Saturday, March 24, 2007

"Losing an illussion makes you wiser than finding a truth"

No wonder that we again lost the match. The last wicket was taken by C.Vas and India lost by 69 runs. We all were excited about the match. We were really hopeful that India would win till the time Srilanka was playing. The fielding was no doubt better when they started but as usual we had a hude target of 255 to complete which was a little difficult with a team like Srilanka. It was actually a bad show because we all had lost the match at heart. Not even the players were confident that we will win. Sachin's wicket was a shock to Indians (though this comes as a shock evertime he goes back to the pavillion and i think he is in love with duck). Dravid did try to stay on ground for a long time but what could he alone do when others were not cooperating. Another star of 2006 Dhoni went back at duck which made it clear that we had lost the match. It was not a match lost a ground but more of a match lost at heart. Though the fielding was awsome and it was difficult to bear the bowling of the Srilankan players, it was not that difficult. Had we not lost the match in our minds, we would have atleast lost with a decent margin. I was watching the match and switched to news channels just after the match was over. They were ready with their usual stories. Full of criticism for Indian team. The channels are the true examples of the quotation-"The world bows to the rising sun". Everytime its the same discussion without any result. The moment India wins a single match, the players become stars...There should be some consistency in what they say, afterall it plays an important role in the society.

Anyways, I think we should start preparing in advance for the World Cup 2011 and make sure that we will win the match....All the best to the Indian Team...It is all in our hearts, we can do it but we need to think in the right direction. I could see that enthu in the Srilankans which was totally missing amongst the Indians. We need that enthu...Even if we loose we should loose wholeheartedly and not loose just by loosing a wicket....

I am sure we will win the World Cup next time...."The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losinf heart"