IMRAN KHAN’S EXTRA INNINGS !

Cricket has of late, been experiencing a “ball of a time” and has for the time being shifted its attention from pitches to “pitched tents” and from balls to “belles”!! Pakistan cricket team has been plagued by retirements of big players, but their erstwhile “Pathan” captain has apparently neither lost his “charm”, nor the “gamesmanship” that he always displayed throughout his playing career. 

First, it was the hullabaloo about retirement, then his much-publicised search for a partner to go for a “knot”.  As if this was not enough, Imran came up, on afterthought, with his “confessions” to having indulged in ball-tampering during his career.  Finally, he decided to “run himself out” for Jemima Goldsmith.  However, it has so transpired that this “promising partnership” stumped itself.  As far as the relationship was concerned, Imran got ‘hit wicket’ and ‘retired hurt’ at the same time, with the duo going in for a ‘talaaq’. 

Imran has for many years, now been attempting to take guard on the “political crease” of Pakistan.  Every time he takes guard, he is forced to play the role of the twelfth man in Pakistan politics.  His wait for the extra innings in politics continues to stretch itself.

Also with Jemima having left him for good, Imran is having a tough time deciding whether to comment on politics, or take up a role as a cricket commentator. 

 It is not clear whether that with so many all-rounders in Pakistani politics – with the likes of Zardari and Nawaz Sharif slugging it out for captaincy, where does Imran fit into the political team?  At present, he looks like the ‘Fourth Umpire’ programme at the end of a cricket match!  How long this ‘Extra Innings’ will last is anyone’s guess.

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