THEY CALL IT "C.R.I.C.K.E.T"

Writing is a lot like sex! At first u might do it coz u jus feel like it, but for u to do it again, others must also like it:).And some are so good at it, that they might even end up doing it for money!! (I meant the writing part, seriously). Ok, What I’m really trying to say here is I’m writing another blog n u gotta put up with it coz a few people, apart from me, liked my previous blog (or at least that’s what they told me).N I’m writing about something that’s occupied most of my free time (technically it would be the time I’m not sleeping): CRICKET!

Now, my 70 year old neighbor has been the travel agent for my guilt trips. He instigated a serious thought when he asked “now at this age why do you still play cricket? “. Not that I take him seriously (at his age nobody does anyway).If he had followed even half the advice he’s given me he would have landed at the Whitehouse longtime back. But still his question was nagging me. Now, my age was not my botheration. I know a guy, who is so old that when he orders a 2 mins noodles they ask for payment up front, n he still plays cricket!! But still that question as to “why” we play has been nagging my mind.


We ve played almost everywhere. Starting from street, ground, terrace, garage, house, corridor, night cricket, rain cricket …. I think it covers almost all possibilities. But I’ve never considered this question “Why?” .Why do we still play can be a difficult question to answer… See, why do people fall in love? Why do guys start smoking? Why do people wear tight jeans even though they have flabby thighs covered by their stomach? Why do some people wear those ridiculous sun glasses even if they can’t tell the difference between their neighbor and his wife with the glasses on?....

Ill tell u the reason: Coz they all wanna feel heroic! They all want that micro mini moment that shrinks the world in front of them and makes them HUGE. And I think cricket is the institution that gives us the space to be heroic.

We can't all be heroes’ coz someone's gotta sit on the curb and clap as they go by.
But still we need something that gives us the chance to feel heroic. Aren’t we all something bigger in our mind and in our own little world while playing? Isn’t mani the Dhoni when he sets the field? Isn’t Ashwin the Allan Donald when he used to open the bowling? (U should have seen his run up; I don’t go that far even on a holiday!). Isn’t Bala the Yuvraj when he plays that flick? Isn’t srinivas the Shane warne when he bowls? (Now, the other main advantage I can see when he’s bowling is that he is not fielding!!). Isn’t Gundan the Sewag when he hits them miles? …. Yes we are all the heroes here!! Even a little dog can piss on a big building:).

Conclusion is a place where you get tired of thinking:

Yes I know, for some my reasoning might seem idiotic, illogical & stupid. Opinions are like assholes, everybody’s got one, n you can’t help it! I’m not trying to give justification here for wasting our time. All that I’m trying to say is that we are NOT wasting time! Coz my opinion is (forget that asshole part for a sec) that the time enjoyed wasting is no wasted time at all. And it’s all simple. The mind of us, the useless gully cricketers, starts with an H and ends with an T, listening with an EAR in-between while playing “C.R.I.C.K.E.T”