ICC 'T20' cricket world cup 2007,
Its NOT raining pains
anymore, on the contrary its raining sixes. Indian cricket went into
deep coma after their performance in the ICC cricket world cup 2007
(50 over version). Getting a defeat from Bangladesh and getting
eliminated in the first round was the worst, one could think of
EVER!!. That post-pathetic period is a past now. Its a new team, its
fresh team and its a new format. Man, what a concept! I can't believe
the big-baap of BCCI (read ICC) have developed such a
fascinating concept. Ideally speaking, itz 'No Mercy' for
bowlers in here. The game along with the commentators, narrating us
'each bowl, each movement, each cloud detail' is designed
beautifully. It's fast, it's short, it's exciting and it's fascinating
;) And what ingredients are needed to make it exciting. Here is the
list -
*1) Arun
Lal*
His former Indian player
tries his best to create that extreme hype needed to glue the viewers
to their idiot boxes. His wordings sounds as if his butts are fully
loaded with anxiety pie or anxiety kababs. He will let you know each
n every detail of the match...
...
“**AAauur ek buuuri khhhabar, upar se badalon se baarish ho rahi
hai**”...it seems obvious, but
in his words, it sounds more real!
*2) Zaheer
Abbaas*
He is a former Paki
captain. And from a background like that, his speech naturally floods
out urdu amidst his cricket commentary. Actually speaking, his
cricket description in 'urdu-hindi-english' trio can go to extremes.
* “Ye dekhiye ye kya
ho raha hai, kuch cameramen ke lens ki wahjah se batsman ki aakh mein
lashkaare jaa rahe hai...batsman ko pareshani mehsoos hote hue”
“Mere nazariye mein
Gayle aise maarte hai, jaise koi baadshah chakka maar raha ho”*
3) Vinod Kambli
He is the school partner of
Sachin...but that partnership never really reached the ODIs. His
commentary contains tons of tapori elements of Mumbaiya language.
“Aur ye phir lapeit diya
hai..aur ye chakka”
“Bhaut
le rahe hai bowlers ki”*
*4) Star
Cricket's Cricket Crazy*
Cricket Crazy is a
prelude as well as an extension to the cricket adventure. Dunno the
names of the hosts, but I can confirm that they are real maniacs. All
they do is 100% pure mindless bakwaas, which that will surely drive
you crazy. “Some Couples are made in Heaven”...and I feel they
are among them
5) Mohinder Amarnath
You
must be knowing him (he was a part of '83 world cup winning team).
This man can't hide his emotions no matter what happens. And he can't
hide them while doing commentary too. And what to say about his
singing talent. He will sing songs of praise when somebody hits a
six, he will sing when somebody needs motivation, he will sing war
songs to keep the fighting spirit alive, he will sing festival songs
for celebrations and he will also sing when it rains (“**oh aaj
mausam bada baiimaan hai, bada baiimaan hai aaj mausam, aana wala
kooiee tuuufan hai**”)...the 70's retros are back thanks to him,
that too on a sports channel...waah!!..an Indian Idol in making
through singing commentary.
*6) The
GAME 'T20'*
T20
is a critical commercial venture in order to globalize the sport.
It's short and it's exciting. The biggest accomplishment of
20-20 has been the fact that it has brought the crowds back to the
ground. Also, the tournament has seen many sitting-on-the-edges
matches (close encounters), thereby seeking more attention of the
viewers. However, you will also find a large number of guys debating
about the 'quality' content in the game. Is there any part of
technique in the game or it is just a show of power?? But then you
will find people like me saying “if you want to admire that sport,
you have to like very version of the game”.
*7) RELIANCE MOBILE
'DANCING DOLLS'*
Select
two white girls and two off-white boys, give them one VCD of
Prabhudeva or Mr=Ms (??) Jackson, lock them up in a room having
rollercoaster functionalities. The next day, put up a blue stand,
write those golden words on it ('RELIANCE MOBILE') and ask those two
white girls and two off-white boys to do some aerobatics on it. Thats
it...you will be witnessing 'dancing dolls' doing modern day mujra
on it. And, what do the dancing dolls get in return for those acts of
gymnastics??...any guesses...RELIANCE SHARES obviously :p. Only,
Reliance, can come up with these kind of stupid ideas!!
...And the main statement
of this write up – **more than a billion people are HAPPY today,
because they belong to a country namely “INDIA”
* INDIA – world T20
champions
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