Now that mother and sister of all the matches is over, I wonder what the news channels will term the FInal... some already called it Rama Vs Raavana, Ramayana-2011.. !
For last couple a days I was looking for how was Japan was doing, what's Gadaffi upto and all I could see and hear was one "salwar kameez" clad reporter with a mike, who probably ran around for a while to pump up her breathing to give an aura of excitement to her statement which she has made for 153rd time in 5 hours. Ajay Jadeja's hair has gone white answering the same questions in different ways and arriving at same conclusion each and everytime - "its just who plays better that day, that matters". Gavaskar has just few left for that matter..
Then I just fail to understand why they analyze so much..
After that come the non-cricket factors that can influence the outcome..
This match does not have a political angle to it, as compared to Indo-Pak match. So, the much lacking creativity of the media might be tested with this one. I'm sure the last option would be to start the analysis when thousands of years ago how Rama had led his team to Lanka to get his "cup".
And now, after thousands of years the cup had to be kept safe from Lankans taking it away !
"India Vs Srilanka, In Mumbai, in front of home crowd, in the World cup final which could most definately be Sachin's last, and Murali's last.. i mean it cannot
get better than this !!"
-- I can bet a bunch that we will get to hear/read above statement nearly twenty thousand times in 2 days
Media has become insanely Extremist, in the sense its just extremes nothing in-between. Either a player is hopelessly a failure who would kill himself if he watches news for an hour after a bad performance, or he is just the super human who can change everything into gold.. there cannot be just a normal player who played sensible cricket and carried his part of responsibility well.
Probably too many dreams of "aam-aadmi" get shattered in the monotonous day to day lives, that people search for a hero in someone and try make him perfect. When he fails for a moment, the frustration just flows...
On a lighter note, I sometimes wonder how the job interview of a reporter nowadays goes :
Interviewer : Do you know any superlatives ?
Candidate : Yes sir, many. "Amazing, pathetic, awe-inspiring, breath-taking, shameless, pinnacle, rock bottom, peak performance .... "
Interviewer : You'e in !
For what its worth, it will definitely be 8 hours of pure nice cricket, minus the politics this time ! ...
Have a good one !...
