The Gods Must Be Crazy… No, no, I am not referring to the famous comedy movie series of the late 80s but to our cricketing gods who had been reigning over the minds of us common people and who over the years had provided us reasons to bunk school, colleges, work among other things to stay at home and watch them play for the love of the nation, fame and for fat endorsements not necessarily in that order.
Yes, they deserve all the glory and the accolades and not to forget our undivided attention. So what if cricket is being played in just a handful of countries around the world? And why shouldn't a cricket world cup be called a cricket world cup even though just 10-12 nations are involved in the tournament?
In a nation of a billion people, nurturing and developing key 11 players to play cricket is a mammoth task and our BCCI and various other cricketing academies and associations have done the nation a huge favor in propagating this game from the grass root level and hence seeing players from small towns represent the country is indeed a major achievement.
I have been a huge follower of this game since time immortal. Okay okay, I am not that old!! The likes of Kris Srikant, Navjot Sidhu, Robin Singh, Ajay Jadeja, Kapil Dev, Saurav Ganguly, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Gambhir, Rahul Dravid and not to forget Azaruddin has been some of my favorite cricketers who made this game worth watching, who made the bunking of college/work worth every second of the time spent watching them slog out in the middle. Posted in Sports.
– August 25, 2008
very true !!enjoyed reading it !
good post