If you recall my last post 'now or never', I had pledged not to follow Cricket if India loses in WC 2011. Well, I won't have to give up Cricket now because men in blue are the new ICC WC 2011 champions...
As a die hard cricket fan it was a long long wait for me, wait of the lifetime actually, eh? yeah because I wasn't born when Kapil Dev and team had lifted the bad baby(WC Trophy) in 1983. It's euphoria everywhere, and why shouldn't it be? We are a nation of 1.21 billion people and Cricket is our religion, if you cut open our veins you'll see cricket flowing with every RBC. Every li'l boy from almost every corner of the country aspires to be Sachin Tendulkar one day!
This is most probably my last WC in India and I wished, hoped and prayed for it more than ever. All of us have an ultimate secret wishlist, things before we die. I am happy to strike out one wish from my wishlist. What more to say, HaPpY is what I am...
India played exceptionally well in this tournament, except the game against England and SA they were killers.. the real terminators. This championship hasn't come by fluke, MSD and his brigade have really worked hard to dominate international cricket. This team has an excellent mix of experience and enthusiasm (Hosh ke saath Josh). They are matured, responsible and are chasing same goal. This team is not dependent on any one particular match-winner. Every single player is competent enough in coming ahead and rising for the occasion. This team is not overconfident and doesn't mind experimenting. They have world's best batting order but this doesn't hold them from diving hard to save opponent team's boundaries. 'Catches win matches!' seems to be a part of their DNA. Not deadly but decent match winning bowling what else is the formula for world champions?
All in all, this was an excellent tournament for team India. It was a team effort, they are the best team in cricket world for sure an they really deserved the title!
Every victory was followed by this brilliant Doordashan clipping...
