Victory v/s Defeat

Deafening sounds of crackers, jumping around crazily as if a thousand bees have stung you...that was how people reacted when India won the semi finals late evening on 30th March, 2011.

The  usual comment before the win was,"if India does not win the finals its ok but it has to win this semi specially since its opposite Pakistanis." I disagree with this vehemently!!! Had the semi finals been against Sri Lanka or Australia would the victory have evoked lesser jubilation??? Nah.....

A win is a win...no matter against whomsoever.

Initially had planned to watch the last few overs and had busied myself in office. However as the match started and the first few strokes were rewarded with tons (yeah thats an exaggeration) of runs....some sort of euphoria seemed to erupt in me.

I longed to be home in front of my EX710  :-(

Fortunately boss being the sport fanatic he is allowed me to leave....and from then on watching the match was an experience that i would term as fabulous....

Good you dont have such matches often....how can one feel so euphoric on a constant basis???

On a different note, I strongly condemn the sms/jokes doing the rounds about the 'Pakis being dogs,donkeys and what not'. First its an insult to compare anyone to animals without taking the permission from the animals...they r the noblest of all living beings. Second what if we had lost??? What do Indians become whenever we lose a match???

Winning and losing is all a part of a game...the one who plays better wins...(luck factor also v.imp)

Again though Sachin was man of the match...it was a team win...Yuvi's zero must have egged him to field better ...Nehra's bowling silenced his critics...the entire team performed well....great bowling by Munaf...tight fielding by the rest....superb.