What’s with the sudden trend of changing hair styles that has come over the Indian cricket players? I know it’s a new season of the IPL, and players are looking to attract prospective next-season buyers. Trying to achieve cult status with their cool hairdos and charming their way to the big bucks. But, in most cases, it is turning out to be a bad hair month!
I am averse to change in general, more so, when it comes to hair styles. I’ve had all of two hair styles in the 31 years of my life. One was a pre-mundan look where I sported 2 ponytails. I have no clue as to why a slight trim wasn’t the norm back in the day. The second, which has lasted the last 28 years, is exactly the same hair style that my dad has – the fauji side parting look. The logic is simple. Why mess with perfection? Moreover, I have a maintenance-free hairdo and I don’t need to spend half an hour on my hair to appear like I’ve just gotten out of bed!
Apparently, the cricketers don’t seem to agree with my logic. Case in point, Sachin Tendulkar. I still remember watching him hammering the Pakistani bowlers as a 16 year old curly haired boy. He, like me, too maintained the same hair style all these years. Wonder what convinced him to switch over to this new straight-haired look that he is sporting these days. Did he lose a bet? Did Anjali grow tired of his curls? Did he get hair plugs? I wonder!
Then there is Saurav Ganguly. He, definitely, has to have lost a bet. I can’t, for the life of me, find a suitable alternate explanation. Or maybe his new found mop of hair is just the beginning of a massive comb-over? Possible. His hair flying around in the Pune evening breeze reminds me of weathervanes placed on top of old houses to determine the direction of the wind!
Third, Zaheer Khan. The poor chap has gone through so many style changes, probably, just to keep up with his famous beau. His latest avatar is a weird combination of straight hair in the front and luscious curls at the back. If he just concentrated on his bowling instead of these countless makeovers, he would probably get hammered around the park a lot lesser. I’m sure Isha Sharwani would much rather have India’s bowling spearhead by her side than a she-man with a perm.
Anyway, here’s hoping that sanity prevails and normal hair styles return to cricket. Guys, leave the metro-sexual hairdos to Bollywood, and do what you do best – play cricket!
2 comments:
Alrite...1st..i feel people doin more hairstyles are more happening than who dont..
2nd..person with messy looking hair on bed..enjoys sleep more than who doent have tht look..
those were personal reasons..professionally..tendulkar may be earning lot for his new hairstyle....so, take it easy...
It's more a case of necessity being the mother of invention, I think.. Unlike us Puris, who have been gifted with thick heads of hair, most guys start thinning, nad go to great lengths to cover sparse areas..
Both Sachin and Saurav have had either hair transplants or weaves, which explains their horrendous locks - and Zak is a case of a basically good looking guy going out of his way to look grotesque!
Our generation had Rock Hudson, Gregory Peck or even Dev Anand to emulate. Today, Johnny Depp, Ajay Devgan... need I go on?
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