Cricket Superstition

Cricket!!
What a sport!! Only one where we get to see so much controversies, entertainment and also Sachin Tendulkar...

Like many passionate cricket fans, I am very superstitious when it comes to cricket. Whenever India is doing well in a match, switching channels, changing positions, moving around is strictly prohibited. Especially when Sachin Bats! Things are just frozen... However when India is doing badly, channels are switched, seats are changed hoping that the good omen will prevail up on our team

Somehow, for weird reasons these eccentricities seem to work! When Sachin is blazing all guns, if channels are switched, by the time we come back, he would have been out! Or, when the opposition is going strongly, switching places would actually fetch a wicket! Perhaps there are some cosmic connections here... I don't know...

What more! I had a friend of mine. She was amazingly lucky for Indian cricket. Whenever she watched the match India would win. Even from the most improbable situations! I totally attribute India's T20 world cup win ('07) to her.
On the other hand there was a friend in school. Whenever he walked into the room India would lose a wicket while batting!

I don't understand how these superstitions work or how they make sense. But I keep experiencing them very often!

Whatever it is, cricket is an awesome sport!

--Shashhh

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