It turns out that I’m in Bangalore at a crazy time. Today, in about 30 minutes, the two biggest rivals face off in the 20/20 Cricket World Cup Championship…India vs. Pakistan.
The afternoon has consisted of me listening to everyone in the office talk about it. People are hyper, no other way to describe it. I’m not in to cricket…don’t think I have a desire to get in to it either.
The guys on my team have told me that it’s probably best to stay in my hotel room tonight and not venture out. Because, regardless of who wins, it could be crazy out there.
Now, if India loses, they told me the players houses will be “gone.” I didn’t really understand what they meant at first…then they explained. People here will literally go to the players’ houses and destroy them. The players’ families have surely already left for their safe havens by now. This will only happen with a loss to Pakistan. What a crazy sport!
The only sport in the entire universe that is more boring than Baseball is cricket. That is probably the reason why people kill each other for it, to give it at least the bare minimum of entertainment.