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CRICKET AND LIFE- THAT LAST OVER

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It was the last over of the match, the opposition needed 9 runs of 6 balls. The first ball I bowled went swiftly past the batsman into the hands of the keeper. I was quite exhausted and tired, sweat was oozing out of my body and my t-shirt was clogged. The last match was equally tiring, though I had gone wicket less but had a good economy rate. We had lost the match and we needed to win this one, to save some honour. Exhausted and tired physically and pressure mounted on my head, I kept reminding myself, I needed to bowl five more balls, fast and swift, that would chuck the batsman. I took another run up and bowled a fast low full toss, the batsman played it towards leg side and took two runs. Now the equation was 7 runs needed out of 4 balls. Quite possible for them and quite possible for me to pull a victory, the dangerous batsman who had made 24 runs in the last match was fielding at mid on, he had hit us for 3 long sixes in the previous match. Even in this match, he wreaked havo...

THANK YOU TEAM INDIA FOR GIVING US AN MEMORABLE WORLD CUP EXPERIENCE

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I know India lost the match and the dream of winning back to back world cups has been shattered. Many Indians like me would be going through the same phase, very difficult to gulp down the fact that we lost the match .But there were moments, I really felt that we could win the match. When umesh yadav took the wicket of David warner in the 4 th over itself, I felt Its India all the way again.  When shami bowled some beautiful deliveries, I felt its India all the way. When Ashwin caught out Maxwell and Umesh yadav removed Aaron finch in quick succession, I felt it was India all the way. When Mohit Sharma removed Clarke, I felt it was India all the way. When we were fielding so well, saving boundaries and diving and stopping every ball that was going past them, I felt it was India all the way. When Rohit Sharma hooked Johnson for a six and Shikhar dhawan was hitting Faulkner for fours and sixes, I felt it was India all the way. When Rohit was still bat...