The defeat should hurt and why shouldn't it!!!
Playing a final at the World Cup is akin to taking a shot at immortality. Your name gets etched as a winner for ever. Sadly, some of them will not get a second chance at it.
This defeat will hurt not just because the team lost but the manner in which a winning position came undone. World Cup finals are all about soaking up the pressure and winning crunch moments and lack of experience did the team in.
This team will leave the shores of England much more experienced and much more wiser. This team will leave with more sweet than bitter memories.
This team will arrive in India as heroes who made an entire nation of over a billion sit up and take notice of them. This team will provide young girls with an extra option of picking up a bat or a ball or a racquet or a wrestling mat. Dolls, will get relegated so the makers of Barbie better find new markets.
Popularity of the moniker 'Men in Blue' may come under threat because the 'Women in Blue' may usurp them in times to come. More role models will join the likes of Saina, Sindhu, Sania, Mary Kom, Saakshi Malik etc.
It beehoves us, the media and the corporate houses to support such performers for them to bring more glory to the country.
The silent revolution started by the sprinters from Kerala just got a huge kicker with this performance from the Indian cricket team.
Playing a final at the World Cup is akin to taking a shot at immortality. Your name gets etched as a winner for ever. Sadly, some of them will not get a second chance at it.
This defeat will hurt not just because the team lost but the manner in which a winning position came undone. World Cup finals are all about soaking up the pressure and winning crunch moments and lack of experience did the team in.
This team will leave the shores of England much more experienced and much more wiser. This team will leave with more sweet than bitter memories.
This team will arrive in India as heroes who made an entire nation of over a billion sit up and take notice of them. This team will provide young girls with an extra option of picking up a bat or a ball or a racquet or a wrestling mat. Dolls, will get relegated so the makers of Barbie better find new markets.
Popularity of the moniker 'Men in Blue' may come under threat because the 'Women in Blue' may usurp them in times to come. More role models will join the likes of Saina, Sindhu, Sania, Mary Kom, Saakshi Malik etc.
It beehoves us, the media and the corporate houses to support such performers for them to bring more glory to the country.
The silent revolution started by the sprinters from Kerala just got a huge kicker with this performance from the Indian cricket team.
One team must lose anyway but the Indian team won much more than they lost. Their performance esp in the preceeding matches won them a billion hearts and gave immense power to Indian girls. They showed d world that girls can get into every male bastion-even cricket !!
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