With a prolonged deafening silence in the Third Umpire's
Chamber time has seemed to slow down a little. Everyone is
casting a glance on the other in a hope that they will ease
the tense air with their words.
Within the walls of the commentory box
Wasim Akram : Harsha, agreed that MS's fitness has been in
question in recent past. Also agreed that it is absolutely
the right of the respective country to select their leader.
But I am absolutely perplexed at the fact that MS has cited
mesniscus tear as a reason for sending Virat Gali(VK) in his
place. Harsha, you yourself had similar issues during your
college days. How far does this all make sense to you ?
Harsha : Haha! well I am not competent enough to figure this
out for my little knowledge in orthopaedics. But yes, my
meniscus tear took months to reach such levels that I would
not walk or sit easily. Wasim can we make an effort to read
between the MS's lines.
Wasim : Its apparently quite clear that MS isn't absent for
this reason. But what makes him give such a bad excuse all
of a sudden. My goodness! is he escaping to be a part of
this probably the most critical meeting ever in cricket
history.
Harsha : Ah! no way we can be sure about this. But yes
history and psychology heavily do suggest the fact that this
there is no easy way out of this decision. Whenever you
deliberate on India-Pak issue hardly any solution has
surfaced. More than that whichever way the decision has been
there has been dissatifaction in the public. The simple
reason being that the India Pak relation has crossed the
yield point already. Now whichever leader makes compromise,
their fans/citizens create a chaos. Who doesn't know the
national frenzy over decisions of Lal Bahadur & Zulfiqar
Bhutto. One made peace , the other war but nonetheless
regretted their moves.
Wasim : But it is so pitiful that much contrary to the
spirit of sportsmanship our cricket too has got contaminated
like politics. I am sure that an intellectual like yours
must have pondered over the unfortunate ways India Pak
clashes are seen by the people.
Meanwhile, the feed from commentory box goes live again on
Star Sports.
Harsha : Dear fans, welcome back to Star Sports.
It has been quite some time since the meeting between
officials and team representatives began. But there hasn't
been any outcome yet. The chair umpire has briefed both
India and Pak leaders about the ICC Rules. But there being
no solution he has decided to leave the fate of the match to
a common decision of India & Pak. Put in other words due to
the limitations of hotspot technique the umpires could not
make out whether there was a knick or not. Therefore
Misbah-UlZuluul-Buck & Dhoni have been asked to sit togethor
and decide on what actually happened. Howevor, VK has come
to represent India on the ground that Dhoni is suffering
from injury. Until now, both have hardly given any
statements.
Wasim : To all those fans who missed the final moments of
the match. Inspite of India batting quite well Pakistan was
always in the scene. The situation in the last few overs got
quite close. And to everyone's surprise Pak was two run
short of victory at the penultimate ball. On the last ball
Afridi was at crease. He tried cutting the ball for a
boundary but the ball passed quite close to his bat and went
straight to Dhoni's gloves. Pak managed taking a single.
What happened thereafter is deserves attention. India
appealed for a catch and the ground umpries had to refer it.
Snickometer technique did show a something when the balled
passed by Afridi's bat but it could not made out whether
that was from pad or bat. After few minutes both captains
alongwith the umpires met in the commentory box. As Harsha
briefed you the umpire could not take a decision based on
the recording. Now the result has to come based on Misbah &
Virat's interaction
Stay tuned to Star Sports for the Updates, Good Bye from
Wasim
The commentory box is disconnected again. Siddhu enters a
short while later
Siddhu : Tha main jab Punjab main tapta tha ladkiyan tot,
Guruuuuuuu tha main jab Punjab main thoonkta tha ladkiyan
tot
Aj to maidaan main barood bina ho raha hai visfot
Wasim : bhaijaan, allah se dua hai Virat aur Misbah tamam
ranjishein bhula dosti ka paigam badaeiyen.
Siddhu : oye, ho gayi peer parvat si pighalni chahiye
is himalaya se koi ganga vayeguru nikalni chahiye
Harsha interrupts all of a sudden. Says do not build castles
in air. He can still see that VK & Misbah are hardly making
any moves.
Time is passing by and an indefinite lull looms over the
commentory box and Chair Umpire's chamber.
Wasim : Siddhu, bhai tu to manega hindustani janabon ne
gandh to machayi hi hai. Ghaasfoos khake jeete hain aur Apni
aurat tak ko kaboo main rakhna jaante nahi. Vatan par kya
lagam kasenge.
Harsha feels a deja vu.
Siddhu : You have no idea how divine is the feeling of being
pure vegeterian. Meet the Indian Sadhus and find out
yourself. As for women, you bloody rape and marry your own
sisters. How far is it any justice.
Wasim : Who dosent know the story of Asharam and other
Indian Sadhus, dont talk about Indian monks. And better not
tell me about rapes. India is the only country where rape
has been committed with both a 3 month and 83 year old girl.
Certain voices start echoing in Harsha's mind. He starts
losing his consciousness gradually.
Siddhu : Statistics are like mini skirts my dear friend.
They reveal more than they should.
There is silence in the room again.
Naseem Malik(Malik) : oye Murgule! teri.... Sale
Hindustani! statistics ki .... terko pata hai na haryana
main sex ratio ki ..... gayi hai. aur kyon nhi hogi.
ladkiyon ko paida hoti hai maar dete hain. Waise acha karte
hain, jo zinda reh jaati hain unki zindagi maut se badtar
hoti hai
Murgule : oye bhai bhagwan ke naam par bas kar
Malik : abe tujhe pata hai na ke tumhare RAW ke bande Pak
main gand machate hain. maine PTV pe dekha ki 40 RAW
officers Pak main dekhe gaye.unko jasoosi karte pakda gya.
Murgule is quite unhappy to know about this behaviour of
India. But just forces his head not to nod in favor of
Malik. He is pretty sure his team would not tolerate this.
He feels choking for the animosity and confusions between
the two nations. For all the time he has spent in Mortund as
an intern or for all his intellectual capacity he just
cannot see the two nations apart. But there is hardly anyone
in his circle with whom he can even discuss his views
freely. He knows the definiton of nationalism has shifted
from layind down ones own life to taking that of other. He
knows cursing each other and cheering for cricket team has
unfortunately become a part of culture. Murgule succumbs to
the pressure and starts condemning Pakistan
Murgule : Listen, one disease that has plagued your nation
is something you yourself prove. The way you talk shows the
isolation of Pak from modern manners and civilisation. Yes,
the sex ratio in Haryana is low but what about your nation.
I don't know if you even have money to conduct such surveys.
And don't talk about PTV network at all. Its simply a Pro
Terrorism Video network.
Malik : Interrupts Murgule. Bh**we ki Nas** . Terrorism ki
baat na kar. Tumhari pictures aur leaders ne jane kya samajh
rakha hai
To be continued.....