The Yo-yo Syndrome
The Sri Lankans have come to India to play a series of cricket matches. I caught this bitof info a few days back - and recalled it again when the local Mumbai team won a close victory over the visitors. But then it simply went out of my mind again.
Until last night.
I was busily doing nothing when Anshul interrupts to tell me that Tendulkar and Sehwag are letting the world know that “Boost is the secret of their energy” by smashing the ball to all parts of the ground. Rudely interrupted out of my reverie, I pronounced that they would get out. Though I predicted Tendulkar would get out first, Vaas ruined my prediction by removing his bunny* Sehwag.
Pathan came next instead of Dravid and helped send the ball to it’s home in the boundary - no matter how many times the bad fielders brought it back. And soon I was hooked reading the commentary on cricinfo. Believe me - the only reason I stopped reading the commentary was the fact that I nearly gave my self qwerty-itis by smashing my head on the keyboard. Oh - by the way - we crushed SL by a 152 runs!
Thing is, cricket is in the blood of just about every Indian. It’s the game that gets us fired up and plunges us into the worst of depressions. It’s the one thing that can plunge the entire nation into euphroic fits, supreme disappointment and a really bad rage. And it never really goes away from the Indian psyche. Take last night for instance. I wash my hands of the Indian cricket team with great regularity - especially when they (always) keep screwing up. Last night when Anshul told me about Sachin, my first reaction was - does this guy *still* believe in the team? Then I thought - might as well see the score. And then I was up almost all the night waiting for us to win. It made my morning when I found out we won. It will get me just as riled if we screw up and lose the rest of the matches in the series (and the pessimist in me says that is exactly what is going to happen).
What is in this game that causes all (well, most) Indians to go through the yo-yo syndrome every time? Anyway, here (for what it’s worth) is my match analysis : We won because Ganguly didn’t play. Simple 
Later!
PS : Bunny -> A batsman a bowler has a particular liking for. Unfortunately the relationship never lasts as the bowler keeps sending the batsman back to the dressing room.
