I make cricketers talk. And laugh. And say stuff they usually don’t. Broadcaster, Gooner, Ex Lawyer. Tweets are personal & may contain sarcasm.
Apr 24, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
If they tweet on the situation, they acknowledge the crisis. If they acknowledge the crisis, they acknowledge the government’s failure. If they acknowledge the government’s failure, they think they'll get into trouble. Therefore, #IndiaTogether, in deafening silence. #IPL2021
There are exceptions. Ashwin, Jaffer, Harbhajan. I hope there will be more in days to come. The problem is not the IPL. It's just the lack of acknowledgment.
Aug 22, 2019 • 7 tweets • 5 min read
Thread: I’d like to bring this out for any fans of the @premierleague who travel to the UK to watch their favourite teams LIVE. I’m set to take my first trip to the UK, essentially to watch @Arsenal in action. They’ve got 2 big games vs Liverpool & Spurs back to back. 1/6
As tickets on the club sites were sold out almost immediately, I had to reach out to a third party online ticket site. @LiveFootballTix was one of the first to pop up on my search. They even add a 'reliable, secure' to their name. They charged me £256.50 per ticket! 2/6
Jan 11, 2019 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Thread: For those of you wondering why I still feel for Hardik Pandya inspite of having absolutely no doubt that he deserves to be disciplined for his indiscretion, first & foremost do read Joy Gupta's well-tempered piece here: espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/257…
Here is a man who clearly lacks the sensibilities, and by his own admission, certainly the intellect to distinguish between what he considers cool machismo chat and outright misogynistic conduct. Yes he shoulder's most of the blame, and he should, but no one helped his cause..