๐บ 90s Cricket vs. Today: From Village Gatherings to Solo Screenings! ๐๐
๐บ 90s Cricket vs. Today: From Village Gatherings to Solo Screenings! ๐๐
Today, watching a cricket match has become so convenient that even while sitting in a boring meeting, you can pretend to be checking emails while actually watching Kohli hit a six on your mobile! ๐ฑ๐ฅ
But back in the 90s, watching a cricket match was an adventure—a test of patience, teamwork, and our ability to carry heavy TVs without breaking them! ๐
Let’s take a nostalgic ride back to the golden era of cricket watching! ๐๐
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๐ป Power Cuts, Load Shedding & The Struggle Was Real! ⚡
Today’s kids panic if the WiFi goes down for 5 minutes, but 90s kids? We survived watching cricket in black and white TVs with electricity that had more mood swings than a dramatic Bollywood heroine!
During the 1999 World Cup, just when Tendulkar was about to hit a century, BOOM! Power cut. The whole village screamed in one collective heartbreak! ๐๐ญ
And then the struggle began!
✔ Step 1: Switch to the radio ๐ป (which always played commentary 2 balls late!)
✔ Step 2: If the radio also failed to catch the signal, start running towards the neighboring village that had electricity! ๐♂️
✔ Step 3: Carry the entire TV and antenna across fields, like warriors carrying a treasure chest! ๐ช๐บ
It was a team effort—one person holding the TV, two holding the antenna, and the entire village cheering from behind, hoping the signal would be clear! ๐
And just when everything was finally working…
๐ Electricity would return to our village!
Everyone would sprint back home, leaving behind 2-3 unlucky people to carry back the TV and antenna! ๐
Watching cricket back then was not just about the match—it was an event!
✔ One village, one TV, and hundreds of people sitting together under the open sky, screaming at every run and wicket.
✔ Cricket experts who had never touched a bat but knew every strategy better than the coach! ๐ค
✔ People who didn’t understand cricket but still watched with full emotion! ("Bhai, why is the batsman running? He should just hit sixes!") ๐คฆ♂️
There was something magical about those days—the unity, the excitement, the shared celebrations.
Even people who came just for free snacks ended up becoming die-hard fans! ๐
๐ 2011 World Cup – When We Used Solar Energy for Cricket!
Fast forward to the 2011 World Cup, and our love for cricket was still the same, but technology had evolved—just a little.
✔ Power cut? No problem! We connected our TV to a government solar pole battery and continued watching!
✔ Jugaad was our superpower! If India was playing, we would find a way to watch!
And when India lifted the World Cup, our entire village erupted like it was Diwali! ๐๐
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๐ Today’s India vs. Pakistan Match – Alone on My Couch! ๐
Today, I’m watching India vs. Pakistan alone on my mobile—crystal clear HD streaming, zero lag, no stress.
✔ No carrying TVs across fields.
✔ No struggling with radio signals.
✔ No group celebrations.
Just me, a mobile screen, and a few WhatsApp messages from friends. ๐
We’ve gained technology, but lost the fun of watching cricket together.
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๐ฅ The Final Over: What We Miss Today!
✔ Watching cricket in the 90s wasn’t just about the game—it was about community, laughter, and memories.
✔ That excitement of running to another village for electricity, that unity of watching together, that chaos of a hundred people reacting at once—that’s what we miss today.
✔ Today’s matches may have 4K quality, but back then, we had 100% emotions! ❤️
So, to everyone watching the match alone today, take a moment to remember the madness of the past! Because even if those days are gone, the memories will always stay! ๐๐
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I enjoyed reading the blog and also remembered the days when we used to play cricket all day long. Even in the summer. Today it is not fun.
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