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Methhanithodugu Side Hero Username: Methhanithodugu Post Number: 4095 Registered: 12-2008 Posted From: 59.93.74.245 Rating: N/A |
IPL IPL parties: the inside story Fri, May 14 10:30 AM India, May 14 -- Dhoni was right in one way. Players have to make their own choices about their bodies, but it's not always that easy - not if you're not Mahendra Singh Dhoni or Sachin Tendulkar or Rahul Dravid. My problem with the IPL Nites parties was not that I was forced to attend by any contractual obligation. There was no such thing for me, or, to my knowledge, for any of my fellow India players. Each party was invariably the same routine. You would have a set-up with a ramp show that lasted 30 to 45 minutes, then the models would come off and mix with the rest and the party would take off. There were cheerleaders and girls who we called 'escort service'. Beautiful women to add glamour to the mix, get the party moving. They were not allowed to talk to any player for more than five minutes. If they did, a manager would walk up and slickly move her away. But there were other women, willing and uninhibited. The big-name players who did attend generally handled themselves without a problem. They would hang around, chat, have a drink, pick up a happy girl, sometimes two, take her back to the hotel room and have some fun. Watching some of our younger players, the u-19 and u-22 kids, though, was scary. They had never been exposed to Bollywood stars, Page 3 personalities, endless cigarettes (all free), flowing booze, occasionally drugs and always women, willing women, everywhere. The boys lapped it up, and would party right through. Those that didn't drink or smoke did so to be part of the cool gang. The pressure lay more in the occasional hint dropped by an IPL official, a sponsor or a franchise official that it would be good if I were there for a bit, that there were some people they would like me to meet. I am not Tendulkar or Dravid, I couldn't say no, go back to my room and stay there and not be bothered. So when you go back to the room to recover, you really don't want to hang around there when the rest of the guys are going downstairs - the parties are always in the team hotels - and you don't want to be called "boring". So you tell yourself, 'I'll go down for an hour', only, it's never an hour. Before you know it, it's 4am and you're heading back to your room, hurrying to pack up and head to another city, another game, another sponsor's commitment (which are endless), another shoot possibly and yes, another party. The problem is that you can never switch off mentally. Not on the field, not during the hours spent in airports when fans and the airport staff want an autograph, photograph or just a chat and not in the parties, where you'll be introduced to important people who will listen to you and perhaps, be important contacts who will make money for you. It's a choice and it's tiring but it's also business. You have to be switched on. It takes a toll, when you play a game, party till 4am, pack and grab an hour's sleep before heading for the airport and spend six to 12 hours travelling. Places like Jaipur and Chandigarh don't have direct connections to everywhere else. That's my most vivid memory of IPL, not the matches, not the parties but the endless travel and exhaustion - and next year, with 34 games more, it will only get worse. I didn't even know if I really wanted to. It's like this. The IPL is intense; short bursts of highly charged games and then, nothing. There's no period of introspection. (As told to Heena Zuni Pandit. The player has chosen to remain anonymous.) CM42014 | ||
Rowdy Side Hero Username: Rowdy Post Number: 3204 Registered: 01-2010 Posted From: 98.193.70.249 Rating: N/A |
Chas ... no subcontinent team in finals ... too bad too worst ... T20 cup ni Ashes series chesipada dobbaru "Be the change you want to see in the world" - M K Gandhi | ||
Woodpecker Side Hero Username: Woodpecker Post Number: 7341 Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 173.35.215.93 Rating: N/A |
pak gallaki navvalo edavalo ardham avatla pak paristhithi  or  | ||
Stalwart Side Hero Username: Stalwart Post Number: 2391 Registered: 07-2008 Posted From: 122.166.134.192 Rating: N/A |
Asal intha dhooramochevaalla manollu 1st batting theeskonunte ee scoring ku gaani or chasing lo gaaniFACTS about Nizam #1: No Rajamouli previous movies crossed 6 crores in Nizam, but many Mega Movies crossed 6 crores in Nizam. So, aa 6 crores daatinchina capacity evariki undi?? FACTS about Nizam #2: Both Boyapati movies Tulasi and Bhadra crossed 6 crores in Nizam, but no N Movie crossed 6 crores in Nizam. So, aa 6 crores daatinche capacity evariki undi (Having said that Simha wont cross 6 crores)-- KADAPA FAN | ||
Chiru_fan Hero Username: Chiru_fan Post Number: 12849 Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 170.22.76.10 Rating: N/A |
mana bewakoof gallaku pants thadisipooyi mudda ayyedi...Pakis gallu soopettina fight loo sagam kooda soopettu vundeevallu kaadu manoollu... Dhobi gaadu seepuru katta thoo voodavatam thappa yeemi raadu...iga mana bowlers Aggi Dada Jogi Dada lu rawks! CHIRU - SACHIN - FEDERER | ||
Methhanithodugu Side Hero Username: Methhanithodugu Post Number: 4092 Registered: 12-2008 Posted From: 59.93.74.245 Rating: |
Yeeewhaaa Hussey mashalla Pak Phussey  CM42014 | ||
Hail_the_labour Side Hero Username: Hail_the_labour Post Number: 2738 Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 75.185.82.44 Rating: N/A |
I felt like FINISHING FINALS. final choosina okate, lekunna okate... what a Match,,,,,,,,what a batting..... | ||
Bunty717 Side Hero Username: Bunty717 Post Number: 8041 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 161.185.151.155 Rating: N/A |
mana 14 runs kotti all out.. chuss just miss ani gola.. | ||
Hail_the_labour Side Hero Username: Hail_the_labour Post Number: 2737 Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 75.185.82.44 Rating: N/A |
WhaadaPlaaya... HUSSY on Faiyaaar...(Fire) | ||
Mental_sachinodu Side Hero Username: Mental_sachinodu Post Number: 3506 Registered: 10-2008 Posted From: 63.161.147.10 Rating: N/A |
boy what a game... its unbelievable the world of appearances may or may not be real, or both may and may not be real - or may be indescribable; or may be real and indescribable, or unreal and indescribable; or in the end may be read and unreal and indescribable - its all Syadvada | ||
Paga_babai_paga Side Hero Username: Paga_babai_paga Post Number: 4045 Registered: 09-2009 Posted From: 144.15.255.227 Rating: N/A |
vallu poru manam poyee vallam. Vallaki gelichina vodinaa pedda pharak padadu. Kaani manam guddalu chimpukuntam lekpothe DB lu quit settaam. | ||
Hail_the_labour Side Hero Username: Hail_the_labour Post Number: 2735 Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 75.185.82.44 Rating: N/A |
ASSUSIE aa MAJAAKA...... MANA team aithe eee situation ki MOTIONS poyyevaallu | ||
Nanigadu Side Hero Username: Nanigadu Post Number: 4906 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 204.92.92.4 Rating: N/A |
Saeed Ajmal - Chethan Sharma of Pakisthan When you point a fingre at some body remember that there are three fingers pointing at you and one finger pointing at God | ||
Nanigadu Side Hero Username: Nanigadu Post Number: 4905 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 204.92.92.4 Rating: N/A |
1000000 Bharani wisthles please When you point a fingre at some body remember that there are three fingers pointing at you and one finger pointing at God | ||
Paga_babai_paga Side Hero Username: Paga_babai_paga Post Number: 4044 Registered: 09-2009 Posted From: 144.15.255.227 Rating: N/A |
gelichi dobbinattu vunnaru gaaa. Hussy gaadu punyamma ani. | ||
Hail_the_labour Side Hero Username: Hail_the_labour Post Number: 2732 Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 75.185.82.44 Rating: N/A |
1 RUN : 2 BALLS. | ||
Sachin Hero Username: Sachin Post Number: 15757 Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 198.204.133.208 Rating: N/A |
aus won......  | ||
Paga_babai_paga Side Hero Username: Paga_babai_paga Post Number: 4043 Registered: 09-2009 Posted From: 144.15.255.227 Rating: N/A |
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Life_sucks Side Hero Username: Life_sucks Post Number: 2007 Registered: 05-2008 Posted From: 148.168.40.4 Rating: N/A |
yuck | ||
Nanigadu Side Hero Username: Nanigadu Post Number: 4904 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 204.92.92.4 Rating: N/A |
Sachin ni koncham sepu calm ga vundamanu bhayya... thambi please match chudamaka nuvvu koncham sepu... nee kalmokkatha banchan When you point a fingre at some body remember that there are three fingers pointing at you and one finger pointing at God | ||
Sachin Hero Username: Sachin Post Number: 15756 Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 198.204.133.208 Rating: N/A |
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Paga_babai_paga Side Hero Username: Paga_babai_paga Post Number: 4042 Registered: 09-2009 Posted From: 144.15.255.227 Rating: N/A |
sachin & idle Meeru evariki support chesthunnaru? | ||
Hail_the_labour Side Hero Username: Hail_the_labour Post Number: 2731 Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 75.185.82.44 Rating: N/A |
1 OVER 18 RUNS auussie need |
