If it’s Monday, you must be as hung-over…err… depressed…tired as I am– but wait! It’s a brand new week and surely there will be much fighting/gnashing of teeth/troll-feeding to do in the days ahead. Isn’t that daunting? Well, fret not, my pets.
The best thing about Mondays at the Mutiny is being able to play The Caption Game, a nice, easy warm-up for the week. You may not be able to touch your toes, but you can injure your funny bone trying to outwit Dravidian Lurker, MoorNam, PingPong et al. (Rahul…I’m pouring out some Old Monk for you, son. You are the missed.)
This picture, which was thoughtfully submitted by Jeet a few days ago (thanks!), is just pleading for a different label– look at what it’s been saddled with:
Harbhajan Singh’s joy is apparent as he catches Kevin Pietersen, England v India, Group E, ICC World Twenty20, Durban, September 19, 2007. [link]
Oh, come now. You mutineers can do better than that! Especially since the boys in blue have made some of you verrrry happy, right? 🙂
Confused?
Irritated?
Think this silliness is something new for the mutiny? How wrong you are, my sleepy friends. Lo, previous editions of the captioning game will prove that this isn’t a one-time timesuck: Ikk, Dhoe, Tinn, Char, Panj, Chhay, Suth, Utt…
Knee in the balls. Ouch.
Captain Morgan…who? this is another jewel from today’s match
See, I can dance on one leg….even with you on me!
Chak De India
another unorthodox bhaji shot square to short leg.
or
harbhajan nails middle stump.
Audio caption:
crickets
“Harbhajan Singh showcases his interpretation of Swan Lake”.
your knee is no match for spoor naam’s safron balls
“Bhaji, is that a cricket ball in your left trouser pocket or are you just happy to see me?”
Gaal mile gaal… Ghutna mile ball… Bolo balle balle india… Bolo chak de india!
Call me skeptical, but the person that Harbhajan Singh is catching in that picture does not look like Kevin Pietersen.
“There is a thin line between pleasure (celebrating the wicket) and pain (over-celebrating the wicket)”.
Strictly that interpretation please :-).
Down boy or I will have to sick the Dog Whisperer on you
Pain or pleasure, a thin layer in between makes it safer.
actually what they meant was he caught&bowled Pietersen right before…
OMG, Bhaji caught Pietersen’s ball too? Man he really gets around!
too happy to think of any witty caption right now. what a match! it had everything and that’s no exaggeration. both teams were superb and those with weak hearts probably watched the match at their own peril. another india-pakistan match lives up to the incredible hype and once again, in world cup matches, india pips pakistan. the scenes on Indian TV from Kochi, Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata are crazy. congrats to both teams for truly one of the most intense sporting rivalries in the world and one of the most entertaining.
“India celebrates after narrowly winning the goose-stepping competition.”
You made vada-pav for dinner? Oh Harbajan, I luv ya…
Slightly off-topic: Just watched an absolutely awesome game of cricket. But, was anyone else disturbed by what Shoaib Malik (the Pakistani captain) said at the presentation. Listening to it on TV, I really thought I must have heard him wrong, but the cricinfo scribe also say: “First of all I’d like to thank people back home and the Muslims around the world. We gave our 100%”!!! WTF??? This was a game of cricket, played between two countries, one of which happens to be a muslim country, while the other has more muslims than the first. Where the f*** does religion come into play here? Is it not presumptous, even absurd, to assume that all muslims around the world supported Pakistan? Hell, the bowler who turned the match around for India was also a muslim!
playing the ‘hindu india’ vs ‘muslim pakistan’ card is the only reason pakistan has to exist as a seperte country. the pakistan identity is formed from opposing india.
Yep, did hear Malik say that and think something was weird – where I live, most of the Muslims are from Turkey, Indonesia and Malaysia, and none of them knows any cricket. I really didn’t know what Malik was driving at – unless he is just really devout and it comes out unconsciously, in which case he may not have meant anything by it.
Maybe he meant “all the Pakistanis” all over the world? Not that I know what I’m talking about, but still…
I was quite bothered by it, as I have been by the rise of Tableeqi fundamentalism overall within the Pakistan team. First, it was Yousuf Youhana converting to Islam under less than certain circumstances, and now this. How very different from the Imran / Majid / Javed days.
Here’s the comment made by Shoaib Malik (you need to scroll down a screen or two until you see his name in bold):
http://content-www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/287879.html?CMP=OTC-GCN
Bhajji: ‘Oye, who says Indians got tiny weeners .. look what I can do with mine ..’
As an aside … Why no mention of India winning the T20 world cup ?? 🙁 .. much sadness comes, anna .. 🙁 ..sob sob ..
Dude..disturb the bails…not the balls!
Well, it was mentioned on the news tab by a couple of people. It’s good to know and all that, but there’s not really much you can comment about it if it were a blogpost – “Good show!” covers about all of it.
Oops .. my bad .. you did mention it already .. 🙂
World is filled with happiness again .. 🙂 .. much joy erupts .. 🙂
On a different note: Anna, how do you select the language? Is this a tour of South Asian languages? What language next?
Glad you noticed/asked! Today, I attempted Punjabi, in honor of Harbhajan Singh. 😉
No wonder, Sehwag’s been outta the match with a groin injury! 🙂
And I know the dude in the pic is not sehwag,I thought maybe in the dressing room…. sigh!
Ikk, Dhoe, Tinn, Char, Panj, Chhay, Suth, Utt
This numbering is used for a number of North Indian subcontinent languages – even, perhaps, Urdu.
With tiny variations, Panj will become Paach in Hindi
Urdu might have an alternate too, I am not sure
Hence my qualifying Punjabi with “attempted”. 😉 I know better, than to be certain about ANYTHING around here. 😀
Urdu might have an alternate too, I am not sure
Hindi and Urdu numbers are the same.
congrats to both teams for truly one of the most intense sporting rivalries in the world and one of the most entertaining.
I think it might be the biggest when it comes to a game played between two nations.
But, was anyone else disturbed by what Shoaib Malik (the Pakistani captain) said at the presentation. Listening to it on TV, I really thought I must have heard him wrong, but the cricinfo scribe also say: “First of all I’d like to thank people back home and the Muslims around the world. We gave our 100%”!!!
Hmm, there were two Muslims on the Indian cricket team (practicing Muslims) so presumably they were supporting India unless Shoaib Malik knows something the rest of us dont! Plus Shah Rukh was also cheering for India. Maybe he was faking it.
Its unfortunate that the Indian-Pakistani cricket games do end up being a Hindu-Muslim thing. Almost all Indian Muslims I know born during or after 60s do support India. The only Indian Muslims who support Pakistan are the Kashmiris, old timers and low SES Muslims living in isolated ghettos and as I understand the situation is changing there as well.
I actually watched the whole tournament on watchstreamz.com for $29. The coverage was good though there was a problem in the latter half of the Indian innings in the semi finals. I love the Twenty20. The whole thing finishes in 3 hours. Great final too.
The Indian cricket team consists of players from all major religions in India….
Hindu(Dhoni, Gambhir, RP Singh, Joginder Sharma, Rohit Sharma) Muslim (Irfan Pathan, Yousouf Pathan) Sikh (Harbhajan, Yuvraj) Christian (Sreesanth, Uthappa)
Indians r playing cricket as `indian’…..
i appeal to all indian muslim to condemn shoaib maliks’ statement and who thinks that all world muslims shuld support him/Pakistan when the match is against India.
~ a pissed off Indian Muslim
“Maybe he meant “all the Pakistanis” all over the world? Not that I know what I’m talking about, but still…”
A N N A, i heard what shoaib malik said and i am wont to give him the benefit of the doubt and think that’s what he meant (although him equating pakistan with muslims, even unconsciously, is as troublesome to some equating india to hindus (and the indian cricket team is so wonderfully diverse). malik has been a terrific captain for pakistan so far and i hope religion doesn’t sway their focus the way it has recently.
i also think that because it’s ramadan, that had something to do with what he said or was trying to say – it just didn’t come out the right way. these guys are interviewed right after a tumultous and emotionally wrenching match, where victory for either side is a must, and i think it’s hard for them to think clearly and speak clearly – too many emotions muddle their speech at times. irfan pathan also thanked allah in his man of the match award speech, but he didn’t thank all muslims for supporting him – i think maybe that was what shoaib was aiming for (thanking allah) but went too far by mentioning muslims (though he may have meant the prayers of muslims during ramadan, because the boards were full of comments by pakistanis on how important it was for them to beat india during ramadan etc etc.).
as an aside (sorry!), india came to this tournament probably the least heralded of the Test playing nations and with the least experience in Twenty20 and given no chance. they’d only played one match in this format, and were without four of the best players during the recent England tour – the “Holy Trinity” of Dravid, Tendulkar and Ganguly and their best bowler Zaheer Khan. Also no coach. They ended up beating an overconfident England (with the most Twenty20 experience) and favourites South Africa and Australia. Dhoni is not only a swashbuckling cricketer with brawn, but he has a brain and should receive a lot of credit for bringing the best out of Sreesanth, Yuvraj, RP Singh (THE find for India this summer I think), Rohit Sharma, Uthappa etc. Great to see Pathan (he was emotional about playing with his older brother in this match) and Harbhajan and Sehwag back in form.
for pakistan, too, it was a great comeback after a disastrous world cup and having to endure almost racist insinuations over bob woolmer’s death. was so great to see the subcontinent make this inaugural Twenty20 World Cup specatucular (although I hope it doesn’t dominate 50-over cricket or Tests).
The Indian cricket team consists of players from all major religions in India….
Hindu(Dhoni, Gambhir, RP Singh, Joginder Sharma, Rohit Sharma) Muslim (Irfan Pathan, Yousouf Pathan) Sikh (Harbhajan, Yuvraj) Christian (Sreesanth, Uthappa)
The minorities are overrepresented.
Muslim (Irfan Pathan, Yousouf Pathan)
Isn’t Zaheer Khan often in the team too? Wasn’t he the key player in recent series in England.
irfan pathan also thanked allah in his man of the match award speech
The losing captain Shoaib Malik should have blamed Allah for the loss. I just love it when they thank Jesus/Allah on winning a game. By extension the losing team should blame Jesus/Allah.
i think sreesanth is a hindu.
the bcci is giving the team $3 million as a bonus (including a crore for yuvraj alone).
In this series, do not remember when, I heard one of the Pakistani players use inshallah (by the grace of god (allah)) in his interview when he was talking in English. Having not watched games in a long time, this statement felt kinda weird.
I did not see the interview so I cannot comment on what he said, but could it be that he was expressing himself wrong. Let’s be honest here, Pakistani players are not known for their interviewing skills.
And just to throw this in there, SRK was in the stadium supporting India.
saw this on the bbc board: this is the downside of the passion for cricket in the subcontinent 🙁
“if any of you guys use orkut u might know abt this…their is pakistan team community…more than 600 messages came in blaming shah rukh khan for the defeat…they were all cursing india & hindus in particular..really disappointed by that”
poor shah rukh!
India won thankfully, and were finally able to redeem themselves.The match was pretty close though. In the last over I could swear that Pakistan was going to win. If they did win though, that would have been nice too. RP Singh is so cute!!! Too bad the West Indies were eliminated so early…It is nice however to see Australia not winning everything.
among other reasons, this is why ‘Chak de India’ involved a team of girls 🙂
@Karthik,
To add, Am I the only one who caught Afridi saying “congratulations to the Indian captain and all the Indian nations…”
Indian nations? Wth is that… 🙂
If you watch the final video posted on crickethighlights.info – you can hear it in the last 6th minute of the video when Afridi is being interviewed
you know…the indian nations. as opposed to the muslim nations.