It has been a while since I have genuinely enjoyed cricket. It’s the one friggin’ sport that my country comes close to dominating. We were very much the favorites – if you’re Indian you know what that means – super high expectations from the souls of every single Indian. It’s one sport that we are truly passionate about. Well, passionate is an understatement. It’s one sport that Indians are mindless maniacs about. And today’s humiliating, embarrassing loss to the friggin’ English is going to ignite the mania that is Indian cricket. I feel sorry for Jadeja. We lost because of him. He never kicked off and didn’t even seem to be trying. His facial expressions were beyond irritating. His wannabe -sniffs and weird facial movements add to the pure irritation that an Indian cricketer cannot afford to elicit. He is probably going to get death threats. His house is probably going to be set on fire. No surprise there and he deserves no sympathy either. Get your act together man and do something in the near future that sorts this out.

The Indian cricket mentality needs to be understood. Imagine, a country of one billion people plays only one sport at a decent level. One billion Indians breathe cricket. They have their lives revolving around cricket to the extent that when a Indian cricket game is on, India stops. If one billion of us cannot produce 11 cricketers to dominate the cricket scene, we just cannot tolerate it. Cricket is a way of life. So, to get any sort of relief,  we have to start throwing blame at anyone we can – the selectors, the captain, and the most apt person at this moment to be bombarded with bazookas and bombs – Jadeja.If you play for India, you better learn to handle the pressure. Jadeja lost the game for us. Yes, he is young, naive and probably shouldn’t be blamed. But, when the one thing that Indian pride thrives on gets shambled because of a lethargic innings in probably the most important cricket match of the year, you just cannot sympathize with anyone, even with a naive, little kid. Grow up man, and grow up fast. We’ll love you for sixes, but we’ll bite you for your shite.

I am no big fan of cricket. I was once. And for a moment, it all came back. The one thing India can be proud about was just thrown away because of major over-confidence issues, poor decisions and plain lethargy on friggin’ Jadeja’s part. People will say, “be gentle with the kid”. But he has got to understand the consequences of his friggin’ indolence or whatever made him swallow himself. India cannot friggin’ afford that. It is so, SO frustrating.

P.S. Work tomorrow. Alarm’s set to 6:30. Sleep is essential. And yeah, the Jadeja vent is definitely harsh. Reality bites.