The Sport of Champions

In India, cricket is king. The king of kings. It looks a bit like baseball and everyone is dressed in pristine white. The game can take up to five days and there`s always time for a tea break. It is very proper indeed. Two nights ago, India beat archrival Pakistan in the championship game of the ICC World Twenty20 in South Africa. Today, everyone is in an uproar while the team parades through the city now that the team has returned home. The pic above is a game I watched the other day as I sat on the low wall studying my accounting notes. It`s being played by members of the exclusive gym across the street from the school. You can only become a member through invitation, connections, or because daddy is a member. Funny thing is that these are the same rules the British had here in India back in the day. The only extra disgusting rule they had then that they don`t have now? No dogs or Indians allowed. Well, look who runs it now.