Invaders, Destroyers, Warriors, Avengers and Musketeers. We've all screamed their names throughout and supported one team or the other. We've jumped in joy at a six and we've bit our nails after a wicket. We've made strategies and most of the times not executed them.We've seen a man devastate a team and we've also seen a team, devastate a man. We've fought, we've laughed, we've hit, we've smiled. I still wonder what makes us do this. Division? The sense of belonging to a team? The urge to win? Whatever it is, it amazes me.
When it was announced that this series was going to happen and it would be called Q(GP)PL, I had christened the name YAPL for it already. Yet Another Premier League. We had some strange rules. 2 girls had to play, a girl has to play in the top 4 and I was screaming within myself "Come On!". But look at what it has done. Strategies are being built around it. We've seen team meetings on the 3rd floor doing so. All I can hear people talk is wickets, runs, scores, matches.Wow. If ever there was a survey of the most talked about words on 3rd floor this week it would go like this:
1. Who is FakeQGPPlayer? (I'm secretly happy)
2. Yellow shirt. (Hey man, sup)
3. Inzamam's Post match speeches on youtube (Check them out)
4. Telugu Super Star (I heard he has become very popular)
5. Business Suite (Yes, a couple of people were talking about it)
C is for Cricket but C is for Controversies too. I've heard people talk about the former rarely. The last ball run out, the poor tree near the ground, the (apparently) bad umpiring etc etc. But hey, we need something to talk, we need something to whisper around when somebody passes by, we need a motive to dance around a batsman when he is out, we need sentences which begin like this - "Hey you know what happened today..". Oh yes sir we do. We are not playing Quality Gentlemen Player's Premier League(QGPPL) sir. No no, it is as I said YAPL! So you choose, you want to play Q(GP)PL or YAPL.
It'll all be over in 3 days. So will these blogs. So you have 72 hours to track me down. Your time starts now!
F***-QGP-P*****
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