I traveled with DC today on the way back to Hyderabad from my hometown. DC were on the way to Hyderabad for back-to-back home matches. The mood was a bit gloomy. Beating CSK in Chennai is not such an easy task anyway. But when I saw the report that Sunny Sohal had taken DC to 75/0 in 7 overs and then DC gave up I was irked. Come on guys! Wished I could shout at them right there in the airport. But as I sat the airport and watched each player I thought I should blog what I saw. Here is what I saw (to bring a twist I will do it the fake ipl player way).
All players were sombre reflecting the gloom. Sloha, Panch Pataaka, Green meat, miser Magician and most of the Indians just ambled around. Rakkaransag sat among his team mates and stayed aloof! But Speaker was seen coochie-cooching with one of the cheer leaders. Given that it did not embarrass the other players I thought this coochie-coochie has been going around for quite some time. Diamond merchants were subdued. Jumping jacks all had iPhones and were busy with them. There were a couple of non-macho security guards who were shoo-shooing away the photo clickers and signature seekers to no avail. Gaffer and assistant seemed to be discussing things non-cricket.
The flight was sombre as well with most of them deciding to listen to music. But what was interesting was that every player was wearing sunglasses. Well.. I found it amusing.
But looking at the way the team seemed sombre, I only hoped that the defeat was hurting all of them after the high of the Kochi fireworks. Hope they come back strongly and manage to win back-to-back matches for the first time this season. Come on Sanga! Only you can do it!!
I also imagined a day in the future when the flight would be full with fans shouting and singing the DC fan chant - only then the IPL could be termed a success.
All players were sombre reflecting the gloom. Sloha, Panch Pataaka, Green meat, miser Magician and most of the Indians just ambled around. Rakkaransag sat among his team mates and stayed aloof! But Speaker was seen coochie-cooching with one of the cheer leaders. Given that it did not embarrass the other players I thought this coochie-coochie has been going around for quite some time. Diamond merchants were subdued. Jumping jacks all had iPhones and were busy with them. There were a couple of non-macho security guards who were shoo-shooing away the photo clickers and signature seekers to no avail. Gaffer and assistant seemed to be discussing things non-cricket.
The flight was sombre as well with most of them deciding to listen to music. But what was interesting was that every player was wearing sunglasses. Well.. I found it amusing.
But looking at the way the team seemed sombre, I only hoped that the defeat was hurting all of them after the high of the Kochi fireworks. Hope they come back strongly and manage to win back-to-back matches for the first time this season. Come on Sanga! Only you can do it!!
I also imagined a day in the future when the flight would be full with fans shouting and singing the DC fan chant - only then the IPL could be termed a success.
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