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Cricket and basketball: The Iffy Debate (Humour)
If the Indian cricket team had selected Baba Ramdev as the team physio, then the men in blue could have been as flexible on the field as the sadhu himself. However, his insidious influence would rub off on them and at the first signs of terror from pace bowlers, bruised batsmen would migrate to women’s cricket.
If Barack Obama were to lose the 2012 Presidential elections, he could always consider coaching the Los Angeles Lakers. “Yes, we can” would resonate with Lakers fans, too. “It’s not the economy, stupid” could do just as well.
Paul Valthaty: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
“I am the same Paul that I used to be before IPL.”
Paul Valthaty claims that success in the IPL has not changed him.
What he really meant:
“I’m still Paul.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“The P in IPL stands for Paul.”Saurav Ganguly: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
“"I (would) like to play for some more years in IPL. May be after four or five years, I will think about other option.”
Saurav Ganguly would like to continue in the IPL..
What he really meant:
“I’m suffering from brain freeze. Hence, I cannot consider other options.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“I’m forming a brand new IPL. Me ,myself and I are the foremost teams.”
Ten reasons why IPL IV failed to capture hearts, minds and wallets
It was to be bigger,better, grander.
However, it has not worked out that way—for IPL 2011.
Television viewer’s interest plummeted, ticket sales tapered off and there was a jaded, sleazy feeling to the largest sporting extravaganza on the Indian sub-continent.
Randomly setting off cricketing (and non-cricketing) fires
A few random thoughts:
We are into the second day of the Lords’s Test between Sri Lanka and England. The home side leads 1-0 following a devastating collapse by the Lankans on the last day of a boring first Test. We don’t need T20 if we can have wickets falling like nine-pins in less than an hour.
Now, if only we had a way of figuring out which session of a Test match will have all the excitement. I’d buy season tickets.
The evening of the final days’s play in the first Test was also an occasion to trot out over-used clichés about the game:
Players whine about BCCI power (Humour)
Who’s afraid of Barrack Obama?
Certainly not international cricketers.
Why should they care about the most powerful man in the world, when they have to deal with the BCCI? Proximity bites.
The Indian cricket board is not popular with current players cutting across national borders.
You would think otherwise. Without the IPL, foreign players are at the mercy of their respective cricketing boards.
The lousy ingrates.
Cricketers believe that the BCCI has an undue influence on the ICC’s decision-making.
Grow up, chaps. Money makes the world go round—clockwise and counter-clockwise.
They whinge yet 32% promise to retire prematurely from national commitments to take part in the IPL and sundry T20 tournaments.
Aren’t you chewing off the hand that feeds?
Red wine for the whiners, please!
Note: You didn’t get this from the grapevine.
Quote of the day:
You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do. – Henry Ford
Shahid Afridi asked to seek remedial therapy by PCB (Satire)
KARACHI—
In another blow to Shahid Afridi’s hopes of returning to the Pakistani cricket team, the team management made public a team psychiatrist’s report on the dashing all-rounder.
Mr. Gind Mames, a consulting psychotherapist, said that the former Pakistani ODI skipper is overly influenced by sports persons who have retired from their sport only to return in another attempt to regain youthful glory.
“Afridi is a huge fan of Michael Jordan, Michael Schumacher, Bjorn Borg, Imran Khan,George Foreman and Martina Navratilova, among others.” said Mr. Mames.
Rob Steen: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
“…precious few have ever had a) any concept of how to go about it or, b) any awareness that, no matter how hard you try, you cannot dictate how you are remembered.”
Rob Steen writing about Shane Warne’s legacy.
What he really meant:
“Time tells a tale on you.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“It’s a leg-acy.”
Sanjay Manjrekar: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
“Fans scream ‘Dilscoop’, and I think, ‘Thank god for the helmet’.”
Sanjay Manjrekar makes it clear that cricketers had it harder in his day, without the protection of a helmet.
What he really meant:
“Dilscoop—without protective gear—is akin to suicide.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“Ice-cream, anyone?”
Bishan Singh Bedi: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
“When the players have been bought like slaves at an auction, they just can’t have rights.”
Bishan Singh Bedi minces no words in taking the BCCI to task for its hypocritical stance on the ‘club versus country’ debate.
What he really meant:
“The IPL is no EPL.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“The BCCI functions democratically and IPL franchisees are democracies.”
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