The one with the crickets and stuffs

Cricket is our sole religion. It is something we look at and feel proud. It is something(rather the only thing) we can show to the world as ours.

Is that the reason, everytime the men in blue steps into the ground, we expect nothing less than a win? We feel gross injustice has been served to us in the durbars of cricket lords.

Is that the reason Jharkand Mukti Morcha(JMM) has been vandalising Dhoni's unbuilt house for he proved to be nothing but a hollow caliber in our gods arsenal?

"If cricket is our religion, then BCCI must be our god. With gods like this, who needs devils?"

India is a decent team with some potentials but it is definitely not a world cup favorite. It is not of the same class as Australia, SA or even Sri Lanka as it was obvious India were beaten in every dept- bowling, batting, fielding and the number of goodlooking lady fans. The zest to win was more for the team from Colombo, there was more spark.

Build from this disappointment. Make a fresh team with fresh attitudes. One day cricket is all about attitude, attitude of Clarke & Ponting accelerating from the 30th over, attitude of Smith and De Villiers not fazed by the bowling attack or the massive target.
Bury the past. Dont make cricket a religion. Its not about luck or faith. Its about effort, will and passion.

Amit Varma quotes- "Now, isn’t it ironic that all this should be happening for sport? To me, sport is all about celebrating human endeavour. Perhaps this is best reflected in the fact that the team that invokes God the most was the first strong team to crash out of the World Cup. Divine intervention ain’t no good if you don’t walk the hard yards yourself: that’s one good lesson sport teaches."

I thank India for,
1) allowing me to complete my set of unread novels.
2) allowing me to sleep early at night.
3) allowing me to see Mandira Bedi cry.
4) punishing the Indian media for now they have to follow Bangaladesh's matches
5) punishing the advertisers who have lost so much...

I thank Ireland for,
1) lessening the pain.

Here is a random thought for helping out Tata Sky. They should arrange Indias tour of Pakistan for the Woolmer/Chapell Series- parallel to the world cup. Never a better way to regenerate cricket in the subcontinent.