It's worth waiting for

I could not erase the memories  off my mind about  India's sad loss to Aussies twice in the 2003 world cup match. The excruciating experience was to watch the little master,  despite his brave and gallant exhibition of sportsmanship, struggling not to succumb to his knee sprain on the second match, the finals with Aussies. He scored astonishingly 99 runs which was the oasis of hope for the team India and his expulsion came as the biggest relief to the Aussies who celebrated it so loudly. Once the giant fell, the Aussies took down the rest of the team India in no seconds. This is such an embarrassment for the Indian team. It can't always depend upon one man to win a match, let alone a cup.

I watched the little master's each and every of his move, executing every short with excellence and perfection. After he got out, the rest of the Indian team diligently followed its tradition in discipline by losing their wickets in quickest span. Aussies with fast and well professionally trained bowlers like Lee pulped the Indians out! The fall of wickets was bursting of water bubbles. The indians were totlaly at the mercy of the Aussies. It also made me think of kid playing a video game of football first time not knowing what the game itself about and without reading instructions. The team looked that stranded. The result was so predictable. 

Defeat, well, is after all part of a game. I don't say, the Indian team should never have lost to the Aussies. But even a defeat should be laudable and it can be only if there was a true fight with sincerity and responsibility and should not be like at the mercy of your opponent. 

Having witnessed the loss in the 2003 world cup, as a fan, I was devastated. Literally my life became terrible the following few weeks. I could not relieve the worries off my mind. The impact was so severe that it almost ate into my daily life. This is not the first time I am experiencing this. I infact had watched lot of such matches earlier. Therefore I seriously considered quit watching cricket and yes I did. Since there-after every time I heard the news about how badly the team India performed, I felt like I should the last one to worry about it as it no way affects my life. It was like hearing a headline news of a news paper and you forget it the next minute.

But to admit, I was once a crazy cricket watching fan, mainly because of the little master, but even that times the team India had always kept frustrating me quite often by their spirit less game. But now, its almost 8 years almost since I quit watching cricket and I am not bothered anymore if India wins or loses in the Cricket. Lately I come to learn the Australia which has thrashed us many times been given the taste of its own poison. The little master scored half a century against them while alongside creating a world record by scoring highest one day international runs. This winning takes India to the semis where they would meet Pakistan and the same gonna be a epic.

So for all these years, it's worth waiting for without watching a single match and I feel proud now to watch Indians reaching the stage where I believe they will be acknowledged as the world class professionals! Hopefully..  [And they did - edited on 11-04-2013