Blogs ‘I dedicate this hundred to all the people of India’
December 16th, 2008 by ajantaThe first test match between India and England was a must watch. India played some excellent cricket on the field and great performances of Sehwag, Sachin, Gambhir and Yuvraj really pulled away the match from England and not forgetting Dhoni’s captaincy. Hats off to the entire team effort! I also have full respect for the English team for showing their faith in our security measures and coming back after the terror attacks.
With the rate MSD is going and the cool approach will prove him to be all time best captain India has ever seen, but surely he has to go a long way to prove that. Kapil Dev is the man to beat as an Indian Captain as we have our only World Cup under him!
Regarding Dravid, it is sad that he is not contributing yet in all these glorious wins. It would have been very nice if he had contributed even a little bit more than he did. I do feel good that the selectors and his friends including Dada are supporting him in his bad times though.
The joy that Yuvraj expressed about winning the match with Sachin, the humility that Sachin showed by dedicating his innings and hundred to the people of Mumbai, and the dedication that Sehwag showed by mentioning about Sachin’s contribution in the 1999 Chennai match were all so real and very very emotional. It clearly showed that the strength of our team is about sharing happiness with each other’s success and sharing pain by giving support to fellow team members who are not in the best of forms and who need the support.
They gave all of us a reason to cherish the victory especially after the Mumbai terror attacks. Way to go India, you’ve made us so proud!
December 16th, 2008 at 1:22 am
Very well put. Indeed it was emotional… both from the team’s perspective as well as from Sachin’s perspective. Also, the fact that the English team came and played their hearts out without any practice, and were still so gracious in defeat, talks volumes about their sportsmanship. I have started becoming a fan of that team, especially their captain Pietersen. He has grown up so much! Win definitely helps, but the feeling of goodwill all around would have been the same even if India had lost or the match had drawn.
December 16th, 2008 at 1:28 am
I agree a 100%. This was the best day in life of an Indian Cricket Fan”atic”.
December 16th, 2008 at 9:24 am
Very well written , i must say.But all this while after india won this match ,everyone is talking about this chennai test and sachin’s innings in that match, even you have mentioned it in this blog. But , to be honest i don’t know anything about it as i was so small at that time . Thus i’d like you or anybody on cricdigs to tell me about that incident . I am very desperate to know about it