After my previous post, I got quite a few flame mails complaining about my comments on women. Firstly, let me clarify that these were said in jest and I meant no offence. Secondly (and most importantly), the Better Half was not amused at all and took up cudgels on behalf of all the three women who actually read my blog (constituting 60% of my total readership but who's counting).
The BH has said nay decreed that henceforth all my blogs would be vetted by Her so I will have to be doubly careful. In case you did not now - my position at home is somewhat like Manmohan Singh's in the Government - I hold the official title but we all know who the High Command "Modom" is...
Now that I have got that out of the way, there is a sense of sadness because India is out of the T20 World Cup and there are quite a few reasons being given out as root cause - fatigue, IPL, injuries, global warming etc etc. But here are the ACTUAL 10 reasons why India exited much earlier than the poor sponsors expected.
10. The new uniforms did not fit well.
9. There was no strategy break after 10 overs and hence the team could not "strategize" at all.
8. The cheer leaders sucked!!
7. It was so cold out there that everyone had to keep their hands in the pockets and hence the fielding was bad.
6. No hugs from team owners!
5. It was so confusing because some of the opposition were on the same team a few weeks back at the IPL.
4. Adam Gilchrist and Mathew Hayden were not playing for us.
3. We wanted to get some rest before the West Indies tour.
2. It does not really matter since we defeated Pakistan albeit in a warm up match.
and the number 1 reason was
1. Our star player Mithali Raj was playing for the OTHER world cup - the women's T20!
Now you know!!
