During the past few weeks ... finding time to update the blog has definitely been at premium. It is the general cycle of end of semester madness… projects, assignments, deadlines..... Final papers... blah blah.... But it has always amazed me how at around the same time as exams the number of movies... Tv Series.... etc one watches on their pc's dramatically increases. All in all the time spent on unproductive activities more than doubles... For example during my undergrad I watched about 80 odd Naruto episodes with English subtitles over a period of 2 days right before my toughest paper and only stopped because I ran out supply of episodes.
So now at grad level I have found new hobby at least for now.... rather should I say for this semester. As most you being the knowledgeable netizens you are, would have heard of this blog called "fakeiplplayer". This anonymous blogger ... an apparent insider.. writes about the off screen happenings of the IPL ( Indian Premier League) dishing all the dressing room dirt about IPL teams with a special focus on the Kolkata Knightriders and a little bit about the team from Punjab.
The beauty of his writing has to be his complete utilization of his right to free speech. But also at the same time he does not address any of players but comes up with comical equivalents for their names. Though I must admit at first read I really found it tough figure who was who... but as you read more it becomes pretty obvious. So I have spent the last week decoding, which name corresponds to which player and have made a list.
So here are my personal favourites:
Dil-do: Shah Rukh Khan
Lordie: Saurav ' dada' Ganguly
Kaan Moolo: Agarkar because of his extremely large ears...
Little John: Ishant Sharma
Bhookha Naan : Buchanan
Candy Nickle : Andy Bichel
Gilli Danda : Ashok Dinda
Babaan: Arindham Bose
Budhimaan Baba: Wridhiman Saha
Chikna Pu**y : David Hussey ( may be to harsh dont you think?)
Boy George : Joy Bhattacharya
Sticky Something: Ricky Ponting
Appam Chu***a: Shreeshanth ( my favourite)
Havaii Chappal: Greg Chappel
Meerabhai: Bhajji
Mr.Batlivala: Mr. Mallya
Big Mac: Matty Hayden (totally agree)
Lady Jaya: Mahila Jaywardene
Cool dude: Dhoni (sounds about right)
Arnold Power: Romesh Powar (funny!!)
Pedophile Priest: Gilchrist.... (Extreme... way too extreme... )
Panty Pu**y: Robin Utthapa
Chinnu Popli: Virat Kholi
BUBlee: Brett lee
Vakil Saab : Sangakarra ( due to his excessive appealing)
Durbaan of Patiala: Tom Moody
Castro : Fidel Edwards
Springbok: Morne Wan Wyk
Ghati Baba: Rohit Sharma
Prince of Patiala: Yuvvi
Kammez Pajama: Rameez Raja
Many more.... but these are the ones that appeal to me... and here are a few excerpts....
Prince hit him exactly where it hurts by saying, "Attitude toh poora masala dosa ka deta hai, aur bowling Appam jaisa karta hai"
"Chirkut Teli hits on a 100 girls every night, at least 99 of whom reject him outright. Not too quality conscious, he'd take those odds any day. Although, given his batting average, I find his faith in this law of averages a little ironical."
"Imagine a group comprising Gilli Danda, Buddhiman Baba and Bubaan hitting on hot white chicks. My respect for South African girls has actually gone up a bit. "
If dropping catches wasn't embarassing enough, our young boy Bubaan not only dropped a catch, he also showed half the stadium behind us his white cotton 'andar ki baat' while doing so
"Last year, with just one tight slap he suddenly evolved from being an Ape to a Neanderthal. And the run-in with Re-Peter seems to have magically brought him to the Cave Man stage. If someone were to meet him for the first time today, he could almost mistake Appam to be a normal human being."
It was Castro's last night here and he sure was making it count. Being the class act that he is, even off the field he seemed to be aiming at the block-hole.
And many more ... Basically if you want to give your mind a break from some hectic work this is a good read. On the question if this is right?? I have to say it is not... because I believe what happens in the dressing room should stay in the dressing room. But the fact is dirt sells!!
P. S apparently the blog is pretty well followed even by the players as apparently the other day Hayden referred to the mallu dancing boy by his blog name ... which sent him in to a tirade...
