Saturday, November 28, 2009

Crashing Tiger hidden drama

Was it Rachel or Elin or Woods himself who triggered the crash in the woods?

Well, well, well ... the GOD of Golf or I should say the Tendulkar of Golf has finally fallen ... I mean both literally and virtually ...

Tiger driving his car below 33kms/hr crashed himself on a fire hydrant before banging his vehicle on a nearby tree. Now what on earth might have happened to him that he became so wayward.

According to some reports, it was not woods but his wife Elin that triggered this crash and contrary to reports of her smashing the window of his SUV, actually she tried to smash his skull... may be it might also be a golf lesson gone completely wrong ... life is a book of possibilities after all.

Whatever might have brought that literal fall, Woods had a close shave as he got away with a few bruishes, much to the peace of all his friends and fans (including me) and woods appreciates it.

Many feel Woods must have slept behind the wheels and I too desperately pray that this should be true as sleeping behind the wheels is anyday better than sleeping with Rachel. LOL!

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Retirements plans for Sachin

Fans all over the world have bared their heart and crooned their way in praise of the 'GOD OF CRICKET'.

Former skippers, administrators, actors and singers -- all have coughed out their feelings for the little legend all ready.

So much have been the Sachin-ama that I have been feeling a bit scared about the man and his lot after cricket.

Not that the beginning of the end is anywhere near, but just a spasm in my heart and a concern for the little master have pushed me to look at his life after cricket when-so-ever it is.

So, here I go! Sachin take a look and make a pick.

1. Starting a full six-month course in disguising and camouflaging for the budding lovers. Given his strature he is likely to get some international clients as well very easily.

2. Keep weilding his bat and oiling his bones till he cracks Neville Wadia's record and etch his name in the Guinness Book of World Records.

3. Not that he is a novice behind the wheels, and given his penchant of becoming the first Indian in all he surveys, he could well throw his hat at becoming the first Indian again to drive Force India's VJM02. (Not to mention his iconic status will help his cause here too)


4. Given his quality of staying hungry he must have been size zero by now. Jokes apart! He might think of writing the next edition of 'Stay hungry, stay foolish'.

5. Given his goodwill and iconic status, he can start Sachi-nayam, mixing pranayam with his cricketing acumen. In the process he can get rid of his cramps and think of making a comeback again.

P.S. Although critics feels Tendulkar is unlikely to dislodge Wilfred Rhodes from the top of the longest Test career chart. According to predictions, when the world ends in 2012, the masterblaster will be the lone survivor and then he will likely to continue playing with the ETs before hanging up his boots.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Dhoni misses the Dusshera point

'Captain cool' MSD have lost it. Many would say it was a strategical error but I feel it was a logical error and a lack of out-of-the-box thinking that left India in the corner after their suspended match against Australia yesterday.

Desperate times ask for desperate action and MSD should have taken a leaf out of Paddy Upton's book and should have done some head scratching before going into the match.

Or how else would you explain Dhoni's decision to go with a squad like that on the eve of Dusshera and Dasami, the day when the Ram slayed Ravana and Durga returned back to her husband Maha Dev Shiv's residence.

If you remember correctly, Dhoni had the correct recipe to slay this Ricky 'Ravana' Ponting and his 10 heads. The only thing he needed to do was to bring on the mythological characters of Indian cricket.

Say a (VVS) 'LAXMAN' and (Sridharan) 'SRI RAM' in the opening slot would have given the Ricky-avanas a nightmare.

Bring 'SHIV' (sundar Prasad) and (Dinesh) 'KARTHICK', (Dodda) 'GANESH' and And then 'LAXMI' (Ratan Shukla) next and you would have had a perfect Mythological team which would have surely attained divine powers on the holy day of Dusshera.

So there you realize now what a blunder MSD did. They were there all the while but it's only that our captain cool missed the point.

Saturday, September 26, 2009

From being a reticent coach to sex guru, Gary Kirsten's life has gone through a complete U turn, a diametrically opposite curve which he himself must be having difficult to fathom.

It's as bizarre as like travelling through Antartica and suddenly finding the sun shining brightly or may be you are standing amidst a pile of sand in some corner of Sahara desert and it starts snowing from nowhere.

Even the bollywood potboilers couldn't have come out with a more thrilling and topsy-turvy script, but that's truth, that life. I feel bad for the man and pity for the journo who for the heck of some publicity and for being famous did such a thing.

I wanted to write a satirical piece but I didn't coz something stopped me. I wish Mr Journo had his facts in the files and heart in the right place before filing the story.

Journalism is intoxicating, my friend. It kills U!!!

Monday, September 21, 2009

Six predicaments of being Sehwag

1. As if the beamers and bouncers weren't enough, you have to
dodge the captaincy offers which are off and on hurled at you;

2. You have to learn how to live under the swadow of Tendulkar
which always keeps lurking over your head;

3. You have to riyaz the bhajans regularly to keep your head at the
right place;

4. You have to think about a thousand ways to hide your injuries;

5. You have to spearhead not only the innings but also brawls and
rows
;

6. You have the responsibility of not only inspiring your team and youngsters but also create awareness in AIDS.

Friday, September 18, 2009

Champions Trophy is round the corner
Eight team will fight it out
Asia and rest of the world will clash for supremacy
But what will count, who will stand out?

Batting pyrotechnic will be on a high
cleaning Bowlers wet and dry
adrenaline rush will touch the sky
Everytime the white cherry fly

Pacers will unleash bouncers and beamers
as tweakers mix doosras and carom balls
with pressure mounting on the men in white
they will give wrong and ambiguous calls

Shastries and Bhogles will blabber on mic
involving in post mortems and pep talks
spectators will boast and cheer their teams
as corporates weigh their stocks

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

PCB : Another epic in making

Get over the twists and turns and mind-boggling plots of 'Ramayana', 'Mahabharata' and 'Bible' or the 'Lord of the rings'(LOTR) and 'Harry Potters'(HP). They might be considered the greatest epics but there is something much more thrilling, edgy, clumsy and confusing brewing in our neighbourhood.

Pakistan 'Circus' Board ... urrr ... sorry ... I meant the Pakistan Cricket Board has the potential of being one of the greatest story never told.

Intertwined with truth, lies and betrayal, PCB has been the centre of attention (if not attraction) among the cricketing world for quite sometime now.

Now, who can beat this?

Qadir, Sohail resign, while Altaf was sacked -- all within three months -- and now Butt is in line. None is spared, if some players are dope-tainted, officials are corruption-tainted.

Younis, Intikhab, Shahid, Asif, Akhtar -- everyday throws a new face, a new story, a new twist in the tale which never cease to surprise you.

Well, that was for the general information but here comes the scoop.

According to surveys/research and data received here LOTR and HP directors are planning to make a movie on this potential-to-be-the-greatest epic.

Well, rumours are also ripe that Khushwant Singh is fed up of dyeing his hair and before dying, he is dying to write the greatest epic of his lifetime and with his 'Train to Pakistan' connection, he can well come out with a masterpiece.

But here also an Indian will have to fight it out with JK Rowling, who is according to sources is not too happy with her Harry Potter series and wants to write a masterpiece before she dies.

Meanwhile, Shashi Tharoor has also decided to come out of the 'Shadows across the playing field' and join the field instead and might partner one of the protagonist of the would-be book.

Well, I don't want to sound too ambitious but who knows I myself could be the next Valmiki or JRR Tolkien. So, WATCH THIS SPACE!!!