The lucky omen
In his tour diary for Supercricket , Ken Borland admires two of the most dedicated fans of the Indian team - Sudhir Chaudhary and Dharamveer
Kanishkaa Balachandran
25-Feb-2013
In his tour diary for Supercricket, Ken Borland admires two of the most dedicated fans of the Indian team - Sudhir Chaudhary and Dharamveer. Both are considered lucky omens by the Indians and that inspires Borland to achieve something similar with his own team, like when he shadow-practiced with Alviro Petersen's bat before the Kolkata Test.
Of course I would have died of embarrasment if I had actually jinxed someone who I am delighted has finally made his test debut. And, surely, becoming just the third player to score a hundred for South Africa on debut means he was actually helped by my intervention? I believe lucky omen status is only fair. Although, for the life of me, I can't imagine what I did wrong during tea time on Sunday ...
Kanishkaa Balachandran is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo