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) has 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 fasinating ;) And what ingredients are needed to make it exciting. Here is the list -
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 sound 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!
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”
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”
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, that will surely drive you crazy. “Some Couples are made in Heaven”...and I feel they are among them
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.
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 every version of the game”.
RELIANCE MOBILE 'DANCING DOLLS'
Select two white girls and two off-white boys, give them one VCD of Prabhudeva or Mr=Ms(??) M .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”
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 sound 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!
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”
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”
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, that will surely drive you crazy. “Some Couples are made in Heaven”...and I feel they are among them
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.
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 every version of the game”.
RELIANCE MOBILE 'DANCING DOLLS'
Select two white girls and two off-white boys, give them one VCD of Prabhudeva or Mr=Ms(??) M .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
5 comments:
bowlers ki le rahi hai
kambli indeedd hehe... cool post!
haha.. tht was a hillarious piece.
i liked the t20 concept too, just for the excitement levels. but this form of cricket isnt what cricket really means. cricket teaches u to have determination and patience, which means that even after u have a dicey start wherein u lose 3-4 quick wickets, u can always come back into the game by dropping anchor and being patient, and then after u have consolidated the innings, u start speeding up the run tally. in t20 u dont have enuff time to do that, and so getting back into the game and redeeming urself is almost impossible after losing too many quick wickets.
if not for 50 over games we wouldnt have had classic games like South Africa's dream chase of 400+ runs and India with Yuvi and Kaif beating England in 2002
hi.
I appreciate ur work
gud notice of those commentries "hindi wali"
one more
-> or ye fielder catch ke niche aa gaye hai
hey
well written
India won n won everybody wana make the best of it from politicians to ad makers
that's an irony
cheers
keep posting
@ maneesh
thanx....thank GOD, he didn't mentioned words like 'ch-a-maila', and more of his mumbai taporiness :)
@ c r d
thanx...but u see 50-50 will slowly diminish [my view](see latest India-Aus match)..it looks like a drag in middle.
BUt hey u wer right, that 400+ run-chase was an unique thriller..unfact my first cricket post was on that match only :)
@ manish
..dunno under-estimate HINDI, it can b deadly. Infact any language for that matter (Shoib Malik's speech after finals, in which he presumed all muslims supporting him)...HE made himself a big FOOL with those FOOLISH words
@ jiggs
thranx buddy :)
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