Well I was expecting India to mess up and they sure obliged me. I really am glad that I didn't subscribe to the package and waste money following the games.
However no matter how much I try to distance myself from the game, it just doesn't work. On Saturday morning I was up and about early in the morning. I had a match at 9 in the morning. I made short work of my opponent and raced to see how we were doing driving to a friend's place almost all the way across town! Both of us were frustrated seeing the Indian players bat. I was wondering what was going through the minds of these overpaid, over-hyped bunch of players who fans would give up kidneys to watch them play.
Granted the Indian public puts a lot of pressure on these guys, but then are they really asking too much? All they want them to do is to do their job well. I'm sure if the Indians lost a match occasionally, noone would feel too badly about it. However it's the way these guys lose that really pisses everyone off.
Oh well the really sad part is that the Indian fans probably feel worse about the failures of the Indian cricket team than the players themselves do.
Their performance against Bermuda although passable is probably going to be the only thing for the Indian fan to cheer this world cup. I hope all you watched that game, because we are not going to see anything of the sort for a while to come. I expect the Indian team to pull up their socks and prove all their critcis wrong, but they owe a lot to their public. Nothing less than winning the world cup can make up for this loss to the lowly Bangladeshis.
On the other hand March 17th was an amazing day for cricket. The Irish and the Bangladeshis made their prescence felt this world cup and how! This win must especially be gratifying for the Bangladeshis as they have long harboured ill-will towards the BCCI and how they have been treated by them since they have become a test nation.
The Irish are the biggest story of this world cup. They have shown that they belong among the big boys. Hopefully this is the beginning of the rise of two successful cricketing nations in the world of cricket. An Irish filmmaker is planning to make a documentary of the exploits of the Irish at this World Cup.
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bharath dude.. hope.. hope and more hope is what we Indian cricket fans are destined to live by.
Hope.. India plays well against SL on friday.
Hope.. bangladesh beats bermuda by a not so big margin.
Hope..bangladesh beats SL so that all we have to do is beat SL and go thru, without worrying about run rates and such..
Ever seen India qualify comfortably for anything? They have'nt and they never will.
But think back to 2003, poor start and massive improvement, remember?
what does this give you?
yes.. More Hope.
Hope man.. just keep hoping
thats all we can do.
Yup... hope is all we got yaar.
But then at least we got hope. Think about the Pakistanis. I guess we need to count our blessings. :)
Still sucks to be in this state this early!
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