Only two things make people go crazy in this Country ~ Mother sentiment and Indian Cricket :D ! It was exhilarating watching India thrash Australia out of the world cup contention on Thursday's night ... History was written ... God bless the Men in Blue ... As the match was coming to an end, with Every passing moment and with each delivery the "it-would-be-awesome-if-we-win" feeling was increasing fervently !!
Early on, my blood curdled when Shaun Tait was sledging Tendulkar ... A shitty newcomer was taking on the God of Cricket ... I could have killed him ... No one points a finger at my Nations 37 year old Pride and gets away with it ... Sehwag was quick to retort, at the non-strikers end ... The Indian players were perfectly poker-faced ~ Dhoni, Sachin, Yuvi ... They let the game speak, very hard to implement ... we did it ... we kicked some fine ass ... We sent back the Mighty Australians to their home ! This is Australia's dirty way of getting to opponents in Tight must-win situations ... Sledging was in the air ... they taunt ... they make fun ... they scowl ... they glare ... this manages to mindfuck people in 99% of the situations ... Thankfully not this day :) ...
The Image of Yuvraj roaring after the win mirrored every Indian soul at that precise moment ! Nothing can beat this, as picture perfect as it can be !
I could feel it in my veins ... the tension, the humiliation, the image beating we would take if we lost this match ... the knockouts are nerve wreckers ... one match, one chance ... The 2003 Final was hanging around like a nightmare ... But it was a Happy story against the kangaroos ... We were up to the mark ... We proved our mettle ... The whole world seemed a fine place ... we were winning, nothing else mattered ...
I was watching the match at a local pub someplace ... the feeling of patriotism Ive witnessed is Unmistakable ... every single run was cheered ... people were shouting their throats off ... Being truthful, India as a democracy is an utter disaster... We are a clockwork of population all working towards a wrong end ... This might seem bleak to listen to, but the truth my dear friends is never acceptable ...!! People of India are not complacent with anything, be it their lives or the situations they are placed in ... Nothing is gonna satisfy us ... this might seem rehashed, but if there is one thing that unites this Nation, Its definitely cricket ! We take pride in our Team India . And the day our Team wins, Everything is bliss ... We watch their success and we feel completed . The differences between people dissolve as soon as we win ... Happiness knows no bounds ... nearly hundred billion people put away all their worries and struggles and lift their hands to applaud their Team . A feat nothing in the World can achieve .
As expected People were cheering left and right ... slogans like "Dhak dhak Go, India Go" ... "Jeetega bhai jeetega, India jeetega" were echoing throughout . Some guys brought an Indian flag to the pub, waved it in front of the screens for almost half an hour ... My heart swelled at that point . My country felt like the best one on this planet ! Maybe because i was high, didnt matter to me anyways . I was witnessing a feat that my generation was proud of . We were on a hugging spree(only boys of course :P:D) ... Ramana wasnt satisfied with a single round , he went on eagerly for the second round :D !The ride back to my hostel was an awesome feeling ... Screamed at each and everyone that we saw ~ "Anna India Jeet gayi" :D ... An off-note here, of all the people we screamed at, we got the best responses from the younger lot ... Youth really rocks, got to agree :D ... Tankbund was filled with groups of bikers with Indian flags and awesome fireworks ... Air sweeping through ur hair at high speeds ... the contented feeling of an awesome win ... ah !! What else could i have asked for ... !!
All the very best to 'My' team for the semis against Pakistan ...!! Indiaaa .... Indiaaa !! :D
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