Mission accomplished!!! Glory in the end...


A victory with vengeance was what team India needed and they have certainly clinched it in style. And the journey culminates in India reaching the Glory. Honestly, I am finding it hard to concentrate right now and definitely short of words once again to describe the feeling I am going through. I would like to keep this post as short as possible to get back to the celebrative mode. I am very proud to have witnessed one of the most glorious moments of the country and Indian cricket. I am proud of being an Indian. I extend my heartiest CONGRATULATIONS to Team INDIA, the people of India & supporters across the globe.

Big celebrations had started with India beating Australia in the quarter finals and Indian team has made sure that it continues. From the today’s match perspective the win is truly special because it actually gave a glimpse of the bright future of Indian cricket. After the dismissal of Sachin & Sehwag (India were 31/2 after Sachin got out) much was left to the temperament of the young guns of Indian cricket and Gambhir & Virat Kohli shaped it up brilliantly from there on. Gautam Gambhir’s (97 runs) knock was a special one for the skillful determination he showed on the field. He was a bit unlucky to have missed out on the hundred; however, he punched where it mattered the most silencing critics like Ian Chappell who did not think that he had a place in the playing 11.

Even more special and decisive knock came from Mahendra Singh Dhoni (91 runs of 79 balls) who rose to the occasion in true sense and saw India through. It was a knock of brilliance written all over it as he led from the front by promoting himself ahead of Yuvraj Singh. He fought hard with the cramps in between and in the process Dhoni showed to the world his humane side by losing his cool out in the middle once and speaking his heart out at the presentation ceremony. All of us would agree that being in the place where Dhoni currently IS is a helluva of a task and one would need a lot of character to carry it on their shoulders. Dhoni has it all. He has proven it in the past and done it yet again today. Hat’s off to the India Captain.

The World Cup 2011 remains special for Yuvraj Singh (362 runs with bat and 15 wickets with bowling) as he was adjudged a well deserved Man of the Series. This was a culmination of his all-round show that fetched him 4 Man of the Match awards earlier in the tournament.

Mahela Jaywardane’s century (103 runs of 88 balls) was clouded by the team effort of Indians. In fact it became the distinguishing factor in the end. Indians made clear that they were up to the task from the very first over they bowled and raised their game standard to the level where it could not have been beaten. Zaheer Khan led the Indian attack yet again with an inspirational first spell of 5-3-6-1 ( 5 overs, 3 maidens, 6 runs & 1 wicket) and ended up becoming the highest wicket taker in the tournament along with Shahid Afridi of Pakistan (21 wickets each).

And last but not the least, Sachin Tendulkar would be one of the most satisfied people today as he finally becomes the part of World Cup winning team after playing is 6th World Cup-- a feat that many felt was missing in the illustrative career of the Master Blaster. He rightly said after the match that this was the proudest moment for his. And why not his team-mates have given him the gift they talked about before the start of the World Cup. Undoubtedly, Sachin Tendulkar played a very crucial role in the journey scoring 482 runs (2nd highest after Dilshan) and giving his 100 percent as always. I am sure he will now reach the glory of 100th ton soon in times to come.

Virat Kohli rightly said when asked to comment about carrying Tendulkar on his shoulders while the celebration was on, "He has carried the burden of the nation for 21 years. It is time we carried him on our shoulders." RESPECT!

So here’s the summary: India wins the World Cup 2011 finals at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai by beating Srilanka by 6 wickets and reaches to the pinnacle of World Cricket. There are tears of joy all around and nobody seems to mind that. In fact the magical moments more often culminates in extreme happiness coupled with tears making it extra special.

Once again Congratulations to everyone and thanks to all who kept the hope & faith. They rightly say that the success is failure turned upside down and Team India actually exemplified it as the tournament progressed.

Let’s be hopeful always.

GodSpeed!

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