Once upon a time it was – "haar ke jeetney walon ko baazigar kahte hai..." now would you say something about "jeet ke haarne walon ke liye...”? haa haa... well, dear SRK, in case you have noticed, Dada still rules.... even though he was “retired hurt” early after being denied of the cap and captaincy.
We all used to think that this Kkkhan has got some brain as he kept making money from the game even though his team successively failed to perform during the last 3 seasons... The fan followings, the anthemic korbo lorbo jitbo, the gold and black aggression (now reduced to purple though) – everything was a crowd puller. There was a magic that was created by a powerful emotional branding that KKR managed to build with its image. And it was built upon the active presence of two big personalities, SRK himself and of course the center of all attentions – “DADA....” And it definitely worked in favor of the owners as far as the business sense goes. But now looking at the half-empty stands and half-hearted crowds, it seems that the buzz has died somewhere, the magic has faded and the entire positive emotional feel has turned into some sort of negative emotional vibes.... Clearly, without Dada fans are not happy, not coming and not cheering like one would normally expect from the Kkkrazy Kkkolkatans. I think the recent Eden match and the low turnout was little hard to swallow for SRK who seemed definitely not ecstatic as he always used to be even after being such a habitual looser in the past (it’s good that he chose to enjoy the final form Mannat and let the Rajnis-Ghajnis gear and cheer at Wankhede, so thankfully there wasn’t any “Clash of the Kkkhans” and eventually we won).
Even if you leave your emotions aside, it is still impossible to justify that Ganguly – the 4th highest run getter of the last season wasn’t picked up by any team during the auctions. There is definitely a fair amount of cricket left in the legend that he always proved in the past through his strong comebacks. And also it’s hard to understand that someone like Kaif or Balaji still makes it to the dressing rooms while legends like Lara and Ganguly were left out. And what would you say about Dravid and Laxman who are neither getting younger nor turning into big T20 specialists, but are still comfortably in. The new gen cricket revolution in the form of IPL could have been a fair platform for all… but unfortunately, it’s not.
Looking at the circumstances, no matter how much SRK dedicates his win to DADA, it would be really tough to win back the fans like before. And it seems equally unlikely that Ganguly himself accepts the invitation to come and rescue by manufacturing an association with the team. The only thing SRK may hope is that his team keeps winning matches and proves a point to the fans. As we know, it’s ultimately the wins that make people forget everything (like everyone has stopped talking now why Sreeshanth? Why not Ashwin? Why Nehra? Why not Harbhajan?). I know SRK would be dying to see the fans forget everything and start chanting the korbo lorbo jitbo like ever before... but will they?
