I have never been addicted to cricket . Sitting immobile in front of a dumb box for a day irks me to no end. The wastage of time and effort on high profile players who appear to know whats best for you regarding everything from soap to oil to life insurance irritates me . i would never buy a product endorsed by any celebrity unless i see something good in it .
Yeah its true to say that I have snubbed cricket for my entire life ...till yesterday .Yesterday , I remained glued to the scores till the final moment . and then when the numbers got sealed for eternity ,I danced,shouted ,clapped and sang wildly with joy like any other die hard cricket fan .
Coz ,this time it was different.Yesterday it just was not about cricket anymore . It was about restoring a nation's pride .
As Indians we have been taught the lessons of humility from the day we could understand the language . And we have fulfilled the dictums of our parents .To forgive and forget ...
All, that done something still remains .... that we come from a lineage which taught the world the first lessons of humanity . An intelligent,industrious and valourous race ...with more achievements to its credit than we have boasted about.
We dont talk ...we just prove the point through our actions .
Thats what it was all about .That was the message which shone on the face of every Indian , when we danced to our victory yesterday .
Its just not about cricket guys , Its about being an Indian ...Its about getting back what we deserve . Its about getting back the glory which has been there in us right from the time of Mohen-Jo-Daro and Harappa ...
Its just about being an INDIAN .
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So finally our very own Indian cricketers or 'men in blue' won the tri-series final against Australia in their homeland....
The one-day win followed an ill-tempered Test series that Australia won 2-1, but the tour may be best remembered for India's stunning victory in Perth, regarded as a graveyard for visiting teams because of its bouncy wicket.
Most Indians are convinced the Test series scoreline would have been reversed had umpiring blunders not gone against the tourists in the second Test in Sydney.
Lavish praise was showered on Dhoni's one-day team, whose average age of 22 was bolstered only by the towering presence of 34-year-old Sachin Tendulkar, who hit match-winning 117 not out and 91 in the two finals.
The tour, marred by controversy and bad blood, looked in danger of collapsing after the Sydney Test when Harbhajan Singh copped a three-match suspension for allegedly racially abusing Andrew Symonds.
The International Cricket Council not only overturned the suspension following an appeal hearing, but ensured the tour went ahead by accepting India's demand that West Indian umpire Steve Bucknor be sacked.
Controversy, however, refused to fade away.
During a one-day match, promising Indian seamer Ishant Sharma was fined for a verbal exchange with Symonds and the Indians countered with a complaint about provocative behaviour by the Australians.
Matthew Hayden then called Harbhajan an "obnoxious weed" on radio and the Indian spinner responded by saying the opener was one of the least liked players in world cricket.
The Australian media also accused Harbhajan of spitting at fans and making monkey gestures, which was again thrown out by the ICC due to lack of evidence.
Dhoni took a swipe at Australian journalists on Tuesday, telling the travelling Indian media that the hosts will have to search for a new scapegoat now that the tour was over.
"I don't know what will happen to the Australian media without Bhajji (Harbhajan)," the Indian captain said. "He was always there on the front page."
Dhoni added that after almost three months of relentless scrutiny, the Indian team had grown immune to everything written about them.
"The Aussie media criticism worked in our favour and we got used it after some time," he said.
Few failed to notice that Harbhajan dismissed his tormentors, Hayden and Symnonds, in both finals in Sydney and Brisbane.
"One Sikh is enough for 125,000 people," the turbaned Harbhajan told the Indian media, quoting the revered Sikh saint Guru Gobind Singh.
"It's not like all Australians were against me," the spinner said.
"When I went out to eat or something, people met me nicely. But, yes, on the field there were a lot of unnecessary things spoken. I tried to ignore all of it, and it just made me stronger."
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