When I talk Cricket, One think that I miss most is Sidhu's commentry. He is such a versatile genius, any adjectives to describe his momentary evolutions best known as Sidhuisms, are zilch.
I believe listening to him alone can fetch a GRE student a score of 1300+ :) After a long time, I have received a good mail which brought a smile on my face. It had famous Sidhuisms. You lay back to taste this now.
1.That ball went so high it could have got an air hostess down with it.
2.There is light at the end of the tunnel for India, but it's that of an incoming train which will run them over.
3.Experience is like a comb that life gives you when you are bald.
4.Wickets are like wives - you never know which way they will turn!
5.He is like Indian three-wheeler, which will suck a lot of diesel but cannot go beyond 30!
6.The Indians are going to beat the Kiwis! Let me tell you, my friend, that the Kiwi is the only bird in the whole world, which does not have wings!
7.As uncomfortable as a bum on a porcupine.
8.The ball whizzes past like a bumblebee and the Indians are in the sea.
9.The Indians are finding the gaps like a pin in a haystack.
10.The pitch is as dead as a dodo.
11.The way Indian wickets are falling reminds of the cycle stand at Rajendra Talkies in Patiala..! One falls and everything else falls!
12.Indian team without Sachin is like giving a Kiss without a Squeeze.
13.You cannot make Omelets without breaking the eggs.
14.He will fight a rattlesnake and give it the first two bites too.
15.Anybody can pilot a ship when the sea is calm.
16.Nobody travels on the road to success without a puncture or two.
17.You got to choose between tightening your belt or losing your pants.
18.The cat with gloves catches no mice.
19.Age has been perfect fire extinguisher for flaming youth.
20.You may have a heart of gold, but so does! a hard-boiled egg.
21.He is like a one-legged man in a bum kicking competition.
22.Statistics are like bikinis… what they reveal is suggestive, what they hide is essential!
23.I lean on statistics like a drunken man leans on a lamppost, only for support, not illumination.
24.Good intentions die unless utilized.
25.In the orchard of opportunity, you can't wait for the fruit to drop.
26.There is always free cheese in a mousetrap.
27.The Only Thing You Get In Life Without Trying is dandruff.
The Oscar winning of them are ..
Sri Lankan score is running like an Indian taximeter.
He is as confused as a child is in a topless bar!
He is not a Wicket Keeper, he is a goalkeeper. He must be given a free transfer to ManU
One, who doesn't throw the dice, can never expect to score a Six.
The third umpires should be changed as often as nappies and for the same reason.
The world is all about mind and matter, I don't mind and you don't matter...
In London they drive on the left, in India we drive on what is left!
Statistics are like miniskirts, they reveal more than what they hide.
"Crap" that is the only word that comes to my mind. Only good thing about the book is the price tag of 95/- attached to it. Not the kind of " was waiting to get my hands on the book". I din't find any thing different or interesting in the book. Party's, Sex, Friends and their sagas, that is the only thing he manages to incorporate in the book, except that the plots and endings differ. He seems to lack the flair of clairvoyance that a writer should have to keep writing his books one after another. May be thats the reason why he had taken a little longer to release his third book. It seemed as a prolix which included the topical burning aspects of Modern India Cricket,Politics, and relegion. Chetan managed to write his best on every thing he knew about cricket. I think my 7th standard Brother-in law knows more than him about cricket. The first book was a good one, the second was worth a day read, but the third is worst of all. Better to take a day off with your buddies than spend time reading this book. Take a bollywood movie and I am sure it falls flat at the box office in the biggest flop movies category. The book clearly depicts its real purpose of having been written - garner big bucks with fame from his earlier collection. It had too much of melodrama, The ending was not too great. The plot of the story was cliche and lacked originality with a lot of logical blunders. (NDTV where they watched riots never existed in 2001, and the usage of mobiles and SMS in 2000-01 in smaller townes of India is too apocryphal to believe). My take on this book would be 2.5 / 5
