This I guess is the best time to ponder over this question that if India won it or Pakistan lost it? I am writing this late, deliberately, 'cause I wanted the frenzy to settle down only then the mind can think reasonably.
There were two unsual events which compelled me to believe that there’s politics, within the team and there’s more to it than meets the eye!!
First, let me state what I’m trying to prove here…that Yuvi, Bhajji & Sehwag (Punjabi / Sardar / Jat) gang-up to (ironically they themselves do not want to see each other but…) against their new captain Dhoni, a Bihari (Bihari / Jharkhandi…all the same for them, I can say this with my experience in Delhi).
Fortunately, Dhoni was able to drop Sehwag, thanks to his poor show in the Ind-Aus match but how do you drop Yuvraj & Harbhajan?? Both star performers in India’s spectacular entry to the finals. But ironically Sehwag was dropped just at the last minute, from the finals and a debutant was included instead in this very crucial Indo-Pak finals of tournament…just how many parallel examples in the history of the game itself wherein you’ve a debutant opening an innings in a final match against arch rivals…n correct me if I’m mistaken but this was the first of its kind debut and yet no eyebrows raised…ironic, isn’t it?? And was Sehwag’s injury that bad?? Was it worse than…remember Kumble with that broken Jaw still playing and winning it for the team…it couldn’t have been worse for Sehwag or could it be?? Both Yuvi & Bhajji perform abysmally in finals...watch the entire finals again and that too the previous matches against Aussies & English. In both these matches Yuvi blasts off with the word go quite contrary to their show in finals.
Never-to-miss that Joginder Sharma with a total experience of not more than 10 overs in international matches, was given that last over…Pak almost won it before lady-luck won it for us!! I mean can you imagine a Indo-Pak final in a world cup with those “every-passing-moment-heart-attack” for more than a billion fans and the best hitter of the arch rivals at the strike and your captain ends-up with an amateur…
Now, allow me to take you a couple of days back when Yuvi hit 6 sixes in an over against England and topped it with his slam-bang 70 of 30 balls against the Aussies…just as if he was trying to prove some point and here was his father all over the e-madia churning out “exclusive” sound bytes about his son’s heart-felt disappointment following captaincy being bestowed to Dhoni…his junior. And this was bothering him so much so that only his poor father could make out but was waiting for the right time to share it on prime-time and what better moment poor-chap could have asked for??
Actually the trio draw their grudge from their pathological hate Punjabis and Jats have cultivated for Biharis. It may be because they’ve grown-up watching Bhiari farm-labors, rikshaw-pullers & domestic-helps all around them and may've started believing that all of Biharis and Jharkhandis are but some distant relatives of those and how come hell they can captian us?? I mean the last thing you would want is your servant becoming your master. So let’s just spike the finals and Dhoni would then be labeled a “Choker” as alike his predessors, which will pave way for a slam-bang flambuyont Yuvraj to be crowned Captain sooner than later…
But Khudos to Dhoni and his brave-hearts for whatever they were able to pull-off!!
There were two unsual events which compelled me to believe that there’s politics, within the team and there’s more to it than meets the eye!!
First, let me state what I’m trying to prove here…that Yuvi, Bhajji & Sehwag (Punjabi / Sardar / Jat) gang-up to (ironically they themselves do not want to see each other but…) against their new captain Dhoni, a Bihari (Bihari / Jharkhandi…all the same for them, I can say this with my experience in Delhi).
Fortunately, Dhoni was able to drop Sehwag, thanks to his poor show in the Ind-Aus match but how do you drop Yuvraj & Harbhajan?? Both star performers in India’s spectacular entry to the finals. But ironically Sehwag was dropped just at the last minute, from the finals and a debutant was included instead in this very crucial Indo-Pak finals of tournament…just how many parallel examples in the history of the game itself wherein you’ve a debutant opening an innings in a final match against arch rivals…n correct me if I’m mistaken but this was the first of its kind debut and yet no eyebrows raised…ironic, isn’t it?? And was Sehwag’s injury that bad?? Was it worse than…remember Kumble with that broken Jaw still playing and winning it for the team…it couldn’t have been worse for Sehwag or could it be?? Both Yuvi & Bhajji perform abysmally in finals...watch the entire finals again and that too the previous matches against Aussies & English. In both these matches Yuvi blasts off with the word go quite contrary to their show in finals.
Never-to-miss that Joginder Sharma with a total experience of not more than 10 overs in international matches, was given that last over…Pak almost won it before lady-luck won it for us!! I mean can you imagine a Indo-Pak final in a world cup with those “every-passing-moment-heart-attack” for more than a billion fans and the best hitter of the arch rivals at the strike and your captain ends-up with an amateur…
Now, allow me to take you a couple of days back when Yuvi hit 6 sixes in an over against England and topped it with his slam-bang 70 of 30 balls against the Aussies…just as if he was trying to prove some point and here was his father all over the e-madia churning out “exclusive” sound bytes about his son’s heart-felt disappointment following captaincy being bestowed to Dhoni…his junior. And this was bothering him so much so that only his poor father could make out but was waiting for the right time to share it on prime-time and what better moment poor-chap could have asked for??
Actually the trio draw their grudge from their pathological hate Punjabis and Jats have cultivated for Biharis. It may be because they’ve grown-up watching Bhiari farm-labors, rikshaw-pullers & domestic-helps all around them and may've started believing that all of Biharis and Jharkhandis are but some distant relatives of those and how come hell they can captian us?? I mean the last thing you would want is your servant becoming your master. So let’s just spike the finals and Dhoni would then be labeled a “Choker” as alike his predessors, which will pave way for a slam-bang flambuyont Yuvraj to be crowned Captain sooner than later…
But Khudos to Dhoni and his brave-hearts for whatever they were able to pull-off!!
3 comments:
Only thing that remains constant in this world is Change, that too wether you love it or hate it....its a welcome change that dhoni is captaining the side only unfortunate side is biharis and jharkhandis are not same.......bihar stands for labour politics and bueraucrats while jharkhand for Adivasis.....nevertheless as some one said sooraj ast aau jharkhand mast this is the masti time for whole india.............
Shubhankar babu you have shown that you can also be a writer by starting your blog site. But for the content of your blog i would say its highly asumptious and a bit provocative. Its your very biased prenotion with which you are infering the message from the picture. Yuvraj singh after the victory said that Dhoni is the best captain India has now and Sehwag who is slowly cementing his role in the team is no novice that he would indulge in this kind of politics. Harbhajan came forward to Dhoni in the final over against Pakistan and said he was not confident about bowling yorkers and so Joginder was given the ball. Its easy to comprehend why Yuvraj's father made comment on captaincy given to Dhoni. He is father of a deserving son and so said out of anger. I dont from where do you get this notion that some gang is against some other gang. phewwwww!!!! Its the best multiregional team we have currently, people from all 4 religions representing 11 members of cricket team. What do you want more??? Its highly likely that being a bihari you dont like the way people use "bihari" word . But remember they are not the best thinkers of this society.
Since Dhoni being Jharkhandi/Bihari made the Indain team captain and has been successfull, every bihari wants to get associated with this feat and thinks now is the time to pay back for the Bihari byword. Pleazzz, Dhoni before being Jharkhandi is an Indian and so we all are irrespective of different states that we belong to. I, being Bihari, also didnt like sometimes being called "Bihari" when I was studying in Delhi. But soon realized that most of the time people say it because it has become a byword to address those who make mistake. I know it sounds degrading if you are a Bihari, but still I believe the best way is not to answer acrimoniously. Instead take some lessons from characters like Touchstone in As You Like It or Munna Bhai from Lage Raho MB. They have shown how intelligently you can maneuver peoples incorrect thought. If you read the comments/blogs which user posts these days on various website it is filled with hatred and animostity for others religion, caste, state. C'mmon man, we need to stop it somewhere, else we are going to divide this country. Already we have so many muslim parties, bajrang dals and umpteen regional parties eagerly looking for oppurtunities to play with sentiments of people and instigate hatred among us. I hope you are not one of them and wrote an article just to be an eye-catcher, same way when new News Channel is launched something sensational is broadcasted to get public attention.Sometime back a friend of mine gave a single line definition of India- DIVERSITY. Lets preserve that and I'll request you to be articulative in casting this image of our beautifull country.
No Hard Feelings :)
I don't know whether that 'Bihar Bias' in ur post stems from that anti-aadivaasi attitude shown in the movie 'Chak De India but I don't think there's any merit in that. For one, cricket is the only thing that unites entire India. A very poor man celebrates an Indian vitcory with just as much joy as an ultra-rich. And no one cares abt the caste, religion, region, race. All that matters is an Indian win.
Though I would like to add, that I may not agree with the content though it's nicely written
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