The Inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL) is finally over. It started with a bang, and has like all good masala Hindi movies- ended with a bigger bang.
The final was a great one. As Dharam Paaji would say “ismein tragedy hai, emotion hai drama hai…” Further, borrowing the classic Jim Ross (from World Wrestling Entertainment) quote “It was one hell of a slobberknocker”.
The final was a great one. As Dharam Paaji would say “ismein tragedy hai, emotion hai drama hai…” Further, borrowing the classic Jim Ross (from World Wrestling Entertainment) quote “It was one hell of a slobberknocker”.
Ok, now when it is all said and done and the smoke is cleared, I predict the following situations cropping up due to all of the above.
1- There will be headlines on how much more money the bookies made on this final as compared to the ICC and the IPL
2- Other sports will again crib about receiving step-brotherly/ sisterly treatment at the hands of media/ politicians/society/mothers-inlaw u name it.
3- IPL formats will crop up in kabaddi, kho-kho and mallakhamb
4- Rajasthan Royals will become case study material in Business schools
5- Shane Warne will be interviewed as a Management Guru
6- The immensely resilient Swapnil Asnodkar will still not make it into India XI
7- There will be media coverage on how Sharad Pawar was AGAIN pushed off the stage by the winning team (incidentally captained by an Australian)
8- Bhajji will not learn from his mistake.
9- Nor will Sreesanth…bloddy wimp.
10- Shahrukh Khan and Preity Zinta will not be there next year, citing assignments.
11- Sachin Tendulkar will be there next year. With a tennis elbow.
12- Vijay Mallya will be just as flamboyant and get just as pissed for the pithy performance by his team
13- There will be endless telecasts of the final moments on Loop Play on all news channels.
14- Pakistan will covertly take disciplinary action against all its players who played here and admitted to enjoying it and loving the Indian crowds. This will unfold over 3 years.
15- The world will be divided for 5 days into “those who were at DY Patil stadium and those who weren’t”
16- Shane Warne will be offered the role of Coach of the Indian Cricket XI
Hei tamasha yeh kya
Kyu tu ghamm mein zara/
kar muhabbat fakiri,
Ho bharam se judaa/
Hei tamasha yeh kya/
kaun bura ya bhala hai/ sab mein
aks uska basa
Mei ko chod de ruh se jod le kar jayega paar...
(Indian Ocean, Hei Tamasha - Kandisa)
Cynical? Nope.
Just some love truth and a little malice (as Kushwant Singh saab would say)
:) :)) amen. LOL
ReplyDeleteu 4got to add that the pcb are really really keen on starting a league of their own .. adopting the same format, god knows how the teams are going to get time off from the icc, it works with football coz they play more club ties than intl ties , here its the other way around
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