First of all, Jai Maharashtra!! My beautiful state is now 49 years old. Thanks to those 105 brave souls who gave up their lives for realizing the dream of "Sanyukta Maharashtra". You will forever be remembered as we remember the great Shivaji Maharaj himself.
Now, moving to my topic. After all the confusion the IPL 2009 has turned out just fine. Its good to see the Mumbai Indians doing good as well.
While watching the IPL, I noticed a quote being used over and over by almost all the commentators : "City Moment of Success"(or so I thought). It is being used to describe every single event in the match - a wicket, a sixer( oops.. a DLF Maximum!!). Turns out, the quote is actually "Citi Moment of Success". Since, Citi Group is one of the official sponsors of the IPL, the commentators are supposed to use this term presumably as often as they can. And they all seem to be following orders: Mark Nicholas, Robin Jackman, L Sivaramakrishnan et al. From what I noticed, the little master Sunil Gavaskar is the only person who has avoided using it. And thats a good thing as well, his amazing repertoire of words makes him a treat to listen to. Now back to this quote: I guess the commentators can't help it if they are asked to do something by the sponsors. But give me a break, hearing one single quote over and over again every single day!!!
I wouldn't be surprised if some of the commentators get so used to saying it, they continue it in other tournaments. And wouldn't it be fun if that would turn out to be one sponsored by say... Standard Chartered!!! :) :) :)
