It has been a long time since I last watched cricket. I feel disconnected, like a batsman halfway down the crease as the ball soars above his shoulder, missing his terrorized face. It has been precisely 8 days. For the past 8 days, I have done some things which I had not thought about while I was watching cricket. There was the England tour, then they came here to return the favor, then West Indies came to make us feel better, then Sehwag did something crazy and then this, this huge break from cricket. It has been somewhat unexpected. Of course a fan will tell me there is this huge build up for the Australian tour. I have already informed my parents not to gasp in surprise if they find me hunched in front of the Television at unusual hours in the morning. But somehow it doesn’t seem like just 8 days since I watched the last match India played. Meanwhile, the following things grabbed my attention:

I saw Symonds appear in Big Boss and repeat the sounds others made in Hindi.

Bhajji then said he’s a nice guy. Main achha insaan hoon.

Ishant has a problem with his ankle.

Zaheer is fit to play. They say pay extra to get ad free telecast.

BCCI wants extra to have injury free telecast.

Dravid gets a standing ovation for a memorable speech.

Ganguly says Dravid didn’t have the guts to speak against Chappell.

Tendulkar slams a fluent 92 in the practice match.

Some things just never change.

BCCI scrapped Nimbus’ deal.

They finally realized how to bring crowd to the stadiums.

Sachin can now receive Bharat Ratna.

Watching Aaj Tak debating Sachin’s greatness over other sportsperson, I realized Sachin is omnipresent. Just.Like.God.

Jayawardene got run out on 9999.

I never realized he was this close to 10k. Respect!

Dhoni said he hasn’t decided on 2015 yet.

2015 seems bleak already.

Dhoni also said he likes to keep things simple.

I have kept things simple in this article.

Someone wondered during Cricinfo’s commentary of a recent Test match, whether there’s a Sri Lankan whose name can’t be tweeted.

Challenge accepted.

Warne burnt his hand.

Warne still played in BBL.

Warne got Warner-ed.

I lost my wallet.

A day before my internship ended in a remote place of Gujarat.

I realized cricket is not everything.

Next stop – 26th December, Boxing Day Test. Till then I’ll see how life is without cricket.

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