King Tendulkar Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Kaif's house attacked ALLAHABAD, Nov 27: A group of people, claiming to be supporters of the Lok Janshakti Party, on Monday vandalised the house of cricketer Mohammad Kaif after his poor show in the ongoing One-day series against South Africa. Kaif scored 8 and 10 in the two One-dayers against South Africa who drubbed India in both the matches, leading to strong criticism back home. "A number of them tried to storm the house, broke some electric bulbs and plastered the name plate with mud," police said. "They also raised slogans against BCCI Chief Sharad Pawar for persisting with Greg Chappell as the coach of the Indian team and burnt their effigies," they added. Police said the protesters, who appeared to be well-known to some TV channel reporters, were persuaded not to go inside Kaif's house but only to burn the effigies. They were chased away by the police party which arrived on the spot. Nobody except servants were present at Kaif's house during the protest as his parents live in their ancestral house in another part of the city. Fickleness of public perception of its local heroes is evident from the fact that people had twice last year protested against non-inclusion of Kaif in the Indian team and burnt effigies of the captain and selectors. Link to comment
beetle Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Re: Angry fans attack Kaif's house! Attention seeking retards!!!! Link to comment
Raj Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Re: Angry fans attack Kaif's house! Absolutely disgraceful behaviour! Link to comment
Gambit Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Re: Angry fans attack Kaif's house! Pathetic Link to comment
Deleted_User_1 Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Re: Angry fans attack Kaif's house! Kaif's house attacked ALLAHABAD, Nov 27: A group of people, claiming to be supporters of the Lok Janshakti Party, on Monday vandalised the house of cricketer Mohammad Kaif after his poor show in the ongoing One-day series against South Africa. Kaif scored 8 and 10 in the two One-dayers against South Africa who drubbed India in both the matches, leading to strong criticism back home. "A number of them tried to storm the house, broke some electric bulbs and plastered the name plate with mud," police said. "They also raised slogans against BCCI Chief Sharad Pawar for persisting with Greg Chappell as the coach of the Indian team and burnt their effigies," they added. Police said the protesters, who appeared to be well-known to some TV channel reporters, were persuaded not to go inside Kaif's house but only to burn the effigies. They were chased away by the police party which arrived on the spot. Nobody except servants were present at Kaif's house during the protest as his parents live in their ancestral house in another part of the city. Fickleness of public perception of its local heroes is evident from the fact that people had twice last year protested against non-inclusion of Kaif in the Indian team and burnt effigies of the captain and selectors. This is the problem with our country. Absolute bi-polar beahvior. Overadulation when success comes and personal destruction when things are not going well. Link to comment
gator Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Re: Angry fans attack Kaif's house! this is their last resort to make Kaif RESIGN....;) Link to comment
King Tendulkar Posted November 27, 2006 Author Share Posted November 27, 2006 Re: Angry fans attack Kaif's house! this is their last resort to make Kaif RESIGN....;) Lets hope it works. Although it will probably gain him sympathy so he will get an extended run now for another 4 years of cr#p batting. Link to comment
kabira Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Re: Angry fans attack Kaif's house! similar things happend during WC 03..and things turned around after that.. will it happen again... Link to comment
gator Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Re: Angry fans attack Kaif's house! yeah... the players will play like their azz is on fire..... and Ganguly took all the credit at tht time... Link to comment
King Tendulkar Posted November 27, 2006 Author Share Posted November 27, 2006 Re: Angry fans attack Kaif's house! similar things happend during WC 03..and things turned around after that.. will it happen again... They didn't for Kaif who still batted rubbish in WC and has continued that form right up to now. Yet he still is not dropped :huh: Link to comment
kabira Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Re: Angry fans attack Kaif's house! >They didn't for Kaif who still batted rubbish in WC batted well against Pak ..... batted well against Newzealand.. Link to comment
King Tendulkar Posted November 27, 2006 Author Share Posted November 27, 2006 Re: Angry fans attack Kaif's house! >They didn't for Kaif who still batted rubbish in WC batted well against Pak ..... batted well against Newzealand.. Yeah he was phonemenal. Link to comment
The Outsider Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Re: Angry fans attack Kaif's house! Despicable. Why target Kaif! He is just going out and doing his best after being selected to play for India. Blame the selectors for repeatedly selecting him. Link to comment
King Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Re: Angry fans attack Kaif's house! This is stupid really. For those that say the cricketers are treated like demi gods this is an ideal example. Not always are they treated like demi gods, they get thrashed as much as they are hailed. It is hard to be an Indian cricketer and perform consistently. These guys are under huge pressure every time to perform. Few failures and their career is on line not with standing whether he is Tendulkar or Kaif. I remember how hurt some of the Indian cricketers were over here losing day in day out. Most of them looked pale and felt like they had forgotten how to smile. Link to comment
yoda Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Re: Angry fans attack Kaif's house! This is the problem with our country. Absolute bi-polar beahvior. Overadulation when success comes and personal destruction when things are not going well. I thought you said (not quoting exactly) we worship mediocrity and applaud underperformers. :chin: Link to comment
The Outsider Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Re: Angry fans attack Kaif's house! If I understood correctly, dandaroy's point was that we have too high expectations from pretty ordinary sportsmen that we produce. This results in over adulation in times of success and stupid behaviour like this in times of failures. Both are gross over reactions. Link to comment
Deleted_User_1 Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Re: Angry fans attack Kaif's house! This is the problem with our country. Absolute bi-polar beahvior. Overadulation when success comes and personal destruction when things are not going well. I thought you said (not quoting exactly) we worship mediocrity and applaud underperformers. :chin: It depends on the reference. In cricket it is absolutely bi-polar extreme behavior. For other sports where we suck big time (pretty much everything except cricket) we do worship mediocrity. Link to comment
Bumper Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Re: Angry fans attack Kaif's house! Good points. India as a sporting nation is starved. The moment we spot a cricketer with some talent, we overhype him to ridiculous proportions. Take the case of Pathan. This guy was called the next Akram. Heck, even i almost started believing so :wall: Perhaps, the only trait Pathan can match Akram at, is match fixing -- former does it inadvertently, the latter more maliciously. Link to comment
The Outsider Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Re: Angry fans attack Kaif's house! Perhaps, the only trait Pathan can match Akram at, is match fixing -- former does it inadvertently, the latter more maliciously. :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: I think like the days when the bookies did not take bets till Tendulkar was playing the same is the case for Pathan, only the reverse holds true. Link to comment
Legend Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Re: Angry fans attack Kaif's house! lol i admire these ppl, when kaif is not picked in team, then same fans go and burn putlaas of our Indian team selectors, and when he playz some crap cricket then they react according to occasion.... probably most fair fanz alive in India lol Link to comment
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