Anhoni ko honi karde Honi ko anhoni Ek jaga jab jama ho teeno Rajni, Ghajni aur Dhoni.
One deadly trio indeed. Mr Ghajni with a brand new mustache, Rajni , bald black completely different from the South movies & Dhoni , a confident , calm, but determined warrior. End result- We won the World cup 2011.
but was it that much simple?
Well let me recollect the world cup memories & incidents. sure it was far more exiting & melodramatic.
Opening Ceremony: It was held at Bangladesh & was the same old cliche type ceremony with the only highlight being the captains entering the stadium riding on a RICKSHAW. (Hope roads in Bangladesh were better than what we have here & the captains did not have a bumpy ride.) Well, the cup proved to be a bumpy ride for some of them, Strauss & Ponting amongst the few.
Opening Match: It was India vs Bangladesh, the Giants vs the Giant killers (hope you have not forgot last wc). Our openers made sure that nothing of that sort happened in that match & India had a comfortable win (with some minor hiccups in the bowling & fielding dept). Shewag scored a wonderful century & that was the end of Shewag performance for this WC. There were a few Sparks here & there in the later matches but nothing thats can be called a Shewag like innings.
The Great TIE: ICC should award a special Trophy to the England team for making the 50 over format interesting. All of their matches were exiting,nail-biting & not for people with weak hearts. This was nothing different, perhaps the most exiting of all. It started with the 98th international ton of the master followed by a collapse after his departure. It reminded us of the old times (during Azhar’s captaincy) when India’s win or loss was determined by the Master’s performance & rest of the team playing role of extras. Strauss countered with a 150 but due to some fine death bowling by the Indians & some sloppy ones from likes of Chawla & Nehra we had a tie.
People started questioning about the inclusion if Chawla in the team & even doubted if there was some Dostana between Mahi & Chawla.
Ireland Match: India was supposed to win the match & they did win. Ireland though defeating England in the previous match could not do anything special in this match. The highlight was the Birth of All rounder Yuvraj (a fifer & a fifty).
The All Rounder off the field started performing on the field too.
Netherland match: Same result as the Ireland match. While the Master did not bother to perform against these Minnows Yuvi was busy in Grabbing the MoM awards for his kitty.
SA match: Another big match & 99th century for the master. After he departs Sten gunned down others to restrict India below 300. Another nail-biter but the host lost it.
This match gave birth to the line “Behind every successful batsman there is a Kamran Akmal & in front of every successful batsman there is a Ashish Nehra ”
WI match: With the team already in the quarters it was just a matter of deciding the order in which the teams will finish. Yuvi bagged another MoM & suddenly the bowling started looking formidable. India finished 2nd & faced Australia in quarters.
People thought loosing this match would have been much better option as facing Australia so early was risky for our team.
Revenge of 2003 : Finals: Revenge never tasted so sweet. At last the it was sure that Australia wont win this time. Ponting made a serious effort to extend his cricketing life & scored a century but Indians demolished all his hopes.
Latest news being he is out of the captaincy & waiting for his pink slip from the team.
Mother of all Matches: India vs Pak it was in the semis. Everyone was expecting Sachin’s 100th ton in this match & it seemed that Pakistan was eager for it too. In order to be a part of such an historical moment they dropped 4 sitters of the Master. But the Master found that derogatory & at last ended his torturous batting display (most unlikely of him).
One interesting comment made here was “Sachin should walk off if Pak misses another catch”. India finished at 260 thanks to Raina for a cool head. His inclusion in the team changed the attitude in the field. India was saving 20-30 runs in the field. The bowlers did a superb job & Nehra proved his worth by a good display of bowling & 260 was more than enough in the end. Misbah did the role of a tragic hero in this match.(Same as first T20 wc final)
The Nehra jokes stopped from that day.
Haawa chal gayi zoron ki
Maar di humne Goron ki
Phir bari thi Haram khoron ki
Aur aj bari hain Sita ke choron ki……..
The Grand Finale: The stage was set , the two best team against each other, everyone except Poonam Pandey’s parents were Bleeding Blue on that day. The born cheaters Lankans started cheating from the toss & Sanga made sure that he was on the winning side of the toss.(That was the only win for Lanka on that day)
Zaheer started with a dream spell to restrict the openers. Mahela ended with a great Ton.
Now everyone was expecting Sachin’s reply. But it was anti climax in the 1st over itself. Shewag out. Sachin showed his brilliance but Malinga proved to be better on that day.
Hopes started diminishing but the young team India fought back. First it was Virat & Gambhir. Then Dhoni joined the party. The best move of this world cup. Everybody knew Yuvi’s weakness against Murli so Dhoni stepped in & after Gambhir left his century on the ground he & Yuvi finished it off. The last hit , a SIX from the Captain. A perfect ending to the match.
Post match there was the victory lap in which team India carried Sachin in place of the trophy. The comment from Virat showed the emotions & respect for the Master “He(Sachin) has been carrying the whole nation on his shoulder for 21 years. Today it is our turn to carry him.”
Munaf missed the victory lap & Poonam got absconded from that day. Mahi shaved his head & still Poonam is missing.
One deadly trio indeed. Mr Ghajni with a brand new mustache, Rajni , bald black completely different from the South movies & Dhoni , a confident , calm, but determined warrior. End result- We won the World cup 2011.
but was it that much simple?
Well let me recollect the world cup memories & incidents. sure it was far more exiting & melodramatic.
Opening Ceremony: It was held at Bangladesh & was the same old cliche type ceremony with the only highlight being the captains entering the stadium riding on a RICKSHAW. (Hope roads in Bangladesh were better than what we have here & the captains did not have a bumpy ride.) Well, the cup proved to be a bumpy ride for some of them, Strauss & Ponting amongst the few.
Opening Match: It was India vs Bangladesh, the Giants vs the Giant killers (hope you have not forgot last wc). Our openers made sure that nothing of that sort happened in that match & India had a comfortable win (with some minor hiccups in the bowling & fielding dept). Shewag scored a wonderful century & that was the end of Shewag performance for this WC. There were a few Sparks here & there in the later matches but nothing thats can be called a Shewag like innings.
The Great TIE: ICC should award a special Trophy to the England team for making the 50 over format interesting. All of their matches were exiting,nail-biting & not for people with weak hearts. This was nothing different, perhaps the most exiting of all. It started with the 98th international ton of the master followed by a collapse after his departure. It reminded us of the old times (during Azhar’s captaincy) when India’s win or loss was determined by the Master’s performance & rest of the team playing role of extras. Strauss countered with a 150 but due to some fine death bowling by the Indians & some sloppy ones from likes of Chawla & Nehra we had a tie.
People started questioning about the inclusion if Chawla in the team & even doubted if there was some Dostana between Mahi & Chawla.
Ireland Match: India was supposed to win the match & they did win. Ireland though defeating England in the previous match could not do anything special in this match. The highlight was the Birth of All rounder Yuvraj (a fifer & a fifty).
The All Rounder off the field started performing on the field too.
Netherland match: Same result as the Ireland match. While the Master did not bother to perform against these Minnows Yuvi was busy in Grabbing the MoM awards for his kitty.
SA match: Another big match & 99th century for the master. After he departs Sten gunned down others to restrict India below 300. Another nail-biter but the host lost it.
This match gave birth to the line “Behind every successful batsman there is a Kamran Akmal & in front of every successful batsman there is a Ashish Nehra ”
WI match: With the team already in the quarters it was just a matter of deciding the order in which the teams will finish. Yuvi bagged another MoM & suddenly the bowling started looking formidable. India finished 2nd & faced Australia in quarters.
People thought loosing this match would have been much better option as facing Australia so early was risky for our team.
Revenge of 2003 : Finals: Revenge never tasted so sweet. At last the it was sure that Australia wont win this time. Ponting made a serious effort to extend his cricketing life & scored a century but Indians demolished all his hopes.
Latest news being he is out of the captaincy & waiting for his pink slip from the team.
Mother of all Matches: India vs Pak it was in the semis. Everyone was expecting Sachin’s 100th ton in this match & it seemed that Pakistan was eager for it too. In order to be a part of such an historical moment they dropped 4 sitters of the Master. But the Master found that derogatory & at last ended his torturous batting display (most unlikely of him).
One interesting comment made here was “Sachin should walk off if Pak misses another catch”. India finished at 260 thanks to Raina for a cool head. His inclusion in the team changed the attitude in the field. India was saving 20-30 runs in the field. The bowlers did a superb job & Nehra proved his worth by a good display of bowling & 260 was more than enough in the end. Misbah did the role of a tragic hero in this match.(Same as first T20 wc final)
The Nehra jokes stopped from that day.
Haawa chal gayi zoron ki
Maar di humne Goron ki
Phir bari thi Haram khoron ki
Aur aj bari hain Sita ke choron ki……..
The Grand Finale: The stage was set , the two best team against each other, everyone except Poonam Pandey’s parents were Bleeding Blue on that day. The born cheaters Lankans started cheating from the toss & Sanga made sure that he was on the winning side of the toss.(That was the only win for Lanka on that day)
Zaheer started with a dream spell to restrict the openers. Mahela ended with a great Ton.
Now everyone was expecting Sachin’s reply. But it was anti climax in the 1st over itself. Shewag out. Sachin showed his brilliance but Malinga proved to be better on that day.
Hopes started diminishing but the young team India fought back. First it was Virat & Gambhir. Then Dhoni joined the party. The best move of this world cup. Everybody knew Yuvi’s weakness against Murli so Dhoni stepped in & after Gambhir left his century on the ground he & Yuvi finished it off. The last hit , a SIX from the Captain. A perfect ending to the match.
Post match there was the victory lap in which team India carried Sachin in place of the trophy. The comment from Virat showed the emotions & respect for the Master “He(Sachin) has been carrying the whole nation on his shoulder for 21 years. Today it is our turn to carry him.”
Munaf missed the victory lap & Poonam got absconded from that day. Mahi shaved his head & still Poonam is missing.
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