acc.ca..ta(clearing of the throat)..For the people who don't know me well enough..i have been an ardent fan of the game of sticks and stones known as cricket for like maybe about 13 years and mind u i am only 19..so u can understand how deeply i am deeply attached to the sport..-->>although recently i have become a total sports admirer(as my profile sayz anything from buzkashi to soccer--(fr starters buzkashi is a very crude game played in the hills of afghanisthan) goes fr me) but then cricket has always occured a special place in my mind ,,maybe itz coz i am a person who deeply loves my country and cricket is one sport in which India can show off to a certain extent..so i suppose not only me but most my the other people in my country consider the performance of the team as a matter of national pride.. i was so keen about this world cup that when it came to an abrupt end on th 23nd of march it really shocked me beyond my wits.Its just that unlike any time this was a special team with all the special talents in our country --evryone believed that they had that x-factor-->>add to this the media hype and there was no stopping them..so evn before the cup had started we were on cloud 9 thinking we had triumphed on the 28th of april.. so it was a rude wake up call..similar to be castrated and made to walk in the nude through the streets, when we exited from the world cup,,what went wrong there i dont know ...but i suppose at the height of perfection there must imperfection be otherwise how the bloody hell could we get kicked out like that by a nation as insignificant as bangladesh(okay--maybe they might improve tomorrow -->but today they r crap). Now i know what is meant in sporting terminology when one says to all from 8848m( tip of mt.everest to ground 0) .Well on the bright side atleast we can concentrate on things other than cricket for the rest of the world cup--coz who cares fr a worldcup without India...Jai hind..
