Eggs or Shoes?

Bhaynt Mul Thorawala, chairman of BMT Electronics, a company that is rightly India’s Kodak, the company that never sensed the coming digital age. Likewise, he hasn’t given up on producing fax machines that use thermal paper. His hopes are never diminished, hoping that people will revert to sending rolls upon 98-foot rolls using his BMT SuperRocket Faxathon machines. All he needs is a big cash injection so he can advertise his 150 lb. machine using a bevy of Bollywood beauties.

He fondly remembers that in 2001, he had bet for Virender Sehwag’s fastest 50… Sehwag's did 55 Runs off 23 balls, and Thorawala pocketed a Rs.100 bet.

In search of quick liquidity, his eyes brightened when saw Sehwag’s prediction on his Facebook show Virugiri Dot Com, where he declared, "According to me, it's Team India who will win this T20 World Cup."

Before laying his wager at Betway, the 5-star simple and user-friendly betting platform, Thorawala also consulted Vijayalakshmi Krishnan, one of India’s best astrologers, who has two decades of experience in Vedic Astrology, through the AstroVed website, where she has been for 15 years, with over 50,000 consultations to her credit. More so, AstroVed had announced that India’s chances of winning the cricket world cup were high not only in 2021, but also in 2022, because of the Main period of the Moon and sub-period of Mercury were sitting together in 3rd house.

The betting platform DraftKing Nation had placed India at +250, declaring the Indian team is best acclimated to the conditions after playing the IPL there and has the most depth out of any squad, adding that it’s hard to bet against the favorites at this point.

With India the firm favorite for lifting the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, Thorawala did his did prayers to Lords Ganesh and Hanuman had bet 90% of his wife’s jewelry on India’s victory because only that level of a wager could generate the needed capital.

In utter state of devastation, he sought the advice of his go-to person, Lala Dandayram Raddiwala.

He related to him all the steps he had taken before placing his wager. Upon listening to his heartrending tale, Lala Raddiwala rose from his seat and hugged him. “My dearest friend, there is still hope with a new wager. You said that you placed 90% of your wife’s jewelry on India’s victory…”

“Lala ji, you know that Bhaynt Mul Thorawala started the BMT Electronics and attained success through getting the best Japanese, Brother fax machines reverse-engineered by hiring my neighborhood electrician, Kirparam Kurrentwala. I know money. You know the bank safe’s password is known to me alone. But still, all is not too rosy. Next week, we are invited to Seth Gobhichand Flukewala’s daughter’s wedding, and the wife is bound to ask to be taken to the bank… and all she will see is a stack of empty cases. I need to get things right and now!

“I see no way that Betway will refund my money. I see no way that I can sue Vijayalakshmi because she will say that her science could not foretell that ISI will get India bashed by Pakistan… nor can I sue the Abu Dhabi Cricket on the issue why their pitch curator of 15 years at Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Zayed Stadium died one day before the Afghanistan-New Zealand match… a New Zealand defeat would have given India a chance… now I see some boasting that Afghanistan singlehandedly ousted India from the World Cup.

“IPL should at least ban all these foreign rascals who put us to shame.”

“Okay… okay… Bhaynt Mul, here is my strategy. You should wager the remaining 10% of your wife’s jewelry… so here is the opportunity. I saw a news ticker on Door Darshan TV that people will welcome the team, home either with shoes or eggs…

“You know that with the weather getting cooler, eggs are selling for Rs 80 per dozen… but even the worst quality cheapest shoe from the street cobbler is at least 100 to 200 rupees a pair… you agree that no one in his right mind will be throwing a dozen shoes worth more than a thousand or couple of thousand on these shameless turds!

“You can be a sure winner if you wager that they will be pelted with eggs.”