{"id":1456,"date":"2012-02-29T07:57:17","date_gmt":"2012-02-29T07:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-256057-797351.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=1456"},"modified":"2012-02-29T07:57:17","modified_gmt":"2012-02-29T07:57:17","slug":"obsessed-with-obsessive-obsession-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyjag.com\/india\/obsessed-with-obsessive-obsession-cricket\/","title":{"rendered":"Obsessed with obsessive obsession: &#8216;Cricket&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1457\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1457\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress-256057-797351.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/kohli.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1457 lazyload\" title=\"Virat Kohli\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wordpress-256057-797351.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/kohli-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Virat Kohli\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyjag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/kohli-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyjag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/kohli.jpg 630w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/224;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1457\" title=\"Virat Kohli\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress-256057-797351.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/kohli-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Virat Kohli\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyjag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/kohli-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyjag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/kohli.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1457\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Virat Kohli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If even a week hasn\u2019t passed with the hockey fervor in our nerves, and the <em>\u201cfir dil do hockey ko\u201d<\/em> memories haven\u2019t even faded since India qualified by thrashing France\u00a0with\u00a08-1 for London Olympics 2012 on 26<sup>th<\/sup> February at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi, a post two day Cricket ODI match between India and\u00a0Sri Lanka, the two Asian cricketing giants suddenly magnetized the entire media and the sports\u2019 world existing in our nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u20181 new message\u2019, a blink of light caught my eyes on my cell-phone. Ashish, a cricketing expert at a 24&#215;7 disposal had written in the text message, \u201cWe were always committed to cricket; hockey was our one-night stand.\u201d Indeed! A single match with India chasing a gigantic score of 321 in just 37<sup>th<\/sup> over of 50 overs in totality fetched them a winning point plus the bonus for the match, Virat Kohli, the Indian skipper suddenly won a million hearts with his massive 133* of 86 deliveries. What was next? The Indian news channels had bread in their plates with many special reports lined up.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Incredible Kohli\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018World Champions bounce back\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Showdown time\u2019<\/p>\n<p>And many others which had an elongated half hour special report for this game which doesn\u2019t even signify a cent percent qualification to the finals. What surprises more is the hockey match which didn\u2019t win enough praise until it reached the finals lost somewhere in sports news of just five minutes instead of a thirty minute report. Probably, we are unmitigated hardcore obsessed cricket lovers. And yes, I don\u2019t mind either with the stamp of same on my heart. Next what, we (media world personified too) await for the upcoming cricket matches, Asia Cup, IPL 2012, etc. Olympics can be anticipated later.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If even a week hasn\u2019t passed with the hockey fervor in our nerves, and the \u201cfir dil do hockey ko\u201d memories haven\u2019t even faded since India qualified by thrashing France\u00a0with\u00a08-1 for London Olympics 2012 on 26th February at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi, a post two day Cricket<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,15,3,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyjag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1456"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyjag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyjag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyjag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyjag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyjag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyjag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyjag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyjag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyjag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}