A Ray of Hope

A colossal crowd looks with shining eyes for the golden moments to follow as the flamboyant Ranchi dasher heaves one into the crowd..A straight six over long-on, something very characteristic of him but missing since long and there for a brief moment, time stopped to exist. Everything seemed to be in slow motion for a moment and then there is thunder.. No, its not the Rain God playing foul play, he would have dared not, that would have been a sheer impudence for the Cricketing demigod who rushed onto the field like a guy in the sweet 16. The thunder erupted suffusing through millions of hearts and seemed like a mere euphony. Yes, it was the 1.21 billions Indians screaming and reveling. India had won the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 finals.

The emotions were all let out, the cheers were all spelt out, the Lankans were all smelt out and history was melt out. Yes, it was history re-written. “No team has ever won a world cup in its backyard, no team has ever lost a WC final after an individual scored a century, 2 out of 9 finals have been won by the team batting second” all were left out to be mere speculations. Here was cast a new history, a history that is going to embellish every Indian heart for years to come.

The team has played some splendid cricket seen never before and even Sangakkara admitted that the better team deserved to win. I would say cheats deserve to lose. Forget that. Some real memorable scenes took place. The Indian teams carrying the cricketing GOD on their arms, he was indeed GOD personified- It was THE Sachin Tendulkar. And all his dreams satiated. Even the only one that was left out from his resume. Virat Kohli: “ He has carried the burden of India’s expectations for 22 years, no big deal if I carry him for a short while”. Oh wow!! Not just a witty saying, it was very well done out in practice, that is Indian Youth for you. And when India lifted the World cup, that was a really special moment, that was real Xtasy 2k11..Hail the Men in Blue

Now all these things makes me delve upon the performance of the team in the last WC. A hell and heaven difference. A disaster and a legend difference. That too in the presence of all the big guns then. So we call these the bad days. We just need to let them go. Four years can be more than enough to create a legend from nowhere.. Now this serves to me as a real source of hope and optimism. Who knows where we are after 4 years from now in the next WC!! May be somewhere where we feel like on the top of the world. All we need is patience and a conviction that “Yes it is possible”. That’s all that I can carry in my heart now. Things are gonna be better soon. And I hope you too should think the same way. Its time to BLEED BLUE ;)

Signing Off
A.M.