It was a Triple Sundae... or should I call it Triple Sunday for cricket fans yesterday. It was an icing on the cake, but this time with a cherry on top of course.
The cake - South Africa vs. Pakistan, the former crushing the latter by 10 wickets.
Icing - England vs. Australia, England snatching a surprise series triumph, with rain playing spoilsport.
Cherry - India vs. Sri Lanka, so neaaaaaaaaaaaaar..... yet so far. The guests won by 5 runs. Well.. I wish not to further comment on it.
Try finding the odd one out of these three matches? Still wondering..... while the first two matches were telecasted live on Star Sports and ESPN resectively, the big match was NLT... near-live tran..... ehmm... near-live telecast or deferred telecast with a 7-minute itch. I nearly ended up having a sweet argument with my dad..... hehehe. Me, sitting in another room, at the edge of the seat, biting my nails, tension looming around, with India requiring another 13 from 9 balls, and in comes dad with the news, "Game Over Sonny". He was in fact sitting in living room simultaneously catching action of the match as well the news channels (NDTVs and the likes).
The Verdict: The funniest part is we were not able to catch the live action of our very own Indian team, whereas the overseas matches were telecasted live, thanks of course to Nimbus-DD telecast rights spat. It happens only in India... sigh!! In conclusion, something is better than nothing.
P.S. A small piece of advice if you wish to. By the whiskers of Kurvi-Tasch, I implore you fellas, for the remaining two matches, make sure you are glued on to DD only. You wish to have the dose of real thrill and excitement of the match, then scrap off the news channels {updating the scorecard from time-to-time} from the TV channels roster. Maybe you can tune it and set it back once the match gets over. Well.. I did it.. how abt ya...
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