I Got Your Number!

This post is about our cricketers, who despite all the money and fame they are earning, are likely to believe that their success on the field is more due to numbers than to skills. 

Read on, this is from The Times of India (may be you read this?)

Sanjay B. Jumaani, the numerologist, not Peter Kirsten is behind the success story, it seems.

Times of India has it that he  advises our players as to which numbers to wear on their shirts, and is the author of the turnaround that our team has had.

- Dhoni, born on 07/07 wears number 7.

-Yuvraj, born on 12/12 wears number 12

- Kumble was told to wear a diamond ring, and he got the captaincy

- Irfan Pathan, born 27/10, used to wear 56, which caused his ouster, and has now come back with Jumaani's help wearing number 63 on his shirt. His brother, Yusuf Pathan, number 9, wears 27.

- Uthappa, never plays without his red coral (for courage)

- Zaheer, born number 7, has his number 34 shirt working for him

- Ishant has a number 37 pendant going for him (the number of the powerful Sun)

- Sehwag, wearing unlucky 44 on his shirt, lost his cap, and having taken it off, is now steaming ahead (he is looking to get 37 for the Sun, who represents leadership- looking to upstage Dhoni? Maybe TOI has inside knowledge of our team politics)

- Raina, our young hopeful, who was given the unlucky 13 in the IPL, covered number 1, and the 3 gave him wind behind his sails

- Gambhir, number 5 has 5 on his jersey

- Rohiit Sharma owes his aggression to 45 in his jersey.

As an amateur numerologist, I suggest that Jumaani change his name to Jumanji. It fits him well.