Everyone who knows me, knows that I don't count cricket as one of my favorite sports. To be a bit more abusive I would say that I wouldn't count it as a sport at all, I would list it as a game along with scrabble and karaoke or charades. Now this would be considered totally shrink-worthy behaviour for an Indian and it may be diagnosed as life threatening too.
It is hard to ignore the fact that this game is somewhat of a religion in this part of the world. The people out here are fanatics and will hold huge prayers for their team so that they will bring back the 2007 World Cup. There again since there are only 16 teams playing this World Cup I think the use of the term World Cup out here is bit aggressive.
But yeah one of the good things that comes out of this mayhem is the tides of contests, cool offers, and sometimes some great advertisements on the telly too. Take a look at this fantastic Nike ad that sweetly sums up what cricket is all about in India. The sweat, passion and the magical road-side camaraderie that the game brings. So from my side Good luck to the Indian team. Win the cup or give us all the ad money back.
There goes my chance to win the google blogger cricket contest.
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