and they won

They started slow. Sometime they looked vulnerable. The strong batting lineup was not able to perform well in batting power plays. Bowling was looking dependent on a part time spin bowler. Then they lifted their game at right moment. Defeated all the previous world champions in 4 match stretch. They defeated 1975,1979 champion West Indies (in league match), Then they defeated 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007 champion Australia. After that it was turn of 1992 WC champion Pakistan. In final they defeated 1996 WC champion Sri Lanka. First time a host nation won WC. Captain clicked in crunch game. Most prolific batsman scored consistently. Main bowler bowled to his caliber. Everyone pitched in whenever team needed them.

I still remember the night India lost to Australia in 2003 world cup. Rickey Ponting and Co thrashed Indian team left and right. Looked like Indian players were very nervous that day but things were different this time. They were full of confidence and played to their potential.

Way to Go....

small story - in the parliament

As soon as he finished his last line of speech in that joint session of houses, he could heard sound of clapping, appreciation, slogan in his support. Leaders from all parties started reaching him and congratulating him for a great speech. He was sure that this is going to be his one of the best speech which will be remembered in the history of parliament. Prime Minister himself came and congratulated him. He has been always appreciated as a strong speaker in and out of the house and party heavily relied on his oratory skills. Few days back, Prime Minister called him and asked him to prepare speech on the issue of child labor and he wanted that speech to be very efficient. He wanted him to specify each and every scheme government has started or the steps government has taken to control child labor in our country. Netaji took this very seriously as he felt there is a chance to get inducted in cabinet. He worked on each aspect of this issue and used every tricks to make his speech best of quality. He collected, analyzed and included data from different sources. He also added efficient words and phrase to message out government policies in best possible ways. He worked day and night with his associates to come up with this speech and then practiced it several times at home. Indeed his speech was revolutionary. As soon as he came out of the parliament, print and electronic media surrounded him. His party worker were raising slogans continuously. He answered all the media question very efficiently. He was sure that the live telecast of his speech has been great hit and yes it really was......

After a hectic day, Netaji was tired and came back home late in the evening. His phones were still ringing. His party leaders from his state were congratulating him. With every appreciation, Netaji was feeling more and more proud. He was feeling sure of getting inducted in cabinet soon. He also got phone calls from his son and daughter who were studying abroad. He ate his dinner without much taste as he was very tired. Because he was feeling very sleepy so he ordered his personal assistant to not disturb him with any phone calls now. He was so tired that he just fell down over the bed and then he realized how much pain he is having all over his body. He ordered someone send Ramu to give him a massage. Ramu was eight year old son of his old domestic help Kishna. Ramu used to help his father and mother to do work at Netaji's place. Netaji always felt that massage given by Ramu is most refreshing. While Ramu was busy massaging his foot gently, slowly Netaji fell asleep....... He was going to have a hectic day tomorrow too. A NGO has called him for inaugural speech for a week workshop on child labour......................

Who is clean?

With recent spot fixing allegation on some players of pakistan cricket team, everyone jumped over them. Media, former players, politicians, social leaders everyone from every possible corner of world started critising them. But then who is clean? Former players? I still remember Pakistan- Bangladesh one day match in a world cup where no one expected that Pakistan will loose but they did. Wasim Akram was the captain that time. In India itself, few players had been banned for lifetime a decade ago. Investigation agencies found players from almost every country weere in contact with bookies and in some cases they recieved money from bookies. This is proven fact. The entire cricket system is in mud whether we would like to accept or not. Indian politicians (who are usually supposed to be very corrupt) getting interest in cricket is directly or indirectly proving this. Lets closely observe Indian Premiur League of India. The entire setup of IPL indicates that cricket has gone beyond sport and has converted into money, high society contacts, parties and liquor. IPL has the teams where players from all playing nation participates. Naturally they must be close to all background activities which goes on along with IPL schedule.

Are we serious to clean cricket? Its a joke. No one is serious. Media is making money with these revelation and why would they like to seriously investigate this and get the truth out? After all, these (fixing news) are a good coverage for them. Cricket boards are full of corrupt officials and they themselves are making money thru these corrupt practices. If we start counting the names of officials, majority of the names will have tainted image. How can we expect them to clean the game and the entire setup.

Lets avoid watching cricket.