Monday, June 6, 2011

Boom Boom Afr(a)idi


Shahid Afridi's future planning is as reckless as his batting. He retires at the drop of a hat, speaks venom at the board, and doesnt care two hoots about the consequences. Then he yearns for another innings, and repeats the process. I'm amazed at the number of times he has actually "retired" and then made a comeback. At this rate, he might even beat Saurav Ganguly to it!!
No mean feat, that!

Afridi is like a talk show host whom no one shows interest in. No matter how hard he tries, the audience just doesnt laugh. Then again, when the chief guest of your talk show is PCB chairman Ijaz Butt, things are bound to get awry. He almost gave Ravindra Jadeja a heartache when he claimed to reveal a few "secrets" about a few famous players.

Frankly the PCB has got it all wrong. They should re-instate Inzimam as captain, convince Sharad Pawar to give him a runner for life, and allow one-bounce catches for Kamran Akmal. Poor guy, he almost cried at the possibility of such an event.