Monday, September 24, 2007
Incredible India!!
¶ Monday, September 24, 2007 
Cent percent in Twenty-20
In what was considered the mother of all cricket matches, the grand finale of the T20 cricket world-cup competition (the shortest form of contemporary cricket) ended after a great roll-a-coaster ride with the Indians defeating (deliberate usage since any other stronger verb would down-play the opponent's efforts to stay put) the arch-rivals, Pakistanis. Fortunes swung hard as both teams were desperate to lay their hands on the coveted T20 world cup. Couple of factors helped Indians achieve this great feat- the jinx Pakis suffer from where they have never won over India in any world-cup match and second, a billion hearts beating in synch with Dhoni's men.
A couple of hundreds of those hearts were right here at our cafeteria.
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Glimpse of people at work..err.... at play!
Work took a back-seat for a couple of hours when India batted first and scored a modest (by T20 standards) 157. As the Pakis started their batting rather shakily, every wicket meant a huge outcry from the audience still glued to the wide screen sony vega televisions. We were no less than the privileged crowd at Jo'berg and this is what made the match all the more intense and called for an exhilarating watch. With whistles all round when Indians scored sixes/fours or took wickets, as the match approached the end, we could see people flocking every nook and corner of the cafeteria. Such was the fervor of the moment, that people went berserk at the fall of every Paki wicket and danced to glory. As the last wicket fell, the men folks just swarmed the TV (including me) and it took some admin guys to pull us back so that the less raucous crowd including the genteel ladies could catch a glimpse of the ceremonies and Indian victory laps. Long live the aura of Indian cricket!
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All heads and one TV!
This post is dedicated to all those who ardently supported and prayed for India's success.
In what was considered the mother of all cricket matches, the grand finale of the T20 cricket world-cup competition (the shortest form of contemporary cricket) ended after a great roll-a-coaster ride with the Indians defeating (deliberate usage since any other stronger verb would down-play the opponent's efforts to stay put) the arch-rivals, Pakistanis. Fortunes swung hard as both teams were desperate to lay their hands on the coveted T20 world cup. Couple of factors helped Indians achieve this great feat- the jinx Pakis suffer from where they have never won over India in any world-cup match and second, a billion hearts beating in synch with Dhoni's men.
A couple of hundreds of those hearts were right here at our cafeteria.
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Glimpse of people at work..err.... at play!Work took a back-seat for a couple of hours when India batted first and scored a modest (by T20 standards) 157. As the Pakis started their batting rather shakily, every wicket meant a huge outcry from the audience still glued to the wide screen sony vega televisions. We were no less than the privileged crowd at Jo'berg and this is what made the match all the more intense and called for an exhilarating watch. With whistles all round when Indians scored sixes/fours or took wickets, as the match approached the end, we could see people flocking every nook and corner of the cafeteria. Such was the fervor of the moment, that people went berserk at the fall of every Paki wicket and danced to glory. As the last wicket fell, the men folks just swarmed the TV (including me) and it took some admin guys to pull us back so that the less raucous crowd including the genteel ladies could catch a glimpse of the ceremonies and Indian victory laps. Long live the aura of Indian cricket!
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All heads and one TV!This post is dedicated to all those who ardently supported and prayed for India's success.
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Wowowow... We HAVE so many people at our office ????
Sheesh... I took leave at the wrong time or what !!
Looks like everyone had super fun... Good job on those pics :)
Sheesh... I took leave at the wrong time or what !!
Looks like everyone had super fun... Good job on those pics :)
Awesome crowd dude...I'm sure the ppl, the ambience, needless to say the match itself must have been a treat for you guys....enzaai...
# posted by 
: Mon Sep 24, 01:19:00 PM 2007
: Mon Sep 24, 01:19:00 PM 2007
Nice post buddy!
I was alone in agony and ecstasy out here but boy was all that worth it?!?! goddamn absolutely!
!ncredible !nd!a !ndeed !!!!!
I was alone in agony and ecstasy out here but boy was all that worth it?!?! goddamn absolutely!
!ncredible !nd!a !ndeed !!!!!
# posted by : Tue Sep 25, 01:17:00 AM 2007
: Tue Sep 25, 01:17:00 AM 2007
Well put mate. You pretty much described how every Indian watching the match would have experienced!!
NRIs like us staying in Germany sure missed all the exhileration. Kudos to Team India !!!
May this dream run never end !!!
Good job!!
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NRIs like us staying in Germany sure missed all the exhileration. Kudos to Team India !!!
May this dream run never end !!!
Good job!!
# posted by : Tue Sep 25, 10:46:00 AM 2007
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