On Saturday, April 2nd, 2011, India lifted the cricket world cup after 28 years!
My reaction:
My conclusion:
We kicked Sri Lanka’s ass, but they gave an awesome fight making it worthy of a final world cup match. There was enough tension in the air, and the match could have swung either way till almost the end.
The unsung heroes of the game were Jayawardane and Gambhir. Dhoni came along much later in the game and took all the credit, but had it not been for Gambhir, we would be biting dust right about now.
All in all, an awesome game! Shruti, Shabbir, Pawan, Shenaz and I were together when history was made. Un-forget-able!
India won the final against Pakistan in the Twenty20 World Cup, sending them packing home with their tail(s) between their legs. A couple of us had left work early to catch the match from the beginning, and boy was it worth it!
The Pakis did a good job in restricting us to 157 in 20 overs, but we still got the better of them. It was a nail-biting finish that all of us will remember for some time to come!!
What did suck was Shoaib Malik’s statement right after the match that went, “I would like to start by saying to the people of Pakistan and all the Muslims in the world, that were are sorry we lost”. What was lost on me was why make this about religion, when it is about sport and country? We won, you lost, so bug off!
