Odd to outright Bizarre, Indians go superstitious for World Cup

When that obsessive lover tries to seduce the sporting gods, charm the holy spirits and change the course of destiny to help its team win - even if it means standing for 12 hours or not paying even one visit to the toilet - then calling India a cricket-loving nation is an understatement.

The World Cup in Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium is making Indians act in strangely irrational ways. All that the self-imposed rituals need are a patriotic heart and a highly-developed ability to correlate the activities on TV with one's surroundings. Read More................Odd to outright bizarre, India goes superstitious for World Cup

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When Parrot Was Killed for Wrongly Predicting Cricket Match

Bangalore: The first casualty of the cricket frenzy has been pronounced. It's not a human being, but a sad little parrot that had to forego its life at the hands of its master. The only mistake the “psychic parrot” did was predicting that Pakistan will win the World Cup 2011. Not only did it predict the win once but did the same grave mistake three times in a row. Read More................The first casualty of the Ind VS Pak cricket fever

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28 villages in India ban Cricket

India's pathetic performance in the World Cup has left Cricket Crazy Indians disappointed. But twenty-eight villages in the north Indian state of Haryana have gone a step further and imposed a blanket ban on cricket, barely two weeks after the national team's World Cup first-round exit.

Head of Dadan Panchayat, Tewa Singh, says those who go against the decision will have to face a "social boycott".

India's World Cup-frenzy had been fuelled by television channels and media outlets touting the team as favourites.

A resident of the village, Pankaj, says all residents have taken the decision.

"We will stop playing it (cricket). We will play kabaddi, football, volleyball and wrestle instead," he said.

Irate fans and several former players have called for large-scale changes to the World Cup team, finalists in the last edition, after defeats to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in the Caribbean.

Haryana is the state which produced the country's greatest fast bowler Kapil Dev.

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Indians - Shed Your Madness about Cricket

India is a country of 1.1 billion people. Millions in the country are jobless. People in general in India have nothing to be proud of, as millions live below the poverty line, there is corruption in most walks of the life, politicians don't give any confidence that they are running the country in a professional manner & trying to improve the lives of its people.

In all such scenario, if there was something that Indians felt Proud of, it was it's 'Cricket Team', as no other sport in India gave it's people any recognition on the world map. It was Cricket only which gave Indians once even the World Cup & many times, Indian Cricket team was able to defeat the strong teams of other countries. So common people of India made Indian Cricketers their Gods. Whether it was Sachin Tendulkar or Mahendra Singh Dhoni, people fell in love with them & expected wonders from every Team member of Indian Cricket team, every time.

Now with the disappointing performance of their Gods in the World Cup, Indian people are heart broken & many have tried to vent their feeling by protesting on the streets. Below are few pictures of the protesting Indian Cricket fans. Though it is natural to get emotional after seeing the Indian cricket team got ousted from the World Cup, fans in India should realize that it's a game only & we should not show emotional outbursts on the streets & in no way we should harm any cricketer, their family members or the house & property of their heroes whom they worshipped like Gods few days ago. Pl. realize that Indian Cricketers are "Human Beings " only & not the "Gods".









Pictures Credit : Times of India , The Hindu

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Thank God, India's out of Cricket World Cup

Here is an interesting article explaining why it is good that India is out of Cricket World Cup. It gives some solace to the disappointed Indian fans and angry Indian advertisers who are shocked by the India’s exit from the World Cup. As per the article, Sri Lanka has done a great favor to Indian economy by ousting the Indian cricket team from the World Cup.

It explains in great details with statistics that Indian economy shall benefit from it, as millions of people shall not cause productivity loss in their jobs & shall save millions of watts of electricity, as millions of people shall not be glued to their TV sets all the times. Most important of all, it shall save many more lives as at least three Indian citizens have been reported to die due to cardiac arrest or suicide after India’s defeat at the hand of Bangladesh & Sri Lanka. Read full article at Economic Times............Thank God, India's out of Cup

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Eunuchs dance & pray for Indian Cricket team

In India people are Cricket-crazy & many of such people are praying also in the temples for the Indian Cricket team to win this World Cup. Joining the people of country in wishing "Team India" Good Luck , eunuchs in Madhya Pradesh's Katni District are in no mood to miss the euphoria.

Led by former Mayor of Katni District, Kamla Mausi, a group of eunuchs performed dances on the streets of the town and conducted prayers to send their best wishes to the Indian cricketers for the World Cup tourney in the Caribbean Islands.

For residents, it was a gala moment watching the eunuchs dancing out their love for cricket in streets. Some of the members in the groups were flashing posters of Indian skipper Rahul Dravid and other senior players like master blaster Sachin Tendulkar. Read more..........Eunuchs in Madhya Pradesh dance for Team India

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Heavenly planets telling World Cup forecast

In Cricket-crazy India people are trying everything to know in advance what shall happen in this Cricket World Cup. People in India are praying also in the temples for the Indian Cricket team to win this World Cup. But many Indians are looking skywards to discover if their players are shaping up to bring home the World Cup after the April 28 final.

A popular Indian astrology Web site, www.ganeshaspeaks.com, is offering in-depth details on planetary positions on match days and the changing biorhythm circles of each player.

The Web site is named after the elephant-headed Hindu God, Lord Ganesha.

The cricket-frenzy in the country, home to around 1.1 billion people, has been fuelled by a multitude of television channels and media houses who are tracking the action minute by minute.

India, 1983 winners, begin their campaign on Saturday with a Group B match against Bangladesh.

NEW CHAMPION

Astrologers, numerologists and tarot card readers are being asked to predict the winner of the World Cup that opened this week, while this Web site attempts the same through a multi-dimensional analysis.

"Ganesha feels that we will have a new world champion this time," was the Web site's forecast.

"If Australia reaches the semi-final as a second or third team they may have better chances to make it to the final," it said of the world champions, who are aiming to become the first team to win a hat-trick of World Cup titles.

"(But) if Australia reaches the final they might not be able to win."

It said astrological aspects favor South Africa, New Zealand and West Indies to take three of the semi-final slots.

Analyzing the astrology profile, biorhythm report and element chart of each member of the 16 participating teams, the Web site predicted that India had an equal chance of qualifying for the fourth semi-final spot along with Australia and Sri Lanka.

"India's fate will heavily depend on the fourth game of the Super Eight matches. Toss will become very important and to chose batting/bowling will have strong impact over the game's outcome," said the Web site which also predicts outcomes of the English Premier League football.

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Cricket addict wants to sell his kidney to watch World Cup live

There is no dearth of cricket fans in India. In fact most of the Indian people are cricket crazy & India is having the maximum number of cricket fans in the world. But what would you call to the madness of this guy Tarun Sharma, a 23-year-old cricket addict from Jamshedpur, who has threatened to kill himself if he is not allowed to sell his kidney so that he can travel to the West Indies to watch the Cricket World Cup matches over there.

As per Tarun, 'I want to watch the World Cup. I have offered to sell one kidney to afford the trip. But no one has come forward to buy my kidney. It seems no one is suffering from kidney failure in India.' Read more.........He wants to sell his kidney to watch World Cup live

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