CWC2011

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Poonam Pandey, Cheer Queens and Supermodels (Humour)


That Poonam Pandey enjoys flirting with danger was well evident in her offer to do the Full Monty if Team India won the World Cup.

Despite receiving threatening calls and recovering from kidney stone removal surgery, the model intends to keep her word.

As if to make up for her hardships, Akshaye Kumar has offered her a chance to appear on his dare-devil television show for ladies “Khatron Ke Khiladi”.

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Indian babies born on April 2, 2011 to be awarded cash prize by BCCI (Satire)


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The BCCI has decided to extend its munificence—following Team India’s World Cup triumph—to every baby born on the 2nd of April, 2011.

India has a baby born every two seconds. That makes approximately 30 * 60 * 24 = 43,200 babies born on the auspicious day.

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Insuring World Cup events and IPL players , at a price (Humour)


Sachin Tendulkar at Adelaide Oval

Almost all top guns in the IPL have been insured by their respective teams, ranging from Sachin Tendulkar (Rs. 44.97 crores) to Gautam Gambhir (Rs. 11.64 crores).

Wouldn’t it have been a great idea for the ICC to secure insurance cover against original trophies  locked down by bureaucratic Customs officials? The eventualities covered could include embarrassment caused by disclosures that ‘hugged-and-kissed’ trophy is a replica, free World Cup tickets demanded by said officials and sundry miscellaneous damages including loss-of-face.

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Cricket World Cup 2011: A celebratory montage


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Is Writer Fatigue the reason for staid cricketing copy? (Satire)


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The Cricket Writers Association of India (CWAI) are up in arms.

The premier union of sports writers has written to the BCCI regarding the hectic Indian cricket calendar this year .

Beginning with the Ashes and the India-South Africa tour, followed by the World Cup and now the IPL, it has been one form of cricket followed by the other, with nary a break.

“What about the helpless journos?” cries CWAI president, Wicketless Witter.

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Shane Warne squashes rumours of being the next Team India coach


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Cricket World Cup 2011: What they said and what they definitely didn’t (Humour)


What he said:

Ireland’s Trent Johnston tweets to Graeme Smith, on hearing about the South African captain’s engagement

Congrats on the good news @GraemeSmith49. We r looking for an opener here in Dublin – Unfortunately we can’t offer you any 50 over cricket!

What he definitely didn’t :

“We have our own version of the IPL here”


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Ten things Poonam Pandey did not do on Saturday, 2nd April, 2011 (Humour)


Mandira Bedi at India Day Parade

Ten things that Ms. Poonam Pandey did not do on Saturday , 2nd April 2011 (in no particular order):

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WAGS, doctors and nurses protest the display of emotion by men in blue (Satire)


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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.

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Dhoni’s smooth top: Just what was he thinking? The bald truth


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