Monday, September 24, 2007

Viva India! Viva India!


Wohoooooo!!! We did it! We are world champs again, after a long long looong time. Kudos to Dhoni and Team India. The country is celebrating with the team. Maybe even more than the team.

Phew! That was one helluva match last night. The T20 finals between Pak and India had everyone on the edge of their seats, minus finger nails. That’s what happens when two equally matched teams are pitted against each other. I could literally feel the adrenalin coursing through my body in the last half of the match.

Thank God Misbah tried out that new ‘scooping’ technique. Although God alone knows why he felt he had to do that. When it was 13 for 6 balls and Misbah hit that six on the next ball. I thought we were goners.

Sreesanth almost gave the match away with his bowling although he redeemed himself with a maiden over, a wicket and a match stopper of a catch.

What a start for Yousuf Pathan’s. The first ball of his career on the Indian cricket team is taken to the 3rd umpire for run out decision, and on the 2nd ball he hits a sixer.

Bet Joginder Sharma scared the hell out of everyone with his first two balls in the final and most crucial balls.



And what the hell was Shohaib Malik’s speech all about at the podium? He never really mentioned the Indian team but went on about ‘Muslim Nations??’. Hmmm…. Somehow I don’t think that little speech will help clear up the worlds perception of Islam.

All in all, a wonderful game of cricket was played yesterday. Guess the organizers of the T20 couldn’t have asked for a better T20 series, what with all the ups (India beating Australia) and downs (India beating Australia) and the dream finals. They’re probably laughing all the way to the bank.

But I am kinda disappointed with what King Khan, who was there for the finals, said to the media after the match. Did anyone hear that? No, this doesn’t have anything to do with the fact that I don’t like SRK. He said “……it could have been anyone’s match and would have been happy whoever won….”. I totally agree to the first part. But I also think he should put a sock in it and cut out the diplomacy for once and stop thinking about his fan base in Pak. Oh, how I dislike that cunning, over-acting, charming little man.

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