The paradox of being a common man
The month of May this year has been over-flowing with bold strokes and brilliant strikes. Yes, one can think of everything from cricket to politics and from nabbing terrorists to tickling the media at the right time. We have all realized that even ten seconds in front of a button can spell anything from prosperity...
Turning point
The pundits have always called cricket a game of glorious uncertainties and go to the extent of saying that one match can have several ‘turning points’. This game is such a complex flip-flop between exhilaration and stress that if you’re one of those who watch a match on the television, it is the faces of...
BC, AM, and the Cricket Premier league
We can keep going into the past if we wish to but the one truth that I have always believed in is that there was no life ‘Before Cricket’ or BC. You can be from the ‘Before Streaming’ era or the ‘Before TV’ phase or even from the ‘Before Transistor’ age… but I’m sure there...
Warriors give way to risers
Let me begin this post with two really cheeky tweets that I read this evening after the Pune Warriors India vs Sunrisers Hyderabad match. Stupid Common Man @D_Evil_Inside tweets: ‘Agar daag (Steyn) se kisi ka achha hota hai, to daag achhe hain. #IPL #SRHvsPWI’ and Abhishek Chauhan @imabhishek268, who tweeted: ‘Haar kar Jeetne waale ko...
Cricket connects!
Can you see a bat in the picture? No. Do you see anyone playing a game? No. And yet, everyone in India would know that these players are cricketers… and that they are the famous CSK team! This is the power of cricket!! Would the same level of recognition be there if someone were to...
