Hmm...So I am in my first month of summer holidays..And extremely extremely jobless..Thank God for the creation of the IPL(Actually God and Lalit Modi)..IPL is awesome entertainment..Its all about sixes and fours..And very harsh on the bowlers..Well, who cares???
This is my first blog and I am posting this to get rid of my joblessness..And I think I ve a good topic to talk about..Appearance of Srikanth as a television commentator on Set Max.
Just for information sake,Srikanth happens to be an opener from our 1983 world cup winning side,an extremely dashing and hardhitting batsman.Something like our own Veeru of modern times.What I am going to write about him is not meant to criticise him as a person or a player.It is just about how he acts like a jackass on Live TV which makes people despise him.(For more proof,search "I hate Kris Srikanth" on Google).
I just finished watching Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals on Set Max.A thoroughly entertaining game,over 420 runs scored in 40 overs.And then one moment of arrogance from Kris,which really made me feel like switching off the TV and never watching the Chennai games from now on.This is what happened, Rajasthan scored 211 runs from their 20 overs and Chennai fought really well and scored 201 runs.They were in the hunt till the 16th over and looked like they could win it.Now enter Sohail Tanvir(God bless his weird wrong footed action),who came and bowled only yorkers at the death and was responsible for a thoroughly deserved victory for the Royals.After the match,the coverage goes to Srikanth for his "expert" opinions.Now, I understand that you can suport a team faithfully and be very passionate about it.But then should you be a commentator on TV??A point to ponder about..
Srikanth dared to say "The result does not say everything.Chennai deserved to win". And I thought to myself,"Yeah,he might be the ambassador of the Super Kings.But he is still a loser."And this has happened repeatedly
in all the games of the IPL.As a consequence,I am beginning to loathe Team Chennai(despite admiring the leadership skills of MS Dhoni).
Well,all I can say is Set Max,next time please do not take ambassadors or people biased to only one tem.It would make a tournament much more entertaining.Learn from Star Sports or Espn or even better,just give them the broadcasting rights!!!
Saturday, May 24, 2008
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