Published: Jun 17, 2013, 02:22 PM (IST)
Edited: Aug 25, 2014, 12:15 AM (IST)
Team India and the Indian team management is now fully convinced in the power of the twirling moustache
By Sarang Bhalerao
Please note this is a humour article – work of pure fiction
India have been a dominant force in the on-going ICC Champions Trophy 2013. One can hardly believe it’s the same team that looked so pathetic on their previous visit to England.
What is the reason for the incredible transformation?
What was hitherto a well-kept secret is now out in the open.
“We knew it would work as we found success in nets and practice matches, but we kept it a secret because we did not want to be ridiculed ahead of the tournament. Believe it or not, our success has a lot to do with the moustache-twirling men. Our strength lies in their moustache,” said a member of the team management who prefers to be anonymous.
Shikhar Dhawan’s moustaches have brought him luck. He has had scores of 187, 114, 102* and 48 sporting his trademark moustache. Inspired by Dhawan, Ravindra Jadeja sported a similar moustache. Jadeja’s faith has been repaid as he is now the leading wicket-taker in ICC Champions Trophy 2013. He has also been top class with his fielding.
Team India and the Indian team management is now fully convinced in the power of the twirling moustache. The team management has ordered all members of the team to sport twirling moustaches before their semi-final match in Cardiff!
Jagmohan Dalmiya, the interim chief of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), told reporters in Kolkata that he is fully supportive of the team management’s strange decision. In fact, he says that as a solidarity measure he himself will be sporting a twirling moustache!
Expectedly, the team management and BCCI received brickbats. “This is bizarre. The BCCI wants to take the cricketing world for a ride. Where is the co-relation between moustaches and performance?” questioned Kirti Azad, told a television channel.
Team India, meanwhile, has given Dhawan a new name — ‘Charles” Dhawan, thanks to the cerebral Ravichandran Ashwin.
“Charles Darwin formulated the theory of evolution while ‘Charles’ Dhawan formulated the evolution of the twirling moustache!”
(Sarang Bhalerao hails from a family of doctors, but did his engineering. He then dumped a career in IT with Infosys to follow his heart and passion and became a writer with CricketCountry. A voracious reader, Sarang aspires to beat Google with his knowledge of the game! You can follow him on Twitter here)
