Arre yaar, my old taxi driver Rashid bhai — he's from Kabul, comes for chai every evening — he told me years ago, "Hum log cricket ball se zyada patthar phekna jaante hain." I laughed then. Now I see his nephews bowling those yorkers on my TV, and I think: theek hai, big boards and big money can build stadiums, but they can't teach that kind of hunger. This team doesn't need your approval; they just need a pitch.

Ek chai-patti wala bhaiya roz aata hai, phone mein betting app ka ad dikha ke kehta hai "paise double karo sir." Main bolta hoon, "Beta, mere store mein jo double hota hai woh sirf gud ki daal se — baaki sab triple loss hai." Theek hai, sabko pata hai kiska pocket bharta hai in ads se, bas chhote aadmi ka chai ka paisa bachao.