So finally i am back after a long sabbatical to update my blog , perhaps i did not get the time to write anything new or may be the good old writer's block had cast a spell over me ...whatever the reason ,i hope none of you would have missed my posts ....on the contrary my friends were happy that they did not have to waste their time reading ( i literally forced them to do so) and comment on my blog......The time could not have been right to post this one ,YES we are world champions after 24 years be it 20-20 it does not matter now ...we all are all happy and proud to say that we have won the world cup .This victory is important in two aspects ,firstly the aura of the 83 winning team will diminish a bit , i have been tired to see the being interviewed before every world cup ...news channels ran after them because they were the only heroes we could recognize ( the last hockey world cup we won back was in 1975....) ,and secondly the importance of the holy trinity of the indian team would also be paid less attention ....what i say in this world cup was unprecedented ,the 6 sixes of yuvraj after the confrontation with freddie flintoff ,the fire with which they fought with aussies ,giving them back the mouthful which we have been getting from all over the years was fantastic to watch ...never even in the wildest dream i could have thought this.
Coming back to the victory we must have realised by now that it's a team game .perhaps now our obsession with numbers and centuries will die and we would all think that it does not matter whether a tendulkar or a ganguly hits a ton .....i would be happy if sachin scores 90's and we win, beacuse winning in not everything it's the only thing ....and mr vengsarkar would also take back his words of saying that we do not have enough talent , how can we find talent when we just give few opportunities to the new players?? , and this has proved none is above the game we can still continue and win without sachin ,dravid and ganguly....perhaps our nation is desperate with sticking to it's old heroes ...why does australia pay less importance to them because they find new heroes every year who win ,unless and until we can back our passion of cricket with results we will never find new heroes.
Looking ahead this victory does signal to the holy trinity to hang up their boots atleast in the 50 over game and give chance to youngsters ....the difference in level of fielding in england and south africa was colossal ....and we dont need to be carried away so much with this win ....i would not like to wait another 24 years for a victorious moment now .....the 20-20 game doesn't test teh temperament of a batsman which a test match would , so we have still a long way to blood youngsters in test cricket....but for now the nation is rejoicing........CHAK DE INDIA!!!!
