Tuesday 18 August 2009

7 reasons why it’s not easy being an Indian cricketer

Virender Sehwag has not had a bumper crop on his barren scalp.

Harbhajan Singh's Hummer has not claimed its first casualty yet.

And Irfan Pathan still bowls at a speed which allows him the luxury of fetching the ball midway and do a re-take if he doesn't like the original.

But enough strange things have happened of late to convince me that it's not easy being an Indian cricket these days and here is why:

1. Film directors dismiss you as pestering wannabe actor;

2. Female fans mistake you for a lip gloss;

3. You never know when you find yourself at the wrong end of Vinod Kambli's name-dropping spree in one of the reality shows;

4. Selectors first shove you into a garb and then dump you for posturing in borrowed plumes;

5. Your cousin, especially from hockey, casts an evil eye on your Hummer;

6. Your own state association calls you nepotic; and

7. WADA guys chase you even in your nightmare with a bottle and an injection in their hand, seeking blood and what not.

13 comments:

Q said...

8. Replica dolls of you are manufactured and then burnt in public when you fail.

straight point said...

rehashed 8...

after some time passes without doing much the men in effigy business hire an aussie coach to spit venom on your favorite cricketers... :)

Som said...

Q, by now, some cricketing must be thinking about launching personal, official effigy bearing their signature.

Som said...

SP, spot on, that Australian villain of the piece.

Soulberry said...

I'm fearful of the Hummer casualty bit. That's a real threat you knwo...was almost run over by one myself on the Jor Bagh road and I was in my car at that time! The pedestrians around Bhajji's house can say their prayers as they approach the gate...it could spring open and the a Hummer could zip out

Som said...

Soulberry, fortunately I stay some 200-300 kms away from Bhajji's Jalandhar.

vmminerva said...

Nice one, as always, Som

Debaprio said...

interesting.................

Som said...

VM, welcome back.

Som said...

Debapriyo, welcome to Doosra and keep coming:)

scorpicity said...

A junk film director brushes off a junk wannabe actor. Priceless!

Som said...

Hahaha, Scorpi. Good one.

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