For the vast majority of Indian cricket aficionados in US, watching their favorite cricketing sons parade their sublime skills on the field doesn’t come as easily as Virender Sehwag cover driving a ferocious fast bowler with scant respect for footwork Due to vicissitudes of mother nature, a bright sunny day in India often means a dark star lit night in America, making cricket watching a horrendous sleep free activity. However displaying the same adventurous streak Srikkant did while playing Andy Roberts’s thunderbolts in 83 world cup final, Indian supporters would often stay awake with weary eyes to applaud their heroes’ seven seas away. Daynight matches in the subcontinent render people stealthily stalking cricket sites from US work stations.

Before satellite dish networks opened their innings for live cricket broadcast across US, poor fans had to resort to ever buffering internet sites which tested viewer’s patience much more than Ravi Shastri’s defensive tactics irritated Indian spectators in 1980s/early 90’s.

Like moth after monsoon, many an internet site would sprout up in US amidst an important tournament offering potentially mouthwatering telecast prospects. Alas, majority of them would just buffer to destruction along the likes of Graeme Hick, Vinod kambli disintegration in international cricketing arena.

While savoring a McDonald’s sandwitch or KFC chicken wing in US, missing out on a sumptuous cricketing feast offered by a tendulkar straight drive or Dhoni helicopter shot is frustrating for an Indian fan. Plenty of torrid hurricanes have off late whiplashed US shores but a loyal Indian supporter would always embrace a Tendulkar hurricane or Yuvraj thunderstorm with glee. For him a Michael Jordan would always be shorter in stature than the Indian super stars.

Plethora of gorgeous gardens grace US landscapes but none can match the grandeur of the one’s Laxman so adroitly portrays on a cricketing canvas with his silken smooth braces. The brightest spectacle in the Garden of Eden emanates from those VVS specials.

What better sight to behold it than on a US network broadcasting those resplendent images. Of course Uncle Sam offers baseball and American football with same frequency as Shoaib Akhtar autobiography offers controversies. However for an Indian fan it’s not easy to switch loyalties as comfortably as dilshan playing those magic scoops over the wicket keepers head.

Hope live cricket telecast opens up in US for all and sundry at an affordable price and a site or network with as solid a credential as Sunny Gavaskar defensive shot arrives sooner than later . The offering now available is either too pricey or doesn’t cover the year long schedule. Till then happy buffering.

Author name : Jinesh . P. Thampi

Email : jineshpt@gmail.com