Tuesday, September 25, 2007

INDIA 2020!!!

14 days!!!27 matches!!!Millions of audience!!!Huge amount of entertainment!!!What a great time it has been!!!

2020 World cup,its called,the gonnabe most sought after version of cricket.

India,who were called the underdogs a fortnight back,have perfectly fought back.With the average age of a player under 25,came in the inexperienced Men in Blue to fight for the first edition of 2020 World cup cricket.In every match India was involved in,there has been some exciting drama associated.
Be it the only washout match of the tourney with Scotland,
or the controversial bowl out in the tie against Pakistan,
or the inspirational six sixers by Yuvraj with England,
or the semifinal qualifier versus South Africa to mark their pitiable exit,
or the penultimate match against the World Champions Australia causing their elimination,
or the phenomenal match with Pakistan,the most competitive finals the world has ever witnessed,
there has been some interesting news associated with every time they were on the field.

And there they stand as the jubilant victors,with the cup in their kits.There they are proving to the world that its the team work that matters.In every match,every other guy was performing and it was something new to Indian cricket.And it was all because on this team,there was hardly any pressure to clinch this cup of treasure.The tremendous trio(Sachin,Sourav and Dravid)were missing,but still we made it because each member had played committed cricket.Dhoni tasted little success as a wicketkeeper being involved in just one dismissal in the entire contest,but had exhibited to the globe his charismatic skills of captaincy.The exhilarating batting display and the disciplined bowling attack along with the acrobatic fielding(the fielders actually added 15 to 20 runs every match India has played) made it happen for India.It was this Indian team that proved that bowlers had a lot more responsibility in this version of the game than what is being portrayed by the so called lovers of cricket.Another interesting coincidence is that Pakistan's worldcup jinx with India continues with 2020 as well.

All in all,this is the golden era of the modern Indian cricket.They have done a remarkable job,atleast good enough to publish yet another book "INDIA 2020"(though in a completely different context than that written by our former President).
It has been a kickass victory but lets not overemphasize on this feat of theirs. Lets not crown them the kings when they are triumphant and not throw stones at them in their low times.Lets pray they continue this competitive playing spirit forever atleast justifying the time and money put in by millions of people like us.

May our team bring more laurels in the future!!!May we cherish this emphatic victory forever!!!

Chak de India!!!