Strange similarities between Australia in ODI cricket and Brazil in FIFA…

people-1284253_640Brazil has won 5 World Cups.
Australia has won 5 World Cups.

Brazil has won those World Cups in 5 continents.
Australia has won those World Cups in 5 continents.

Brazil has entered 7 World Cup finals.
Australia has entered 7 World Cup finals.

Brazil has never lost a World Cup semi-final.
Australia has never lost a World Cup semi-final.

Brazil has hosted the World Cup twice.
Australia has hosted the World Cup twice.

Brazil generally wears yellow.
Australia generally wears yellow.

(Note: Football and cricket are the two most popular sports in the world in terms of viewership.)

© Sunil Rajguru

My World Cup 2015 Columns

Why Team India is still an overachiever
March 30, 2015, Sify.com

Which cricketing age begins in 2015?
March 30, 2015, Sify.com

Dhoni still best bet against Aussies…
March 30, 2015, Sify.com

Will the choker troika ever win?
March 30, 2015, Sify.com

The absolute boredom of a non-Aussie fan
March 29, 2015, Sify.com

Dhoni and the great team bubble
March 27, 2015, Sify.com

Please, we are rich travellers!
March 27, 2015, Sify.com

Has Dhoni’s golden era ended?
March 27, 2015, Sify.com

The Dhoni-Kohli show finally ends
March 26, 2015, Sify.com

India chokes for two World Cups in-a-row
March 26, 2015, Sify.com

The curse of South Africa
March 24, 2015, Sify.com

The Great South African fielding meltdown…
March 24, 2015, Sify.com

Versus Australia, it’s Advantage India…
March 23, 2015, Sify.com

India leads Australia 4-0 in ICC knockouts
March 22, 2015, Sify.com

Battle of the Chokers II
March 22, 2015, Sify.com

Seven jinxes nixed in the World Cup
March 22, 2015, Sify.com

Is this one of the weakest Pak teams ever?
March 20, 2015, Sify.com

Don’t worry, the Rohit jokes will continue!
March 20, 2015, Sify.com

7 highs of Team India’s 7th heaven…
March 19, 2015, Sify.com

Raina and the perfect turning point!
March 19, 2015, Sify.com

How 11 men killed the choke jinx…
March 18, 2015, Sify.com

Slow and steady Sangakkara…
March 18, 2015, Sify.com

Will it be Choke de Villiers yet again?
March 17, 2015, Sify.com

Team India climbs mount consistency
March 14, 2015, Sify.com

Tragedies and ironies of England and Cricket
March 11, 2015, Sify.com

Oh South Africa, you are still choking!
March 7, 2015, Sify.com

Minnows fight, Test teams collapse
February 28, 2015, Sify.com

Myth of India’s weak ODI bowling attack
February 27, 2015, Sify.com

Why so little faith, Indian cricket fan?
February 23, 2015, Sify.com

Yuvi’s father’s outburst may wreck his T20 career
February 17, 2015, Sify.com

India peaks at just the right time
February 15, 2015, Sify.com

Why you simply can’t write India off…
February 11, 2015, Sify.com

World Cup final musings…

They want to kick out the Associates to have a competitive World Cup.
The only way the World Cup can be made competitive if you kick out Australia.

Even if Winnie the Pooh led the Australians, they’d win the World Cup.

Thank you Ranatunga and Dhoni!
Otherwise Australia would have won 6 straight World Cups from 1996-2015.

Thank God that Australia has never won the T20 World Cup otherwise world cricket would have gone into total boredom for all non-Australians.

Australia, New Zealand and India all lost just one match in the World Cup.
One is the champion, one a runner up and one a semi-finalist.

Progress of New Zealand…
1975-2007—Choked in all knockout matches.
2011—Choked in the semi-final.
2015—Choked in the final.

Let’s face it—The Aussies are hands on favourites to win the ODI World Cups of 2019 and 2023.

These versions by Sunil Rajguru

More AAP destruction musings…

First time Kejriwal quit in 49 days.
This time everyone else will quit in 49 days.

Information + Entertainment = Infotainment.
AAP + Nautanki = AAPotanki.

Media equality…
Modi gave “good governance” in Gujarat.
Media focused on everything else.
Kejri gave “zero governance” in Delhi.
Media focused on everything else.

One media owner to another…
Hamne Kejri ko 2013 main banaya aur invest kiya aur ab tak ROI aa raha hain!

Kaun kambakht kehta hai ki Hitler mar gaya!
Aam Aadmi Ram Prasad Sharma on the latest Golmaal.

Sholay—Loha loha ko kaat-ta hai.
AAP ka Sholay—Sting sting ko kaat-ta hai.
Nautanki nautanki ko kaat-ta hai.
Leader leader ko kaat-ta hai.

These versions by Sunil Rajguru

When ODI World Cup history repeated itself…

In his first ODI World Cup as captain, Kapil Dev prevented Clive Lloyd from getting his third title in 1983. He failed in his title defence when India couldn’t chase in the semis and in the final Australia beat England which has never won an ODI World Cup till date. In between India also won the mini World Cup.

In his first ODI World Cup as captain, MS Dhoni prevented Ricky Ponting from getting his third title in 2011. He failed in his title defence when India couldn’t chase in the semis and in the final Australia beat New Zealand which has never won an ODI World Cup till date. In between India also won the mini World Cup.

© Sunil Rajguru

When AAP decided to press the self-destruct button…

Kejri…
2013—Bharashtachar ko jala kar raakh kar doonga.
2014—Modi ko jala kar raakh kar doonga.
2015—YoYa aur PrBh ko jala kar raakh kar doonga.
2016—Delhi ko jala kar raakh kar doonga.

In defence of Kejriwal, if I had to listen to Yogendra Yadav’s sanctimonious moral lectures day in and day out then even I’d lose my bearings.

I’m from IIN—Kejri.
I’m from IIN—YoYa.
I’m from IIN—PrBh.
I’m from IIN—Ashu.
Voter—Sasura ye IIN kya hai?
A—Indian Institute of Nautanki!

Next AAP cabinet expansion to include…
Sting Minister.
Dissent Minister
Spin Minister.
Nautanki Minister.
Dharna Minister.
TV Studio Minister.

Altaf Raja is back.
He should do a song on AAP…
Tum to thehre nautanki,
(voter ka) saath kya nibhaoge!

Smart. Absolutely nobody is asking about free WiFi, power and water reforms along with concrete anti-corruption drives.

AAP Mental Wrestling Federation Undisputed Champion…
Round 1: Kejri beats Anna.
Round 2: Kejri beats Shazia-Binny-etc.
Round 3: Kejri beats Bedi.
Round 4: Kejri versus YoYa+PrBh.

The stages of struggle…
1. Mujhe chahiye Swaraj (from corruption).
2. Mujhe chahiye Swaraj (from Congress).
3. Mujhe chahiye Swaraj (from Modi).
4. Mujhe chahiye Swaraj (from Kejriwal).

AAP gave a bad manifesto: Got 28 seats.
AAP gave bad governance: Got 67 seats.
After this nonsense they’ll probably get 71/70 seats next time.

These versions by Sunil Rajguru