Cricket, cricket, cricket.....one word that runs in the veins of the Indians as blood.Cricket
though was a leisure game invented in the very soil of Britain but when transfered to India , it was not just a game but a religion.
And nothing on earth could have been more satisfyingthan to see the Indian team win its very first world cup on the grounds of Britain.It was just yesterday, after two & a half decades that the Kings of the Lords were being honoured on the occassion of its 25th anniversary.The same miraculous team on the nostalgic moment stood bold and tall & were definitely a class apart.
Not just because they brought laurels to the country by winning the world cup,Not just because they were very skilled but also because even after twenty five years no one was able to recreate history.
But Indians this year did win some world cup....a completely revamped world cup ie t20.
Cricket has metamorphised in a great way.Its not just a game but CRICKETAINMENT so to say.Now a bowler balls not for 10 but for 4 overs.Batting is not about strokes & delivery rather its about the speed with which runs are made.
We all had been viewing Manchester United, Real Madrid & many other such soccer clubs & with somewhat the same DNA , IPL was born.It has almost every ingredient to suffice the Indian appetite.It doesnt matter to which country you belong,all that matters is cricket.
All that matters is speed & power & if this isnt spicy enough theres Bollywood calling to cater to the needs of glamour. To add tadka to this very hot avtaar we have the cheerleaders.
To put it a nutshell this is what i call complete entertainment.
The best part of it is that you dont have to wait for those long 50 overs.....Howzzat!!!!!!!!!!
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Like some great man said - Test matches are like marriages but one-days are like affairs. I would like to ask him... "a T-20 would be just a date or a one-night stand then"?
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