Bump in the Head

So Delhi Daredevils finally won the game against the Deccan chargers who I feel is the coolest team on the block. Even if the team management is after their lives , its not showing or the franchisee has resigned the team to its fate. Whatever the case maybe, it took a stone to make Mr. Sehwag realize that he needs to win the game. It was only then he took initiative and worked towards winning the match. With poor performance and no captain like skills ,it is surprising he handed the ball to a novice and gave him no advice. I wonder what would have happened if the baller had failed to perform in the last over. Lucky for him he got the hat trick and Man of the match award.
The stone thrown at Sehwag depicted a lot today. For starters ,it meant that the people are fed up of watching players under perform on the field. Secondly there was no water bottle to throw at this balding oldie ,it being confiscated by the security at the gates. What I wonder is how people are able to manage without drinking water in the stadiums. With summers at its peak and tap water stinking of diseases ,it is so wonderful to see 30000 enthusiastic souls watching something that could have been seen from the comfort of their homes. Now my critics will call me a lunatic . Point taken. I can never understand the euphoria of watching something live happening in front of me even if all I do is try to watch the giant screen in the stadium while I lick my parched lips to quench my thirst.

In the wake of the Jaipur blasts things in the coming days are going to get worse in the name of security. I wonder how many of us would actually be willing to go and watch a match live. It seems that Mr . Modi has made up his mind not to change the venue for the Jaipur matches but the fear shown by the Australian players depicts what a dampener Saturday match in the Jaipur stadium is going to be. A list of articles that is not to be carried in to the stadium is also being issued which includes no water bottles. I would say it was easier to get into the United states after 9/11 then it would be to get in to a stadium to watch some looser play another looser. What I wonder is if no water can be carried ,who is going to provide drinking water in the stadium. What about those small kids who want to watch the match?What about the families? It is strange that a select few are served booze in the stadium while the masses are being denied even drinking water. I think a Satya grah is in order to free the common man from this oppression by the IPL.

Since no entertainment is going to be provided in the stadium in the wake of the blasts , it is going to be a real test for all the so called cricket enthusiasts who are flocking the stadiums to watch skimpily clad cheerleaders. While Mr. Warne may jump at every sound that may sound like a blast, it will be a nightmare to just get in to the stadium. While most of the TV channels showed people wanting to watch the match , I wonder how many of them have actually booked themselves a place for the Saturday match. Either they are really brave or just plain foolish. I would also love to know what they think of the comment made by one of the players “ I got a wife and three kids at home and they are less then impressed with the part of the world I am in right now.” I would say dude pack your bags and run home. While these players asses the security for the upcoming matches, Franchisees would be left wondering why nobody is willing to buy the tickets even at one tenth the price.

Is their a method to this madness. Does it end anywhere. Is there something amiss here. Security is important and I understand drinking water bottle is a potential hazard for the under performing Delhi captain but I wonder if someone would like to part with the little precious water that he carrying for a period of three hours to quench his thirst from all the shouting. It seems that the viewer is unwanted now and somebody somewhere believes that people who are going to the stadiums are slaves who have to follow the eleventh commandment “ Watch the matches live or thou shalt suffer in hell.”

It might be possible that the stone wasn't thrown at Sehwag for not performing in todays match . He might just be standing there and drinking water and somebody who was really thirsty got so pissed that he actually made it a point to make him realize that he was there to entertain not to piss these people off. TV channels may put the whole incident in any light they want and Sehwag may be disappointed with the Delhi crowds. The stadium authorities might have defended themselves by putting the entire responsibility for security on GMR the team owners. In the wake of todays incident ,it is only going to become more idiotic to go and watch the matches live until one really wants to go through living hell on earth.
While a pan wallah in Delhi desperately tries to solicit me trying to sell his tickets, I wonder why he got them in the first place. “ No thanks.” I say . “ 1000 Rs tickets , I got them for 500 , will give for two hundred each.”He says. Dude go watch it yourself and don't carry water bottle or you might get arrested under suspicion of being a terrorist.