Bhajji ko gussa kyo aata hai

Sep 27, 1988 Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson won the 100 meter sprint in a world-record time of 9.79 seconds. To make the victory sweeter, Johnson captured the gold medal by handily defeating American rival Carl Lewis. The euphoria was so high that he took of on the longest victory run I have ever seen.

That record was over taken by our own Harbhajan Singh a.k.a Bhajji. No, he did not run the 100 meter sprint in less than 9.79 seconds. He over took the longest victory run record.

Last day of a critical test match, lot of hard working cricket lovers spend a small part of their work day working. I am no different, it was a gripping day of cricket and I spent the day following the match. By the time I reached home India had already won the match. All news channels were showcasing India’s great win. More than anything all channels were showing Bhajji’s victory run. Looks like he is watching a lot of football matches these days. Bhajji’s lives life large, it would be no surprise if he likes bigger balls (please keep your perverted minds at rest here).

His victory lap halted in front of the media box. This was followed by lot of words and gesturing. The stadium was really noisy and the exact words could not be made out. The rest of the team had to overpower him to stop him from committing another monkey gate. But he continued with his 4-lettered words and gesturing for a long time to follow.

Coach Gary Kirsten came out to hug him and Bhajji screams “**** it” right next to his ear. Poor Kirsten must have gone deaf, it not in a shock at this reception. It was hard to figure out who was Bhajji angry at. Was he angry on SA cricketers (Kirsten being a former SA cricketer was at the receiving end) or was he angry on the media.

His outburst confirmed that he was angry on the media during the press conference that followed. Discretion has never been a quality associated with him but here are a few things he spoke..

"I have been hearing a lot of things from them [the media], but today they were on the receiving end. They should be getting that kind of treatment because they should know what to play on national television and what not to play. We play for our country with a lot of passion and it disappoints all the players sometimes to see what characters they make out of us. If I don't do well on the ground they will show us as 3 Idiots. Harbhajan is one of the idiots, MS Dhoni is the other. That is not right. I know it sounds funny but it is not.”

Of course media was on the receiving end, it received lot of funny moments of Bhajji histrionics and the treatment he was speaking about must have been laughter treatment. Its funny hearing advises from Bhajji.

I don’t think anyone would associate ‘3 idiots’ with losers any more. Vidhu Vinod chopra will surely vouch for me on this.

Its always best to let your cricket do the talking and the best way to silence your critics is to show results. A Mr Anil Kumble was a master at this. Bhajji, whether you like it or not but it will help if you can take a few lessons on this from Anil bhai..