We Are the Champions!

What a way to win a final! With a massive six, at the end of a superb innings under extreme pressure. By the end, Dhoni had a swagger. Like when he hit the first 6. And he even did a twirl of the bat after winning. Beat that, Australia.


Bring on the pressure: that’s so not Tendulkar’s motto (at least not since Sharjah more than a decade back). MSD, on the other hand, seems to revel under pressure. As he said at the end, he took several decisions in the final that would have been criticized for all eternity had we lost…but we won. More importantly, MSD won it along with Gambhir. The guy can seem do no wrong when it matters the most.


After a bunch of (mostly) boring group matches, the knockout stage was great. The Australia match was tense for the most part and we pulled through. The Pakistan match wasn’t anywhere near in terms of how close it was, but it more than compensated in terms of the emotion it evoked. And the final was way better than the other two matches: big total to chase down, loss of early wickets and yet we won. With style.


MSD can now say “Been there, won that” to pretty much everything: first T20 World Cup, then IPL and now the ODI World Cup. And we’re the top Test team as well. Captain Marvelous seems to write his own fairytale scripts.

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  1. SUSHANT KUMARApril 6, 2011 at 12:17 PM

    MSD(and his team) has given a memorable gift to Sachin by Winning the worldCup'11 and also given a proof to the world of his super captaincy. The inning he played in final match was answer to all the criticism against him.

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