Inspiration!

With the Cricket WC round the corner, at least one blog on cricket is inevitable! Today morning, on way to work, was switching between radio channels - they also, like tv channels have this uncanny timing of all stations airing ads at approximately the same time! So, I settled on one ad which was about some dude recounting the eng vs ind match where eng needed 200+ runs to win on the last day...and how the crowd started chanting "chak de phatte!" and it "inspired" him and he went on to take 5-31 and help India win (all this while I am wondering who is this dude!!). Turns out to be none other than Harbhajan Singh! Then he says, it's World Cup time and what are you going to do this time to "inspire" him and the team again!

And that is where I have a problem! Is getting payed lakhs of rupees as match fee is not inspiration enough, is making crores through endorsements is not inspiration enough and above all playing for the country is not inspiration enough ??? that the idiot wants us to shout "chak de phatte" to inspire him?? I hope that is not the attitude our team has gone to the WC with! Else, coach Chappel's bold statement that we can reach the semi finals will remain just that!!

Anyways, me being another one of those die-hard patriots when it comes to cricket and esp WC, I am going to support the Indian team as usual (hoping they do not disappoint as always) :-)

As one of the many ads (obviously on cricket) says, "Come on India, deekha do!"

-uv.

p.s. in case you are wondering which product HS was endorsing, it was Seagrams!