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Cricket-crazy fans put faith in quirky rituals for Team India’s victory - The Times of India
Cricket-crazy fans put faith in quirky rituals for Team India’s victory
Meenakshi Rohatgi,TNN | Mar 24, 2015, 04.09 AM IST
PUNE: Lina Kapadia, a homemaker, took extra care to light 11 diyas on her patio at 5.15pm last Thursday, when India defeated Bangladesh to enter the semi final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015. She has been observing this ritual after every cricket match that Team India has played and won in this World Cup.
Kapadia starts with tying a knot on a piece of clothing — like a dupatta — places her favourite hooded jacket on a fixed spot on her sofa and then sits down to watch the match. "It is all for my favourite player in the cricketing world — Mahendra Singh Dhoni. I pray to my guru and to God before and during every match, and if India wins then light these 11 diyas," she says. Kapadia says she has been observing this ritual since Dhoni started playing 10 years ago.
Kapadia is among the many superstitious cricket fans with quirky match-time habits.
Mukut Chakraborty (27) has a different ritual, which some might find hard to understand. He keeps making negative comments about the Men in Blue, even though he is an ardent cricket fan, as he believes this leads to Team India's victory.
Chakraborty, who works as a community manager at a prominent social media company, has followed this 'reverse jinx' plan since he was 15. "It has become a tradition for me now. Whenever I say something, the opposite happens. I have started saying negative things all through the match. For instance, if I want Rohit Sharma to score, I say out loud that he will get out soon," he says.
He adds that several of his cricket-crazy friends in his hometown, Agartala in Tripura, follow similar practices during India's matches. For instance, he says, his friend Vidhan Chandra Roy is supposed to bring bad luck for Team India. Hence, his friends don't allow him to watch any match involving the team.
Chakraborty's friend Rohit Sakunia, founder of an open editorial platform, stayed put in the same position for the entire first innings during India's match against Bangladesh. He dared not move, even for a visit to the bathroom. "If India is doing well, then I will remain in the same position, be it standing or sitting, until the spell is broken by a wicket fall or something similar," he says.
Businessman Punit Bhat and his family, too, ensure that they sit in the same position for every match. "Besides, those of us who are already in the room don't allow anyone else to enter, be it my mother or my son."
Homemaker Reena Shah says she never watches a match from the first ball. "I always join my family from the second over. Whenever I see the first ball being bowled, India loses the match," says Shah.
She adds that it has become such a tradition that even her children now remind her not to enter the living room when the match is about to start.
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Cricket-crazy fans put faith in quirky rituals for Team India’s victory
Meenakshi Rohatgi,TNN | Mar 24, 2015, 04.09 AM IST
PUNE: Lina Kapadia, a homemaker, took extra care to light 11 diyas on her patio at 5.15pm last Thursday, when India defeated Bangladesh to enter the semi final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015. She has been observing this ritual after every cricket match that Team India has played and won in this World Cup.
Kapadia starts with tying a knot on a piece of clothing — like a dupatta — places her favourite hooded jacket on a fixed spot on her sofa and then sits down to watch the match. "It is all for my favourite player in the cricketing world — Mahendra Singh Dhoni. I pray to my guru and to God before and during every match, and if India wins then light these 11 diyas," she says. Kapadia says she has been observing this ritual since Dhoni started playing 10 years ago.
Kapadia is among the many superstitious cricket fans with quirky match-time habits.
Mukut Chakraborty (27) has a different ritual, which some might find hard to understand. He keeps making negative comments about the Men in Blue, even though he is an ardent cricket fan, as he believes this leads to Team India's victory.
Chakraborty, who works as a community manager at a prominent social media company, has followed this 'reverse jinx' plan since he was 15. "It has become a tradition for me now. Whenever I say something, the opposite happens. I have started saying negative things all through the match. For instance, if I want Rohit Sharma to score, I say out loud that he will get out soon," he says.
He adds that several of his cricket-crazy friends in his hometown, Agartala in Tripura, follow similar practices during India's matches. For instance, he says, his friend Vidhan Chandra Roy is supposed to bring bad luck for Team India. Hence, his friends don't allow him to watch any match involving the team.
Chakraborty's friend Rohit Sakunia, founder of an open editorial platform, stayed put in the same position for the entire first innings during India's match against Bangladesh. He dared not move, even for a visit to the bathroom. "If India is doing well, then I will remain in the same position, be it standing or sitting, until the spell is broken by a wicket fall or something similar," he says.
Businessman Punit Bhat and his family, too, ensure that they sit in the same position for every match. "Besides, those of us who are already in the room don't allow anyone else to enter, be it my mother or my son."
Homemaker Reena Shah says she never watches a match from the first ball. "I always join my family from the second over. Whenever I see the first ball being bowled, India loses the match," says Shah.
She adds that it has become such a tradition that even her children now remind her not to enter the living room when the match is about to start.
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