Dho Dala !

This aint an advertisement for a detergent commercial .. am sure we have had plenty of them scream out from the idiot box and asking us to buy falana falana powder for the safeedi ki jhaal and the no stains look :D

Last wednesday I was at doing something I always wanted to do ! well it is one of the many things that I wanted to do .. I went to watch a live IPL match at Wankade Stadium ( Chennai Super Kings Vs Mumbai Indian !! Let me just specifiy here that I am no bat kissing cricket junkie, infact I can barely stand the game. I would rather watch a football match and see those hunks sweat it out like real men ;)

Anyway I got free tickets and well free ke cheezo ko kabhi na nahin karna chahiye .. So went for the match with family and my my I did sweat it out like a horse there ! Temperatures were soaring in the sweltering Mumbai heat ..and it was 8 pm at night !!!!

The place was packed to capacity and we could rarely find a place to stand and cheer. Somehow managed to wriggle our ample butts into minscule benches and we were ready for the match .. since we went late we missed the initial 2 overs and the bhagam bhag for a place to seat made us miss another over. Once settled in we tried to find out known faces from the field..

Yaar TV par to saaf saaf dikhte hai par they look like ants on the field.Ko nahin we managed to locate a few of them through trail and error methods ( err.. Dhoni toh wicketkeeper hai so he is that short guy there, Sachin would be that short and fat person on the field). Chalo koi bhi ho .. par mast experience tha ..

Though i had rivulets running down my spine and hair I was least bothered.. I was enjoying the experince of watching a live match. And wow .. now I knw what they call crowd dynamics ! The entire stadium was in one unison.. cheering on Aaiya Le Mumbai Indians ! .. The festivity reminded one of the Brazilian carnivals, lots of drums, lots of sweat and lot of human beings singing in one voice " Ganpati Bappa Mooorya " " Sooorya Soorya ( for jayasurya)" "Dhoni Sucks!" and what not !...

Seriously Chennai Super Kings didnt stand a chance ! All through the time the crowd cheered on with gusto and whoa ! who wouldnt get swayed with so much energy .. am sure our morale was boasted 1000 folds and Mumbai Indian played .Though Chennai managed a very good score by cross 150+ runs but the moment stalwart Jayasurya showed his mettled and made puddle out of all the bowlers we couldnt hold back our joy .. I was a part of the innumerable mexican waves that started ebbing and flowing and boy o boy I couldnt stop screaming and jumping around as one ball after another hit the stands ! Sixes ! Fours! All your wishes granted without a trickle of sweat ! Surya proved despite everything he still is a force to reckon with on the field. Sachin was a poor shadow of his earlier self and disappointed everyone .. but then I never like him :P..after an intensive 3 hour game ..Finally Dhoni ke bacho ko Mumbai ke chokro nein Dho Dala !

My first experience, something which I wanted to do out of novelty but I think the only way am gonna love this game is watching it LIVE ! I simply hate it on the idiot box !

thank God I didnt get tickets for the "FIXED" match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians.. though I caught it on TV I found it utterly yawnable !

Back to the mundane activities I do as an excuse for work !