Cricket - The Religion

"Cricket is Religion and Sachin is God"
"Cricket is the only Religion that more than 95% Indians follow"

By now you must have started thinking that this is just another article on how popular cricket is in India, but i feel very happy to let you know that this is not about popularity of cricket in India but article trying to give idea about Religion called cricket.

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THE country of 1Billion and one Religion, no difference of opinions, no different paths, no different belief ...

I don't think it is possible to have, as the thing we are talking about is Religion.

Different Path:

Hinduism has many path Brahmin, Vaishnav etc as Christianity, Isalm etc and cricket is no different.

We have so many path to follow in cricket

1) Test Cricket 2) One Day Cricket 3) T-20s 

or

1) Batsmen 2) Bowlers

or Country you are from

Different Believers:

We have Theists(who practice religion), Pantheists (believe in every thing), atheists (believe in nothing)

Theists are those who follow particular religion,  they are the FANATICS. You can find many of this category, they will be on streets shouting n screaming with a Flag of religion they follow in hand.

Pantheists are those who watch cricket for fun, they are the critics. It doesnt matter to them who wins or who loose, they just want good cricket and good competition and enjoy the game

Atheists are those who proclaim they hate cricket or they dont watch BS game of cricket, they are the one whom you will find in every office, at every corner of street who knows nothing about cricket and cant understand game of cricket and keep on ridiculing it. 

God:

Ah! This is most important part.

This is the most controversial and debated part of the religion, Who is the God?

but i think most of the Indians will agree Sachin is God of Cricket,

as we(Indians) have Sachin Tendulkar, Aussies have Donald Bradman, Windies has Brian Lara, Pakistanis have Wasim Akram .

When it comes to batting there is a big debate about "Great". Who is the God? Sachin or Bradman or Lara??? but most of the modern cricketers as well as fans do agree that Sachin is the God.

In balling, therse hasnt been any clear result abuot being God. There are many good contestants like Muthaiya Murlidharan, Shane Warne, Glen McGrath, Wasim Akram, being an Indian i can put Kapil Dev , Dennis Lillee but there is no a clear winner 

Followers:

What you need to do or know to be a follower???

The answer is just NOTHING.

What you need to do is get infront of the Tv(or computer or projector) and start watching Cricket, start talking about cricket, start commenting about cricket though you dont know a shit about it. Scream when team you are supporting wins, jump when your favorite batsman hits century or bowler takes wicket. Scream when your team looses, your favorite player doesnt play well. Worship the God of cricket, make wishes for your team or player. 

I think this is enough .... i ll tell u more in next blog ... 

till then keep reading and dont forget to klik some ads ;)

15 minutes before the Start

So, here I was at Shailesh J Mehta School of Management, IIT-Bombay(not Mumbai :P ) waiting for my Gd/PI process for Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT-Kharagpur to start. The time printed in call letter was 2:00PM so i reached at 1:35 n was waiting for clock to hit 2:00.

To my surprise when i entered there was pin drop silence, no1 was talking(including girls :-O ) n there was no student coordinator (later i came to know it was handled by faculties only). I sat there for a while n searching for some familiar face or someone with whom i can break the ice and as expected there was no1 i found with whom i could talk. While i was searching for some1 to talk with n looking around the room a thought hit me "What others might be thinking right now?" n then i looked around at every1's face tried to figure out what he/she might be thinking ... here are few ..

So here we go ....

1) A guy sitting near to entry (third row-First Sit)
White Shirt, no Tie, clean shaved, rectangular while pale face n looking around with WTF expression on the face

"Damm why there is so much silence, it seems like someone has died or is this "तुफान के पेहले की खमोशी". (lookin at guy who was reading news paper) That faggot thinks that he can get all the knowledge about current affairs by reading news paper just one day , screw him ... "

(n den the guy went out)

2) A Sardarji (third row-second seat)
White shirt with blue stripes, blue tie, dark blue turban, big beard n exasperatedly looking at the guy who was reading news paper

"साल्ला चु** , इसे लगता है कि ये साला अखबार पढ के GD मे फाड देगा ....
बेटा आजा तु GD मे , तेरी तो मे मार के रख दुन्गा"

3) A Guy (most probably south Indian) (third row-third seat)
Again while shirt with grey stripes, light blue tie, neatly combed hair, dark skin n intensely looking into the news paper that the guy beside him was reading

"Oh let me read this, who knows they might ask me important news . Oh ... that a**hole is reading so quickly i couldnt read it completely .dammm this a**hole .. "

4) Guy reading news paper (third row-fourth seat)
I coudnt see his face, he was too lost in reading news paper :P

5) A Gal (Miracle) (second row-first seat)
Fatso, big spectacles, dark skin complexion, a gal with whom u ll never fight :P
Her face was too complex for a naive like me to read so i didn try to read her face :D

6) A Gal n that also so prettty (Super Miracle) (first Row-first seat)
Light Blue Shirt, Fair skin, very slander body, hair falling on shoulder, frameless spectacles, white pale face

"ohh this guys, they are all starting me n that guy in dark blue shirt(me) he has been starting at me so badly, ****. It seems i am the most beautiful gal in the room beside that gal in last row (third row-17th seat), she looks kinda bi**hy, look at her , she is wearing so much makeup ... lovely lipstick n bla bla bla (there must b many things but i dont know much about gals' makeup :P) "

7) A Suit (third row-13th seat)
Dark Blues suit, clean shaved face, good height(must be more than 6"2') ..overall smarty ...

"Oh, look at these bunch of faggots sitting in silence, it seems like some1 has died at this shitty place, let GD/PI start soon, this silence is killin me ..."

You must be wondering what i was thinking at that time ... so lemme tell u
i was thinkin to write this whole experience on my blog coz as i dont pots much on my blog this thing i thought ll b fresh n kool ... :P

there were few other interesting observations too but i forgot em ...
n i couldnt face read that "bi**hy" gal as she was sitting just behind me :P