Crash and Burn

Fortune fame
Mirror vain
Gone Insane
But the memory remains

And so, a billion dreams came crashing down today. The “Men in Blue” are virtually out of the World Cup. The only chance “the boys” have, to advance to the next round is if the minnows of the tournament..or rather the Giant Killers of the tournament Bangladesh lose to Bermuda. It’s more like a triangle now. With India, Bangladesh and Bermuda at the corners…Lets call it the Bermuda Triangle for the heck of it.

For me, half of the charm of the world cup was over the day Pakistan exited the tournament. For 80% of the cricket watching community, an India-Pakistan match is more like the world cup finals. You can have any team playing the finals, but for most of us, it doesn’t get better than this. An India-Pakistan match at the world cup is what we wait for every 4 years. And it’s always worth the wait. The juice is worth the squeeze……now where have I heard that before?? All you Elisha Cuthbert fans out there, you know what I am talking about. But (not butt) “The Boys” have added to my woes, they have added to the woes of a billion folks back home. The other half of the world cup charm suddenly seems like an impossible dream.

Now starts the worst phase of such a disastrous world cup campaign…The ANALYSIS
Countless hours of television programming will be devoted to countless people coming on countless channels to analyze the debacle. Stupid morons like Siddhu will be given yet another chance to yapp his ass off and make a fool out of himself yet again.

The Blame Game will go on and on for months to come. The amazing solutions people will come up with are even more engaging. For example

X should be kicked out of the team
The Coach should be fired
We need a Desi Coach
Maybe the stars weren’t on our side
(Shanni or Satan were at work)
Balh blah blah

The words “temperament” and “consistency” will be over used by every cricket guru. Every stand up comedian will have a ball cooking up joke after joke on our current cricket crisis. Aren’t we bored of this routine?
What pisses me off the most is the current reaction of the public. What on earth does a player’s family have to do with his inability to perform on the field? Why do they have to face harsh words or stones being pelted at their houses? How hurt would a player’s family feel to see his effigy burnt by a bunch of morons?

Does it still feel like a World Cup anymore..? I don’t think so
Sachin once told Saurav…..
“Dada, tension leneka nahi….sirf deneka” “Josh se nahi khelneka….Hosh se khelneka”

Sachin bahi…….I dint see any hosh..and definitely not any josh…Tension hamme kyon diya…doosri team ko dena tha…
Anyway all I care about is that hopefully, you guys gave it your best shot….

Its just a GAME after all…you win some..you lose some, only too many in our case. The players are human..just like you and me…

Its weird, you know….this world cup doesn’t feel like a world cup anymore…
It’s been 2 weeks since the Cricket Carnival began…and what do we have….
1. Two of the biggest Cricketing nations out of the World Cup
2. One billion broken hearts..and
3. One Murdered Coach

Ash to Ash
Dust to Dust
Fade to Black
But the Memory remains…
yeah yeah yeah yeeeaaaah..
(kirk whips the whammy and the guitar wails)