Letter of the Day
27 July, 2001
Feelings of a lone supporter of Indian team for some distance around here!:
a) Can we 'declare' the remaining games and come back (but then again since
the airport is closed we 'have' to stay !)
b) In that case can't we promote tourism and shopping instead ?
c) After the first two losses Ganguly said 'we need to win 3 out of the
remaining 4 games', so was this the 'fourth' one, and remaining three are
yet to come! Was this loss a part of the strategy?
d) Why can't our bowlers be more accurate and bowl the opposition for under
120 runs ?? (because thats what we seem to be chasing every time !!)
e) Why doesn't John Wright give some mathematics lessons to the Indian team?
f) Where is Sachin (no question marks here)
g) Why can't he play (..)
h) We don't need him with two fit feet, one would do!
i) Yeah, one would definitely do, and do better than 'this'.
j) Please call him back.
k) Make him the 'owner' of the team, forget being 'just' captain!
l) Ok if he isn't playing, then are we thinking of coming back after this
ODI tournament atleast ?
m) Will Ganguly bail me out if my co-workers murder me for willfully causing
boredom, heartburn and wasting collective office time ?
n) Why don't we play England next ? (uhh on second thoughts, forget
it....they defeated Sri Lankans at home!!!!!)
o) Any news about health and well-being of John Wright 'uncle' (who seem to
be growing uncle-er by each passing(and ofcourse loosing) match/series )
p) Ohhh, can we plllease declare the remaining matc....
By the way, any guesses whats the 'height of patience'.....yeah its got
something to do with us Indian supporters!
And whats the height of optimism?....ummm "When's the next Indian match !!!
"
cheers(!),
Manish.
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