Wake me up if I am dreaming..!

Did we really win the worldcup?? Still hard to believe. Misbah’s lap shot could have gone any where. Well that’s what separate two teams.. Just one shot. You cannot expect a better match than this. Full credits to Indians for putting in a team effort.

In India, there were no loud prayers before the world cup started. There were no ‘Homas’ & ‘Havanas’ for Indian victory. If any one says now, “Hey I expected Indians to win right from the beginning of tourney”, then that person can be penalized under some attractive IPC section. Literally there were no expectations from this young Indian side which was huge bonus for them to perform. For me, the turning point of the series was Dinesh Karthik’s stunning catch against SA to send Smith packing.

Just to draw an ironic comparison without being too much critical, in 2003 world cup, when India lost to Aussies in round 1, stones were pelted at player’s houses. When India lost to NZL here in super 8, no body cared. In 2003, bounce back from such a situation and reach the final was no mean achievement but just the world cup was not in fate of the great players in that team. I am telling you, our current team was at advantage since there was no ‘burden’ of expectations. Also fortune was with us. While batting, no umpiring decisions went against us J

Given that starting point of this tourney, if Indians would have lost in the first round, then no one would have even pointed out a finger at Dhoni. There was an excuse of being young and inexperienced side which is still learning. Now when he wins the world cup for us, shower of appreciation on him! Is it not a good situation to be captain? When you win you are appreciated and when you loose nobody says anything. But Mr.Dhoni, here on your job is going to be only tougher because when you get on to the ground next time you will be carrying at least a three and a half kg of expectations from everyone. Now that makes job more challenging for you. Please note, I am not underestimating Dhoni. He has been a great captain and tactful, but I felt his job was little easy compared to earlier captains.

But like anybody else.. who cares what happens next. Dhoni and boys have won the “WORLD CUP” which could not be done by Azhar,Saurav or Rahul. So just enjoy the moment.