Jet miles, Kohli mania and border tales: A cricket sojourn in Australia
The HinduAustralia beckons A trip Down Under commences with multiple flights on the Chennai-Bengaluru-Kuala Lumpur-Perth sector. It is time for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test series pitting old rivals India and Australia, and at Perth, local papers even embrace the Indian vernacular while doing supplements on Virat Kohli. Strangely, the Australian media goes sniffing around for a split within the home team, pitting bowlers against batters, but skipper Pat Cummins counters, “We are a tight unit.” The vibe Down Under Perth on the western coast has a time zone allied with Singapore, and that helps both the players and the travelling bandwagon of cricket writers adjust their body clocks. At Perth’s Optus Stadium, a security guard accidentally swallows a fly, a cough ensues, water is quaffed, spittle is ejected, and hopefully the unpalatable nutrient was thrown out. Perth has a lot of money as there is mining around this city,” Minh says, and then adds, “I don’t follow cricket, but good luck to all of you.” It is a small world too, as in Canberra, one of the cab drivers is Amit.
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