World Champions..

I never even dreamt of writing so much about cricket but this is what I would call, Magic. Yes, the magic of cricket, the magic of MSD’s army. The last couple of days made me realize, what is it about cricket that it’s like a religion in our country and people are damn crazy about it.

So many things in my mind but truly, do not know what to scribble down and where to start from, I am probably in ecstasy but I feel proud to say that I do belong to the land of World Champions..

Saturday night brought so many moments to cherish, for every Indian and especially for those who were not even borned to witness the historic moment of 1983, it was only cricket and celebration here, in fact I have never witnessed this kind of euphoria in the last 15-16 years in Delhi followed by any of the Indian victories. It was not only the story of Delhi but the streets of almost every city came alive when all squares and roads were brimming with the cheering of ecstatic cricket fans waiving Indian tricolors, bursting fire crackers, blowing whistles, screaming and dancing. The glorious moment of the marvelous feat has brought an unseasonal Diwali in the country.

Live from the Wankhede stadium of Mumbai, Indian bowlers bowled quite disciplined overs besides the last five, they almost lost their plot in that spell of the batting power play well complimented by the fielders not allowing the Sri Lankan batsmen to take easy runs and boundaries. I must compliment the splendid innings of Mahela Jayawardhene which brought Sri Lankans to challenge India with a good score of 275. In response to that India loosed their couple of big wickets quite early, that was a big blow for all of us but Gambhir & Virat batted exceedingly well and soaked in all the pressure at the right time, after the dismissal of Virat, Dhoni played a much needed captain’s innings and gave the winning score a final touch by hitting a huge six, he was emotionally confused after that I guess.

What happened after that made the aura quite scenic all the players hugged each other and this was for the first time I witnessed Men in Blue were not able to hold on their emotions, emotions ran high and they broke into tears.  The youngsters of the team carried aloft on their shoulders Sachin Tendulkar and the coach Garry Kirsten during their victory lap after the triumph, it was an acknowledgement of their role towards cricket and the big dream of winning the cup. This spectacular triumph was dedicated to Sachin by everybody else in the team.

I have a strong believe that this team of MSD is a great combination of experienced players and young blood with loads of fire and enthusiasm, another thing that I liked most about this team is that they have great respect for each other, they appreciate each other’s contribution and have a great understanding among themselves.

Celebration has just started and it will go on and on...

I wish them good luck for their future endeavors.. J