Cricket then and now…

The more things change…

Pre-2011: You can’t win em all. (On home pitches)
Post-2011: You can lose em all! (On foreign pitches)

2007 WC: Nothing to celebrate.
2011 WC: No time to celebrate.

1996: Matches are fixed.
2012: Cricket is in a fix.

The more they remain the same…

1992: Sachin scores an international century after a year!
2012: Sachin scores an international century after a year?

1974: Sack the captain who won our first ever series on West Indies and England soil!
1987: Sack the captain who won us the World Cup!
1988-90 & 1996-07:  Sack whoever is the captain!
2012: Sack the captain who won us two world cups and the Test No. 1 crown!

© Sunil Rajguru

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