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Spot the missing joke.
I read your blog all the time Sidin... and each time seems funnier than the last!
Today I actually had look away and think about other stuff to stop my self from laughing out loud (I was reading at work)...
So calling this the sex of humour (no pun intended) actually ain't hyperbole!
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nice touch there, sidin.
we at DA-IICT are thinking of forming 1st Sidin Fan club :)
Eagerly waiting for u r arrival
When reading Sidin's blog, you better not be sipping anything!
Awesome post!! But I don't think you've treated Kris "Arre, Charu Bhai, Kya Bolraha ho?" Srikkanth fairly? The man is so much more talented than you've made him out to be...
Awesome post!! This was probably the only piece on Cricket that I enjoyed!I could never understand cricket:(
really really funny..
if you are a mallu who can read malayalam and do not know about a group of mallu bloggers, please visit some of the blogs here, you MIGHT find it very funny.
http://kodakarapuranams.blogspot.com/
http://arkjagged.blogspot.com/
especially kapil dev and venkatesh prasad...too good..too good
excellent work :-)
Good one.
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And am surprised you didnt comment on Sanjay Manjrekar's commentry - about as interesting as Sansad Samachar on an empty stomach
Noodle
learned Hindi while playing for India, leading to an average of well over 4 run outs per match in the process
:-))
Though IF I may quibble - the standard dropped a little after V. Prasad. Tail-ender syndrome?
Seems like you tried really hard on this one.
Peace people!
seriously, was in totally rotten mood til i read this.
part 2. part 2 !
Awaiting the next part!
More respect to you, nobody should make fun of Sachin.
Awesome post, way to go!
I have a request. Why don't you extend this cricketer-bashing to include international cricketers as well?
Rameez Raja would be the ideal candidate, who speaks of how dedicated and sharp the Pakistani attack is, when they're getting hammered all over the place even by teams like Kenya and Bangladesh!
May the forces continue to be with you!
This one is classic.
Gavaskar became the captain of India in 1982 taking on the mantle from Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan, an accomplished cricketer himself, who retired from cricket in protest after it became mandatory to wear kits with one’s full name on the back.
Way to go, sidin.. way to go
you just made my day !
great one !
No one i mean no one has been more humorous on indian cricket.
Looking forward to Javagal Srinath's write up
Some RK Laxman stuff if available on the net
On Vishwanath. He was right handed. Either I didnt get a joke or you made a small error. Never mind either way.
And I appreciate your gesture of not making fun of Tendulkar.
BRILLIANT !!!!!!
Like Wine you get just get better and better with time! I just love your posts. I'm sure I'll see a novel written by you soon on the book stands (I want to see a sarcastic one full of humour :-) )
Kalyan
Gundappa is NOT from AP.He is from Bangalore. A kannadiga born in Bhadravati in Karnataka.
http://www.cricketfundas.com/gvishwanath.html
And Gundappa is a 100% Kannada name, nothing "Tamil" about it.
Get your facts right.
"hey! Sachin you have changed your car many times but why are you still using MRF radials for the LAST 10 YEARS???"
Duh! BECAUSE THEY ARE PAYING ME!!!!
what idiots!
Sachin = Madaaris monkey!
throw money at him and see him dance!
Although, of course, you forgot that Tendulkar is the great, great player who has more runs than anyone else in the ODI form of the game ...
"no one makes fun of Sachin,not even me" - truly appreciated :)
Good one Sidin...:) Loved reading it !
start writing more... u inspire lots of useless and silly thoughts... ;-)
V..
Since I don't expect you to make such lousy factual errors, I think you have hidden agenda against Kannadigas( the person you have singled out is again a Kannadiga, Venky). I think I know the reason after reading "...South Indian men".
Abt Kumble , I dont know why people still prefer to call him a leg spinner..
But kapil's english is not a problem .. he learnt it from Rapidex English Speaking Course...
very hilarious one. You have the rare ability to find humuour in everything. Great Job :-)
take a bow dude...
cheers
Looking forward to more stuff in more places.
Enuff said!
Little effort and job well done...Keep em coming
Taken liberties to post a link on my blog...
SIMPLY GOD LEVEL !
was having a miserable day..this blog of yours so totally completely cahnged my mood!!Thanks!!:-)
my roomy is still giving me stares for i've been laughing like crazy!!!
You seem to be a highly respected individual among sex-deprived, academically proficient and "deliberately intellectual" racounters who keep ranting about your writing capabilities throughout the day. I usually, didn't give much thought to the hype, but I must confess, apart from the the whopping number of responses, the testimonials (which eventually, I would presume would be, helpful for those "oh so hep n happening" online marriage portals), the evidentally humor deprived "leno-letterman-imdb-iim-iit-cnbc-shirinbahn-java" enthusiasts...DAMN BOI...? do you have a life mr.sidin ?
Keep Blogging.
HP
PS: Read your articles in JAM, thought they were not upto the marks of some of your blog posts. Hope you will reach there..Best Of Luck Mate!!!
Thanks to bombayite for giving me this link....Good sense of humor I must say
keep writing
Cheers
Awwweeesomme post. Kept me laughing all thru.
Me couldn't help searching for Saurav though... ;-)
Radha.
Cant cut paste portions of it that I liked as it would mean pasting the whole damn thing!
Why chicken out when it comes to Sachin? So much for irreverence...on the other hand, i can understand that you want to live ;)
Very funny stuff U have here.
Looking forward to part two!
waiting for the sequel...
Thanks for writing this !
In local IIMA lingo -> simply GOD level man!!
Can't wait to see part 2 !
Check out this link..you might be interested.
http://www.oxfordbookstore.com/oxfordonline/Services/eauthor4/
Ram
has been said b4, but i'l say it again - waiting for d book :D
Perhaps the funniest cricket post I have ever read....
Wonderful...
Keep rocking...
hope u have awesome success with ur new career..
Venkatesh Prasad was great. I once commented to a cricket-crazy colleague that his main weapon was the "well disguised faster one". He laughed and laughed but noone of the 20 or so others I repeated it to found it as amusing. I guess this is the right forum to find a few like minds!
Some others, inspired by this post (yes I have included the Pakis as well!)
Maninder Singh
His collection of fine bats, all in excellent condition, rarely used, is the pride of Delhi. He took a lot of wickets with his unique brand of left arm spin and a strategy of bowling so slowly that most batsmen fell asleep waiting, only to wake to the ominous sound of a “howzzat”. He is unequivocally considered as India’s greatest spinner by every ex-cricketer by the name of Bishen Singh Bedi. Ravi Shastri once tried to put a supari on his head after being stranded at the other end with one to get in one too many matches. Enjoyed brief stints as umpire and TV commentator, the latter ending when too many people called DD’s helpline to complain of high-pitched whining emanating from their sets when he spoke.
Abdul Razzak
Abdul Razzak was once touted as Pakistan’s great white all-round hope, but that was before Imran Khan dismissed him as “too ugly”. His name is derived from the Persian phrase Abd ul Razd darr’haq ul Hind or “I play well only against India”. Nobody outside the subcontinent has any recollection of him, which makes digging up his records difficult. He has no known documented fans.
Saeed Anwar
His CIA nickname is “The Beard”. He once scored 194 runs in a match against India, 192 of which came off Venkatesh Prasad. He holds the dubious distinction of being the only person in the Pakistani team that was on speaking terms with Aamer Sohail, though their conversation was usually restricted to “Yes”, “No” and occasionally, “Aaj Friday hai miya, haar nahi sakte inn kafiron se”.
Mohammed Yousuf
His full name is Mohammed Narayan Yitzhak Yousuf, TAFKAY (the artist formerly known as Yohanna). Converted to Islam after attending a moving motivational session organized by captain Inzamam ul Haq titled “The team that prays together, loses together”. Shares a room with Danish Kaneria on tour, whom he affectionately calls “Mohammed”.
You are right when you say "No one makes fun of Sachin"
GOOD JOB
I am at gurgaon and came to know about this blog from India Uncut.You rock.I am going to add you in my roll of fame with scott adams(dilbert),boing boing,J V Rajan and amit varma.you'll be 5th and my favourite.
But you forgot one thing. Venkatesh Prasad was the only guy and will ever be the only guy who can try for a run after giving the ball to the keeper..
Gutso guy!! :)
first time here...awesome posts...you really whacky...
Im linking you...
:))
cheers
Kannan
just small piece of info..
vishwanath was from karnataka nd a right handed batsman, while imran khan retired in 1992 after the world cup and venkatesh prasad was not on the international scene especially not during the 1992 world cup.
still hilarious
Do I detect the spirit of Douglas Adams in here? Do you hitchhike across the galaxy?
I think my funny bone just cracked.
Thanks............
So, ppl who haven't booked their tickets..Go rushhhhhh
I for one, short of rolling on the floor, could be heard cubicles away!
Hilarious would be an understatement!!!....keep it up and get that sequel done fast!!
P.S. Try Dalmiyas.....hes "more than just a cricketer"!!!
I laughed so hard...I cried..
Am in office right now and people around me and looking at me like I am creature from mars...
keep up the awesome work
u rock
p..r..a.aa hh yawn.
He was although a precisely mediocre dropper of the ball ..but he ...he was the only one who used to demonstrate by glares ,for the team the extent to which he was miffed and pissed after getting clobbered.
If you're gonna write gems like this, which I read at work, you're gonna get me fired for laughing out so hard.
Well done!
Waiting for more, rather something about More et. al.
-M
The post really had me in trouble trying to supress my laughter and thereby making even funnier noises.
cant wait for the sequel!!
Got ur blog address from daphne who works with me. Been one of the biggest mistakes i ever did. apart from feeling ashamed of the fact that i've never blogged after my first two posts a year back(http://justsid.blogpsot.com), I just cant stop reading ur posts.
Which is not exactly good news seeing that I've just joined this job and spend half my time reading instead of finishing the presentations i have to make.
Anyway keep up the good work dude...
I think our past masters deserve much better treatment.
How about we achieve something first and then poke fun at others?
And becoming president of a group of jobless jaldras does not count as an achievement!
Humour is best when the characters are anonymous or known to be a pain in the neck. Dragging innocent/respectable people into the mud tantamounts to deriding.
There isn't much i can say that not already said!!!
Dude that indeed was hilarious!!
You had the whole of Wipro in splits... I forwarded it to a manager, and even the whole management was laughin!!!
we are all waiting here........
really enjoyed it!
Please don't write anymore. I shudder to think of the reason for getting thrown out of office - "This person is fired for doing a Miandad at Office - laughing insanely and jumping as if he trying to stamp out a ball speeding to the boundary."
So here is my bit!
Navjot Singh Siddu:
No one knew Siddu speaks until he retired. And probably that explains why there are more people mourning his retirement now!
This quintessential commentator changed the way the commentary was aired with his brand of commentary called Sidduism. For the uninitiated Sidduism is nothing but a
bunch of by-hearted phrases and sayings which are delivered from the commentary box with a scant regard for the situation on the ground...
Most of sidduism was a direct translation punjabi usages which he over heard while walking the streets of Patiala, and later translated into English by one Montey Sing, a
retired English professor, who now regrets his sin. Siddu, now want of Sidduism was forced to leave commentary and spends his time in various talk shows in Indian news channels, where his show anchor's only job is stop Siddu from talking to bring some sanity into the proceedings.
Sourav Ganguly:
The batsman widely known as Prince of Calcutta was often alleged living in an imaginary princely world, where there was no place for short balls, rib gages and Shoaib Akhtars etc. Not necessarily in that order.
While batsmen like Tendulkar had at least 2 shots for every ball bowled at him, Sourav had mastered at least 3 ways of getting beaten for every ball.
Recently Sourav created quite a furor in England when he walked unto Geoffrey Boycott to know where exactly is this Corridor of Uncertainty, as he found the entire pitch as one!
Sourav holds the record for getting out maximum number of times while trying to pull, which is not expected to be broken unless he comes back and play for India again.
(http://juzzfun.blogspot.com)
in case you didn't know, Venkatapathy Raju's nickname was 'Muscles'....
there was a photo of Raju with Brian Macmillan of South Africa...both are great pals....incidentally, Raju was found in a corner of the photo in which Macmillan occupied 99% space...
This is such a looooooooooong break. C'mon we need more posts..
Amazing posts attract heaps of comments. Need I say more :D
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waiting eagerly for one another of ur usual hilarious posts..
This place is getting dusty.
Cobwebs around already...
ssup???
Btw, Gundappa Visvanath was a right handed batsman born in K'taka
psst.. would you please write a better version after our "glorious" defeat against England.
cheers,
vash.
awesome!
Keep posting your blog is funny.
Would have wished you to take on Sachin..
Would visit more..
The first blog i read more than once.
u gotta wake upto dude, we need some humour to stave off the pain of the humiliating defeat at the world cup..
Here's something I heard recently..
A teacher asked students in class wt their fathers did for a living. Answers wer doctor, salesman etc, but Billy was quiet, so teacher asked about his dad, Billy said "My dad is an exotic dancer at a gay night club, takes off his clothes in front of other men..Teacher took him aside and said 'is that true ?'Billy - "Not true, but i was too ashamed to say he plays cricket for India"
This was one hilarious piece- I don't remember when was the last time I read something so decent yet funny!
Looking forward to your continuations.
great work bud.
why not try some aussie cricket greats, and post it in cricinfo. will be good before the indian tour of australia.
this was so hilarious.. i still cant stop laughing.. too too gud..
Chennai Coimbatore
Thanks for it :)