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"The World Cup Yet More This Week Before we discuss the quarter-finals, mention must be made of the controversy that is sweeping the great country of Bangladesh, a controversy which the Indian media is doing its best to suppress, oppress and depress. During the Bangladesh-England game discussions, Navojyot Singh “Sheedhu” had said that “that both the birds and cockroaches fly but the cockroaches are not birds” and then supposedly he “compared the Bangladesh cricket team with the cockroaches.” [Link to Pakistani website] Now there are two things you do not do in this world unless you have severe masochistic tendencies. One is try to control Uncle Sam’s oil and the other is to diss Bangladesh. No sooner had this happened than a Bangladeshi fan wrote an protest email to ICC (they should have also cc-ed it to the metaphor police), the Bangladeshi news media went to town asking about Sidhu’s credentials (not a spot as they said on world class bowler Abdur Razzak, who is believed to be an all-time great in some parts of the world) and more importantly, Bangladeshi fans came out with very classy non-racist retort videos that would make any person quake in his boots, videos that won universal support among the supporters. VpZAyVRas7M&feature=player_embedded [As an aside: to the question what did Sidhu do for the Indian team, dear knowledgeable Bangaldeshi fan, Sidhu's Test and ODI batting average are better than any of the players who are playing for the Bangladeshi team] Needless to say, faced with this kind of naked aggression, the ICC caved in saying “we deeply regret to this issue”. [bangla link] and warned Sidhu for being racist and more importantly for ceaselessly abusing the English language (again this news item has at the time of writing been suppressed by the Indian media in the same way they suppress news about Indians streaming across the Bangladesh boundary ceaselessly—-an accusation also made by a few Bangladeshi fans). Of course this has not mollified the great nation as a hate page has been created for Sidhu on FB. India and Sidhu beware. As a Bangla fan says “Last time India got eliminated in first round. This time Bangladesh. So India is as bad as Bangladesh.” QED Now coming to the less scary prospect of the quarter finals. India gave Pakistan the greatest gift after the Simla accord by giving them West Indies. Not that I would underestimate the powers of West Indies or for that matter the ability of Pakistan to have a “sponsored implosion” but I still believe that if Pakistan are serious about winning, they could not have found an easier opposition. And most tellingly, they have been spared England, who have been playing like Pakistan of 92, a grenade with the pin taken out. http://greatbong.net/2011/03/21/the-world-cup-yet-more-this-week/ there is more stuff in this blog. You can access it via link