Just cricket!

When eleven fools play, eleven billion fools watch!

It can't get crazier than this. Indeed cricket is a crazy game.
It's not a global game, but still cricketers are superstars. That's because cricket is a religion in Indian subcontinent.

Just look at it. Australian cricketers who have lowest respect for Indian cricket culture want to come to India and exploit every commercial potential. Be it commercials, coaching assignments, music videos or even acting! They know that when they retire from the international cricket India is the country to look at. In India even the ancient cricketers get recognised and loved. Nowhere else it happens!

Look at the commercials done by ex cricketers like Gavaskar, Kapildev, Ravi Shastri or even Shrikkant! Amazing! Truly amazing religion is this game of cricket.


What makes me sad is when this religion becomes an addiction, a blind addiction. Do we think twice before hurling a stone at a struggling cricketer's home. For God's sake it's just a game! They play and try to perform and win. Someone has to lose in the game. And sometimes it could be our team. But we need to remember that the next games gives us equal chance to win!

Let's love our cricketers, but not worship them. Let's not create Gods and destroy them. Probably we'll enjoy our game more!