Okay, I'll be honest- I'm not much of a Cricket fanatic. But this time, it was different. For one, I was terribly bored of studies. Besides that, it was the Twenty20 Final. In addition, it was India V/S none other than, Pakistan. So I decided to gather a group of friends to watch the match. I quote here my exact words-"I'm gonna stay for only about an hour or so... Really have to get back to studies after that!".....Little did I know that the match was gonna be such a thriller that I would end up waiting to watch the presentation too!
THE BEGINNING- The scene- 6 girls(contrary to popular belief that girls don't watch Cricket) and my friend's cute little doggie, FIGO(Trust me, he is the cutest dog on the planet!), watching the match intently...It was a modest start...Gambhir was doin gr8...there were occasional boundaries & all seemed well....Then came the blow- Yuvraj & Dhoni got out for a measly score...Gambhir too lucked out at 75...we were hoping that Pakistan's Umar "GUL" would "DISAPPEAR"! Will India cross 150 runs??? Chances were bleak......
HALF-WAY THRU' THE MATCH- India managed 157...not an impossible target! It was all upto our bowlers now... And SRK comes to watch the match :) :) :)
A CULMINATION OF SORTS- Pakistan was 2 wickets down but their run-rate was soaring! We were pre-occupied with Pizza, Chinese & Coke... Slowly & Steadily their wickets fell, yet,59 off 29 was easily achievable...Then came Misbah-UL-Haq...trying to imitate Yuvraj with his batting prowess...We abandoned the food and took an oath- "If we win, then I eat the rest...If we don't, then feed it to the dog!" 13 runs off 6 balls...2 sixes & they would've almost won...there was panic as Misbah scored a six...then there was a wide...6 runs required from 4 balls...some of us had already given up all hope...the only ray of hope was that Pakistan was 9 wickets down... Jogender bowls... Misbah hits...its in the air...
"NOooooo!!!!!! They've WON!"
"See! I told you they'd win!"
"Hey! That was a wide!"
"OMG! Its going for a six!"
"Yikes! I just bit my fingernail off!"
"Wicket! Wicket! Please take a Wicket!!!"
And as Sreesanth took the catch, there were wild screams of utmost joy, screams that defined victory, screams that celebrated the Indian spirit (we scared poor Figo out of his guts!) Team India had won the match, the T20 cup & restored the pride that they lost at the World Cup! Like I said, it was "THE best CRICKET match EVER!!!" :) :) :)
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3 comments:
yeah!!!!
we won da match!!!
i liked da way u described da scene at anu's place....can imagine all of u n figo watchin da match :P...i wish i was dere...wish dere was no such thing like a drawin exam...anyway i saw only da last part of da match...it was really cool!!!...saw SRK also...well hope r team plays well like this or much better in future also!!!
heyyy!!!!
your blog totally rocked!!!
i expected a lot of srk crap but thank god it was just 1 tiny little line.........^_^
your blog is too gud!!!
KEEP UP D GUD WORK!!!! ;)
wish 2 c more blogs like dis!
truly one of India's greatest games......boy oh boy.....wat a match it was!!!!!it really deserved to be a World Cup Final...N it had to be India and Pakistan in such a match...Anyways,A great blog....Keep the good work goin......
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