In the country full of despair, corruption,and lawlessness, cricket serve as a way-out to overcome the frustration out like what a man wishes to do when he has hunger for s*x.
Like some make money out of p*rn, similarly some make money out of selling cricket to hysterically mad country of billions.
at least they (US/UK mad for football) come together to make their system run smoothly, however, we don't even think how our system is run. we behave with herd mentality wherein anyone comes and rule over us by either throwing carrot or showing cane.
WC was the only thing missing from his otherwise illustrious career. Iam really happy for sachin. Now he can undoubtedly be called the greatest ever in the history of the game. Except in 1999 and 2007 he has performed in all other wc's. Iam not aware of the stats of 1992 wc to comment about it but i know that sachin was just a 19 year old that time, to carry the expectations of a billion people. In 1999, he lost his father in the middle of the tournament and in 2007, india didnt last long unfortunately, for him to show his real class. Out of the three times he performed incl this wc, India has reached semifinal and final once each and won the trophy this time. So that shows how much his performance matters to the team. This time also, whatever we say about luck etc, his innings of 85 and 53 against pakistan and australia were crucial in our progress. Apart from reaching semifinals, finals and also being part of this wc winning squad, he was part of the test teams which registered series victories in england, pakistan, west indies and newzealand. He was also a crucial member of the squad that drew the test series in australia, south africa and sri lanka. Sachin was also a member of the saurav led side which won the champions trophy, earlier known as the mini world cup. And we all know his batting records which has already become unbreakable for his peers. If this is not an illustrious career, then what else is?
No matter how many award and trophies are given to sachin yuvraj and dhoni, for me ponting is the man of the tournament and real champion.
had he not been such a destructive force for australian cricket, india could not have won world cup so easily. hats off to the real master, our agent down under
Sachin, Gavaskar, Kapil, Ravi Shastri are anti-social. Without voluntarily retiring, they've denied/deprived opportunities to young Muslims/Christians/Anglo-Indians/Sikhs/BC/SC/ST cricket players.
Sachin is also an anti-national because he evaded customs duty and imported Ferrari car.
The best thing about this victory was that it was total team effort. In the quarters against Australia, it was Yuvraj and Raina who took the team to victory. In the semis versus Pakistan, it was the bowlers who helped India defend a modest total. And in the final against Sri Lanka, it was Gambhir and Dhoni who played match-winning innings. Almost all the players stood up to be counted.
The Indian team was like one family, with one vision and one mission - the triumph of the spirit of India.
Re: Why so much fuss about A Cup
by Gururaj S on Apr 05, 2011 12:29 PM
When Jokers like Arnab & Boria (Times), Rajdeep (CNN-IBN), Rahul (HT), Barkha - Prannoy (NDTV), are running the show, we get more hype and most silly reporting one can imagine. Their teams are so much short on facts, so much hysterical in their views, so much hyperbolic in their discussions, and hogging all the time on the channel for their speeches. Sickening reporting for which they use their own associations to give awards! Cheap gimmick shows, most of the time - that is their specialization.
ICC is lying to cover-up their error of giving duplicate cup to Indian team … compare the previous match winning pictures of 1997, 2003 and 2007 world cups… It is 100 percent fake (duplicate) cup. I just compared the cup with 1999 (trophy cup in Steve Waugh hands), 2003 and 2007 (in Ricky Ponting’s hands) after winning the world cup in the match-winning field. This Cricket world cup is a rolling cup and should be same for the winning team of world cup for every Four years. Clear and instant identification to identify the real cup is - the real cup will have the Gold badges (emblems) on the bottom base of the cup. Watch carefully and compare with previous world cups in Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting hands. You will understand how shameful is ICC and its management. Shame
