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I remember reading this story about time when a girl kissed Abbas Ali Baig on the field after he scored a century on debut.
Merchant, in the commentary box reportedly wondered jokingly where all the girls were when he batted. A fellow commentator deadpanned "Asleep, Vijay, all asleep".
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Showing posts with label female fans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label female fans. Show all posts
Where were all the girls when I batted?
Rishton Me Daraar Aayi...
Trouble is brewing in the Pathan household after an attempted "kiss" on Irfan Pathan by one Shabina Khatun. Apparently Yusuf Pathan is miffed that Shabina chose to get cosy with Irfan rather than him. "I am the elder brother, I should get first priority on such matters, isn't it? Plus Irfan is engaged!! So why is he still getting all the girls?"
The reporter has been informed by reliable sources that Yusuf is going for a three-pronged approach to make sure he is not embarassed by such incidents in the future -
1. He is getting a fatwa issued on Shabina for "outraging the modesy of his much-engaged brother".
2. He is cancelling all impending appearances with Irfan, so that should such a thing happen again, it will not seem like Irfan was chosen over him for the kiss.
3. He will pay some random chick to do a Shabina for him on his next stage appearance.
Reporter's comments - It is a shame that girls chose to do such shameless acts to show their love for cricketers. Being a huge Rahul Dravid fan myself, I would never ever dream of such public display of affection. I would instead arrange for an "interview" with him, and proceed thus...
Megha also blogs at Silly M(a)idon
Do You Know Any Of These Fans
A few days ago I received this comment from Pratik on one of my posts
“Whoa. A gal in the tech industry who is an Indian fan and thinks like me when it comes to cricket, but, unlike me, is actually quite witty! I am in love! With someone I've never seen! Megha, now be a sweetheart and put up a pic as well.”
That was an interesting reaction to receive as a gal fan. I guess we are still not that vocal a bunch, so there is a novelty to female cricket bloggers. I have to add here that as a blogger I have had an amazing experience in the last 10 months or so. People have been kind, taking the time to read what I have to say and leave comments. No one’s told me I suck....yet ...and that I shouldn’t be calling myself a “real” cricket fan.
Which brings me to the next bit. You know, when it comes to cricket, I know of just two kinds of guys. Those who are fans, and those who are not. But with the girls, there are many kinds.
For e.g. the “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em” types. These are people like my mum. Those who never used to watch cricket. Who hated every moment their husbands spent in front of the television when matches were on, making them miss their serials. Who got seriously outnumbered when their kids grew up to be fans themselves. So they had to make a change. And this is how it usually happened.
Scene I – she enters the TV room not knowing anything about what’s going on in the match and declares “India to haar rahi hogi!” (India must be losing the match). Sometimes you ignore that comment, sometimes you tell her that is not the case...sometimes you even have to tell her that...er...India is not really playing this match?!
Scene II – She enters the room and sees India is 90/1 at the end of 15 ovs and says that India is not really playing that well. I mean come on...just 90 measly runs? (We are talking about an ODI in the 90s here, you must remember) But if she sees the other team at say 100/3 at 22 overs, that team is playing awesomely well!
Scene III – You are not at home for some reason, so out if her own volition, she calls you up and updates you on the score. OR at home, she offers to change to the sports channel by herself! Now that is improvement!
Scene IV – she has finished all the housework on time because the IPL is on and her favourite team, the KKR are playing. (Don’t ask! It’s an SRK thing...) Yes, she will still not watch a test match, but will join you for the other ones.
The next type is the “X player fan”. She thinks player X is like really, really cute. So she will watch a match as long as he is on the crease, or bowling. Otherwise she is not that much interested. (By the way, in my opinion, it is this type of fan who hurts girls like me the most. If I tell someone I follow cricket and RD is my fave player, I am automatically slotted into this category.)
Anyways. Moving on...there is a third category as well. These are those girls who just have to be seen as a fan to be seen as cool. So they pretend to like cricket. And it is a prime pain to watch a match with these people because you have to hear comments like these –
“Uff...this Ganguly I tell you...cant bloody hit a 4 at all!” (uh..not every ball has to be hit for a 4 y’know)
“Awww...poor Tendulkar! Bechara, he can only bowl at 50mph!” (This was after she had seen Zak bowl at about 90mph the previous over)
Grrr...
Then there are these co-hosts like Mandira Bedi. She made me cringe when she first came on. She was so not the kind of “expert” I was used to seeing between innings breaks. She generated a lot of interest. More so for her “noodle straps” than for the cricket talk. I, for the life of me, could not figure out what she was doing there. Still can’t! Has cricket become so boring that it needs to be “sexed up” a bit to generate interest? (On that note, is sexing it up the only way to do that?) Or are these mid-innings chats becoming too technical for the average follower and need to be dumbed down a little? What do you guys think about this? Do you take the Mandiras of cricket seriously, or are they just a pretty distraction?
All said and done, being a woman in this man’s world is not that bad :) I think the guys are fine with whatsoever type of fan you are as long as you don’t pretend to be a fan type you are not. And let them watch their game in peace.
As for you, Pratik. Sorry dear. The pic will have to wait!
Megha also blogs at Silly M(a)idon
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