Either they are there in their capacity as cricket association members or they are powerful enough to bully their way.
Watching them jostle for space and limelight is as embarrassing as watching our film actors sing duets in the heart of Berlin among bemused phirangi’s.
However, the news that David Cameron, the Tory leader, has falsely claimed ( that too during a BBC Radio interview with Jonathan Agnew) he loved cricket so much he had spent years on the waiting list to join its most exclusive club - the MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club) has lessened the embarrassment somewhat.
It further diminished when it was revealed that he refused the membership offered four years ago.
Apparently, politicians using cricket for political gains is a world - wide phenomenon and not confined to India.
So, the next time an Indian fan sees politicians crowding the dais, he can console himself that it is the way of the world, for where there is cricket, a politician will never be far behind.
3 comments:
Rogues, geniuses, politicians, stars, and so on...all are similar anywhere in the universe.
Soulberry,
Welcome back. Glad to see back in circulation.
Needed the break Ottayan. Thanks for the welcome.
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