Top of the world!!!

It was a decade ago when i was getting closer and closer to a game called cricket. It gradually got injected in my blood and cricket has become my passion. Passion to speak about cricket, to play cricket and also watch cricket on television. It was the time when SACHIN was the only performer for INDIA. As soon as this guy was back , it was almost certain that the teams gonna loose the match keeping apart some of the exceptional shows by many others.
I used to look at team Aussis and wonder if they atleast give a tought about loosing a match. Almost each and every match they play they used to come out victorious . Every time i see a match that involved australia , there used to be stats in between suggesting the number of matches played by them,runs scored,percentage of winning and all. Those statistics used be amazing. Way back in 2001 when LAXMAN and HARBAJAN under GANGULY played some great cricket and won that series to us, I wondered why that victory was so much spoken about. But then realised we won against Aussis. That team of aussis used to pull away a victory from no where. They used to look forward for a victory like a lion which sights flesh after 10 days of hunger. Even a new player used to come up to the party and would play like father of cricket. It used to be a deadly line up!!!
HAYDER<>GILCHRIST<>PONTING<>McGRATH<>WARNE<>LANGER<>

I used to look up to the team and think when INDIAN team would set stage for a golden era. And today I see a change in the body language of the great PONTING, when ever he heads to a match with INDIA. I seen a change in his approch when ISHANT SHARMA runs into him. Not just Ponting and Aussis, it is about all the cricketing nations round the globe speaking so much about INDIA and it's performance. It is about every cricketer thinking twice before he walks in a match with INDIA.

Once there used to be a period where movies and media used to make comdey clips to increase sales on the national cricket team of this nation. Once there was a time when main plays don't perform the match was lost. Once there was time when first few overs were enough to tell if it was win or not. Once there was a chance for some sike cricketers to pass stupid statments on the ground during the match.


But, (this "BUT" is a big one)
As someone rightly said everyday is not a sunday, today there is drastic change in the senerio. The type of quest that was iminently visible in  australian cricket has squared upon INDIAN team.

India is making the cricketing world spin around . There a clear visible change in the body language, attitude, style and more inportantly STATISTICS of INDIAN cricket team. Today, there are instances when a match is pulled back after loosing 8 wickets. And this hads not just happened once. Each and every match played,INDIAN tem has been looking to pull things till the last ball is bowled. If it was last ball win at 20:20 world cup or the famous CB series win or that last ball win against pakisthan in asia cup or LAXMAN-ISHANT partnership agains aussis or harbajan and sreeshant turning things around or young stars like M.VIJAY,VIRATH,PUJARA,OHAJ winning matchs and plenty lot. If you note, not a single star has been named in the above instances. All of them were those victories which were not expected by anyone.
The bench strength is phenominal.India has been able to pull of matches with out SACHIN, SEWHAG, GAMBHIR,YUVI,ZEEK,BHAJI. IF this is one side of the bench strength , we have players like YUVARAJ whos trying hard to find a place for him self. There are players like ROHIT, UTTHAPPA, R.P SINGH, PUJARA, AT RAIDU ,TIWARI and hell a lot of people waiting to get in. This is something exceptional.

This was the status of INDIAN NATIONAL TEAM that i really wanted to see. Well champions are neither made nor born they 'RISE' .


sakethursforever :)