Cricket & the Indian !

Undoubtedly, Cricket is a religion in my country. Two days back on Sept 24, the Indian cricket team created history by winning the first twenty -twenty world cup. And that broke the 24 year gap from the last world cup brought in the country and this one.

The finals between arch rivals India and Pakistan , was an icing on the cake. I watched the match in my college cafe. Cricket is indeed one of the many things that unite India. With every wicket or six hit by the Indian side, people cheered, danced and hugged. The atmosphere is full of excitement and all animosity between people is forgotten. Everyone is praying for one common goal- THE INDIAN VICTORY. Superstitions of all kinds are followed- fingers crossed one legged posture, no exchange of seats, and what not. But not one criticizes; everyone does something similar to that.

 

 

The new format of the game is there to stay. The limited over match was created to arouse interest among the viewers who were not patient enough to watch the longer version of the game. And now we have a limited over match, which takes less than half of the time than even the limited over matches. No doubt, ICC is aware of the changing requirement. God know, what we may see in the next 10 years- 5over matches.