That the Indian team was given a replica instead of the Real trophy was good enough reason to cobble together a band of experts for an hour-long discussion on the Times Of India news channel—at prime time.
It didn’t matter that the replica was a genuine one, albeit usually unveiled for promotional purposes.
I have a question: How much did the replica weigh? The real trophy weighs about 11 kilos a substantial upping from the five kilograms the 1983 version weighed. The players seemed to have no problem man-handling the prize. Most cricket bats weigh around five kilos, at most.
WAGS of Indian cricketers have raised a stink about the way the men in blue have hugged and kissed the hard-earned trophy. Their complaint: they have never felt the love in quite the same way.
Yuvraj Singh is , expectedly, the target of their ire.
Preity Zinta says: “Yuvi never reciprocated my embraces in quite the same way. And I was his team’s co-owner.”
Another group of people unhappy with the all-conquering (except South Africa) bunch of Indian cricketers are doctors and nurses. They feel that the men in blue have set an extremely poor example of hygienic living for the rest of their countrymen.
“Did any of the cricketers bother to wipe the World Cup with a sanitised wipe after hugging and kissing it with their sweat soaked bodies? Should they reinforce the stereotype of Indians not being too conscious of correct hygiene?”
“Chee!Chee!Chee!”
(All quotes and facts in this story are made up, but you knew that already, didn’t you?)
Quote of the day:
A magician pulls rabbits out of hats. An experimental psychologist pulls habits out of rats. – Anonymous
Make Time For Sports. 
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