Blast from the past!

India… Pakistan… India… Pakistan… India… Pakistan…This was the rhythm of the heart beats of millions of people watching the final match of the Twenty 20 World Cup. One small mistake by one team would lead to the victory of another. It was just a narrow line. Just then Pakistani batsman Misbah-ul-Haq scooped the ball bowled by Indian bowler Joginder Sharma high up in the air and the spectators almost lost a heart beat...and their mouths all wide open to watch where the ball lands… The gravity of the earth pulled the ball towards it and ……….it landed in the hands of the Indian fielder Sreesanth. Pakistan – 152, all out and the roars of victory began to linger all over. India beat Pakistan by 5 runs and was declared the first Champion of the Twenty 20 World cup.

The match was really an un-predictable match. Both the teams had equal chance for winning, but India turned out to be lucky. Pakistan needed just 13 runs from the last over out of which the first ball was a wide and Misbah had also managed to hit a six. This is when the situation became more tensed and the winning chances had become 50-50. But Pakistan proved to be on the unlucky side. But though Pakistan didn’t get the Championship they have nothing to lose. They have won the hearts of millions of people all around the world. Irfan Pathan was awarded as the man of the match for his wonderful 3 wickets. The Pakistani player Shahid Afridi was awarded as the man of the tournament.

The Twenty 20 Indian team succeeded in getting India a new championship after a very long time. And Dhoni – he’s the man behind all success. His quick and clever decisions and his wonderful support to the other players have given a chance for all of them to embrace the trophy. For all the hard work the BCCI showered $2 million on the team and also Rs.1 cr. to Yuvraj Singh. The Karnataka CM has offered 5lakhs to Robin Uttappa and the same to Venktesh Prasad for guiding the boys in bowling. Sahara India has offered all of them a flat each. R.P Singh is also been awarded with Rs.10 lakhs by the U.P govt. for his performance.

The Twenty 20 team consisted of all players from small cities and the team was a fresh one and no people had any hopes. Their expectation was very low. But the team proved everyone wrong and there they were on the field standing victorious and raising the banners of India. Now the scene has change – the Indians are all waiting to welcome the team home to celebrate the blast and every Indian today has just two words to say… “CHAK DE INDIA”.

6 – 6 What a hit!

The winning team has a dedication. It will have a core of veteran players who set the standards. They will not accept defeat. And may be that’s what you can say about the Indian Twenty 20 team which conquered everyone’s hearts in yesterday’s match. India won by 18 runs and thus still exists to fight a battle against South Africa to enter the semi-finals.

But for Yuvraj Singh – 6 sixes in a row! He was the king of kings in the field. Andrew Flintoff must have flipped out by Yuvraj’s reply to the cold fight between them. Though Yuvraj later commented that Flintoff was one of his very good friend and small fights do happen in the field, but it’s always wise to end it up within the field, we all know that it still had some effect.

Yuvraj set a new record of the fastest half century scored in an international match. 6 sixes back to back was not an easy task. There are some defeats more triumphant than victories. And so did his bad performance in bowling that had given a chance to Dimitri Mascarenhas to hit 5 sixes in a row forced him to give an answer this time. Now what do you call this Tit for Tat?

When asked Yuvraj said that he had a horrible feeling on during this bad performance for he was getting calls after calls by people complaining about his bad performance. He said he was waiting for a chance to reply. And the chance did come. Six sixes from a main bowler (Stuart Broad) was great indeed. The captain Dhoni said that sometime back he was asked whether Yuvraj was in the team just for bowling – but now he doesn’t have to answer that question.

For all the Indians that was a great package of sixes. Its become a hot topic to talk about till another such record is set.