Some character called Lekha Washington was doing a "Mandira Bedi", cricket commentary wise, except that she proved even more idiotic than the aforementioned. In the game of the famous power cut, she walks up to Asad Rauf at the boundary edge (during the blasted power cut) and asks him "who do you think is going to win?". Her momentous gaffe covered up the fact that she even got his name wrong. Seriously, as if Mandira Bedi wasn't enough. Where do they get these characters from.
As is well known, the BCCI is undertaking the biggest witch hint since Salem, WA, circa 16th century, against the ICL. All players, officials, administrators, umpires, even sponsors and broadcasters from the ICL are "banned" from "main stream" cricket by the BCCI. But amusingly. that didn't stop 2 Russian cheerleaders from the ICL from being hired to "cheer" at the IPL. Wonder how that slipped under the BCCI's nose!
Two concerns I had before the IPL (relating to its success) was a) would fans really relate to a "home" side where they had to cheer, maybe Symonds against Bhajji, or cheer against Tendulkar for instance. This fear seems to have been put aside comfortably now, with crowds more than getting behind their home sides, perhaps to a far greater extent than anyone thought possible. When Sehwag scored his quick fire 50 in Hyderabad, he actually had to exhort the crowd to give him some applause!
The other concern was whethe rany away support could be drummed up at all, the way football fans travel with their side. That concern largely remains unsolved. In games in Bangalore and Mumbai, the 2 cities are cosmopolitan enough for enough people to turn up and cheer for the away side too. But I expect the crowds in Mohali and Jaipur to be very partisan, bordering on boring.
5 comments:
oh come on, stop being so straight-laced.. if a pitch reporter can ask a cheerleader what she'd do if she won the toss, why can't lekha ask an umpire for his opinion? this is the age of sound bytes, reality tv and speaking your mind. so chill out and get over it. you couldn't do her job any better.
I think the comment before mine has been left by the sad Lekha Washington herself who probably googled her name and stumbled upon this blog and decided to defend herself using an anonymous ID. Quite sad indeed..just like her interviewing skills. The umpire gave you the answer Lekha Miss Washington - umpires don't have opinions. I thought Mandira Bedi was bad. Two reasons why Lekha Washington's made Mandira seem good:
a) Mandira made an attempt, albeit in vain.
b) Mandira's cleavage, though unnecessary was ample - which is more than what we can say about Lekha's cleavage (for want of a better word.)
yes, after all umpires and cheerleaders occupy exactly the same position in cricket, so your comparison is completely warranted.
I could comment at length with my thoughts about the IPL, but I'll just be content with showing my admiration for the very strong name that is Lekha Washington.
I should have mentioned, cricket, by the way.
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