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When you watch Cricket!!


Indians and cricket are inseparable like "saath janmon ka bandhan'' ( bond for 7 lives).  We are like dairy milk chocolate and its wrapper, always together. Cricket is a place where even an atheist believes in God (Sachin). This is something that is loved by all age groups from 8 to 80's. It is that sport, no matter where you play, who the players are, people are gonna watch it. If you haven't seen kids playing cricket in the streets you have never seen India. Cricket is a game that brings together all Indians  (except during IPL) and no one watches cricket alone. We watch it in groups or at least have live discussions with other people online. ICC champions trophy is on and let's take a look at the 5 things we do while watching a match:-

1. The Toss :-

The toss is the time we predict the results almost instantly. Just when the camera shows the pitch, we immediately become field experts and know what ought to be chosen in order to win the game. We somehow get immense supernatural powers that we predict the winners based on the toss results. At this point everyone who hates astrology becomes an astrologer. Somehow in those 5 minutes we get all the boons and know the alignment of the stars and planets and can see through the future. This is the time we become the girl from that's so raven, this is the time we become Sybill Trelawney and this is the time even Hermoine believes in astronomy.

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2. This guy in the crowd


In those 30 seconds when the camera shows the crowd our eyes almost instantly scans for him. No matter where we play, he is always there, in the same get up. He always comes in the same body paint, always has the flag and the conch. He has become so famous that he even has a Wikipedia page about him -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudhir_Kumar_Chaudhary He has become a lucky charm. If he is there then we are gonna win! Dhoni also has such a fun and these two guys get featured on our TV screen always and we kind of get a hope when we see them.

😃3. Jinx

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You have a some specific things like sitting in a particular place, position or wearing a particular outfit when you watch the game. In case we lose it you think it is because you jinxed it by not following the thing you do always. It is either this or you don't watch the match when a particular batsman comes out or when a particular bowler bowls. You have at least crossed your fingers! (If you deny this, you lie) I personally have done this and I also know a few people who do this. You may be the cool dude who never believes in any superstitions but when it comes to cricket you don't want to take any risks. We all at one point during a match have felt like the guy from how I met your mother (aww..man!)


4. Umpire thrashing


Everyone has done this. When the decision of the umpire is against for our team we start trashing him, even if he has made the right decision. We say things like "They have bribed him" " He doesn't know a thing" "What kind of umpire is he?" "That was clearly a wide, why is he quiet?" "Saale woh out hai! yeh signal kyun nahi de raha hai!" (Man, he is out, why is he not giving the signal). But all these apart, we all seem go love this one particular umpire, no matter what he does, the good old Billy Bowden. He does the most funny and creative umpiring ever that he even featured in a Pepsi commercial! Check it out below


5. Trolling players

Now we always troll our opponent players, that's normal, everyone does that ( Unlike what Bangladesh did a few years back, which was an epic FAIL). But when we watch cricket with others we always troll the players that our friend likes the most. He is usually a decent player and we have no personal vengeance with him. But it is always extra fun to tease others by trolling the players they like. We all have done this and it is the ultimate fun thing to do when we watch the game with our siblings😂

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May you be a Bombaywala or a Madrasi we have now come together for supporting our nation and are ready for the ICC champions trophy!...Just make sure IPL prayer aunty knows the dates we play! and let all her prayers be answered!😇 She is becoming the popular Jinx aunty!😂

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