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Did the title remind you of Mandira Bedi? Hey man, then you are just on the right track! By any chance if you are a die-hard fan of her histrionics in ‘Shanti’ or a huge admirer of her off shoulder designer costumes please move ahead at your own discretion. Don’t blame me later for hurting your sentiments. ;)

All those who follow cricket more than just being a fan, might have already expressed their misery to watch and hear the ‘Extraa’ loquacious Mandira Bedi on the ‘Extraa Innings’ show on SEX MAX (Oops! Sorry!) its… SET MAX :lol:. With their new TRP increase formula in play titled ‘Entertainment weds Cricket’, they might have managed to get a mastodonic increase in the number of dumb folks watching their show (if not cricket), but upset the genuine interested. Their hot number for this formula – Mandira Bedi, simply adds misplaced sex appeal to some serious talk on cricket. (more…)

With ‘Ooh Aah Ouch’ and out of Cricket to ‘Hu Ha India’ on the screens, Ganguly still seems to have not lost hopes of wearing the country’s colours again. If you have been watching the Champions Trophy, you probably know what I am talking about. A (poignant??) Ganguly asks India in a new Pepsi ad if they have forgotten him. Sitting in the spectator stands of an empty cricket stadium(how sad :( ) this is what Ganguly says while batting (Uh I mean now batting for Pepsi!):

“My name is Saurav Ganguly. I hope you havnt forgotten me.

Whatever happened, why it happened I don’t know. I am practicing hard to come back into the team.

Who knows I might get another chance to swirl my shirt in the air!

In the field or outside the field, I wont keep quiet.

Hu ha India… Aaya India.

For every match of India I am going to cheer them like this and so should you… my team will feel good.

You will listen to your ‘Dada’ right?”

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Here is the infamous head-butt that more than two-three billion people watched on their television sets where Zidane goes BANG on Materazzi.

This is what left the whole world wondering what made the cool-headed Zidane go so violent? What really did Materazzi say to Zidane? Definitely not ‘Chloromint Kyon Khaate hai?’ as most sms forwards envisage.

This is what a deaf lip reader interpreted for BBC: (more…)