it?s not just about meat; veggies will relish the makki di roti and sarson da saag. There is a Food Street in Islamabad as well, but this one is better.

…AND INZI HIS MONEY

Whatever happens in Wednesday?s match, Inzamam-Ul Haq is already rich by five lakh rupees. How? Well, its because of Aqeel Karim Dhedhi, a member of the Karachi Stock Exchange. Dhedhi is offering every century-maker in this series Rs 2.5 lakhs. Also up for grabs is this unusual prize: Rs 1 lakh for any Pakistani bowler dismissing an Indian batsman in the 90s. The only lucky person so far has been Shoaib Akhtar who dismissed Rahul Dravid for 99 at Karachi. To date the total prize money given away has gone upto Rs 8.5 lakhs.