Absolutely fantastic!
It was such a delight to see an Indian side so confident and sure
of themselves...and that too so consistently! Match after match. Felt just so
damn good to see the spirit in this team.
As usual I promised myself I'll wake up late after the match was over
(yeah..I often wake up at 8AM
... short commute to work...). I just
can't bear the tension of these matches!!
And as usual I kept waking up every 30 minutes after 1AM. So, as always,
was at my laptop nice and early at 4am reading and re-reading every
thing on the web for the pre-match comments (and of course re-watching the
google videos of the India-Aus match).
Forced myself to go to the shower around the 17th over. I swear I would
have had a heart attack if I hadn't after those sixes off Harbajan.
I tell ya...that wasn't a very thorough shower I had!!
Anyways...victory is always so damn sweet despite all the political
BS (just a game...blah--blah). Our young team were true champions this
time around. Can't be more proud of this team.
Loved the sort of comments we got to hear from Dhoni. I've always
believed that lot of our misery is self-inflicted: all the hero-worship;
the media hype; the poojas and havens and all. All unnecessary pressure
on our players! We should let these guys just play! They are all pretty
talented and it does no one any good to create unrealistic expectations.
SO if Dhoni was able to get the "just play, have fun and put in your 100%
and screw the end result"..then that was a pretty impressive feat on his
part.
On the downside I was pretty saddened to hear the Pakistani captain
comments vis-a-vis his apology to all muslims for losing. How sad was that!!!
Such things truly make us proud of making our multi-religious and multi-culture
work. Its something we should be really proud of.
It was good to see Hooda's commentary and enthusiasm.
But what happened to Col. Tewatia chacha. He's the biggest cricket fan around.
) but more importantly, a lil more to you all here! 
! Alright!!! 
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