Cricket... Why we Bleed Blue !!!

Cricket...... Just a game with Ball and Bat with 6 wickets........ Some people call it as a version of Baseball, some call it similar to golf, some call it mix of the baseball and golf........do they really know what cricket is ..........

I tried to explain one of my dutch friend about what cricket for us means:

- It is a religion for 1.2 billion people in India

- It is an essay which any Indian kid in a school could write without fear, knowledge and tuition

- It is an encyclopedia whose figures and facts are known to every Indian

- It is a Degree Course which every Indian completes in their Mother's womb

- It is wave which starts from Kashmir to Kanyakumari and Jaisalmer to Assam

- It is an emoticon defaulted for all Indian software and chats

- It is a gossip far crispy than gossip gals and desperate housewives

- It is a passion which drives the nation towards 9% growth annually

- It is something which turns griefs into happiness and Death into lives

- It is something which makes a girl feel jealous as they are deprived of focus from their mate

- It is which makes a scholarly lose his scholarship and a dumb to gains wisdom

- It is Cola with No Ice and Whiskey with a high Price

- It is always a discussion at Tea or Dine, at sea or skyline

- It is for which Sleepless nights and stressful days don't matter

- It is a song with lyrics unknown

- It is a day's meal for the poor and an investment for the rich

- It is life at once and death at none

- It is Mother's blessing and Father's vision

- It is the Blood which flows inside each Indian...... BLUE

I can't explain all what Cricket means to us in our lives.... I could just write that every Indian BLEEDS BLUE !!!!

When cricket is ON in India nothing else could remain ON..... As whole of India comes to a stand-still, Colleges are bunked, Schools deserted, Offices in Canteens, Kitchen in TV rooms...

WE just don't love the game... WE live it !!!

Cheers,

Bleed Blue INDIAN