Duck Tales

Converstaion between Ganguly and Inzy...

Ganguly : You guys dropped Sehwag so many times and he went on to score a century. Give me a few chances and then see what I can...

Inzy : Bismilla Rahmaney Raheem Sabse Pehle to Allahtaala ka Shukar. All of us are desperately waiting to drop your catches so that we can make you play longer. But you have to connect bat to ball to give catches.

Now that Ganguly's been banned for 6 matches, cricket fans and email servers across the country must be heaving a sigh of relief. Sardars too, since now they can reclaim their traditional role in email jokes which Ganguly had encroached upon as if it were a middle order slot.

So? Where does that leave The 'Baahar Aaja' of Kolkotta? I remember a time when Azhar faced similar flak. Azhar's response? A century of 74 balls against South Africa, including 5 consecutive fours in an over of debutante Kluesner. A knock of such disdain that all that we could say was, " Waah Azzu Bhai!Waah! Chindiya (hyderabadi for tatters) kar diye!"

But then with Azzu Bhai it was different, all his life his taqdeer
(destiny) has been meherbaan(favourable) on him. How else can you explain Sangeeta Bijlani falling for him?

Can Ganguly do something similar? Don't be silly. How can he marry Sangeeta Bijlani? I was talking about a century knock. I ( and I am sure the hordes of Ganguly bashers out there) would love nothing more than a repeat of his Salman Khan imitation, but this time for something that HE (Ganguly not Salman) has done.

But let's not talk miracles here, Ganguly is so hard on luck that even Mandira Bedi could get him out bowling left handed.

So? Where does he go from here? Tinseltown? a la Jadeja? If the script writers haven't been taking coffee breaks (yeh yeh maggi breaks too...) and actually managed to catch his exploits on the cricket pitch then the only roles that he will be playing would be that of the hero's highly expendable buddy who gets bumped of by the serial killer before u can even say "Hey that's Soura..."

My Great Idea:

Since Lady Luck refuses to smile upon him Jug Suraiyya should. And as he did with Bush's Dubyaman he should cast Ganguly as a comic super hero Gangu Lee who wins a World Cup Final for India against Pakistan. A match that Pakistan is winning very easily needing just 2 runs to win of the last six balls. And then Inzy comes into bat. And, you know, it's not actually Inzy but Ganguly in disguise. But let me not spoil the suspense for you by revealing the ending.

The comic series can be called 'Duck Tales'.

Did I mention that Gangu Lee has special powers that allow him to disappear in an instant especially from the batting crease.

PS: Just in case Gangu Lee becomes famous, remember you read it here first.