Cricket is to India what football is to Brazil.One of the happiest moments of my life was to watch India make it to the World Cup finals in 2003. Unfortunately the 23rd March 2003 also turned out to be one of the saddest, apparently Ricky Pointing (Punter) had other plans, and as his nickname suggests better placed bets. A few mistakes by the Indian cricket team captained very ably by Sourav Ganguly (Dada,Prince of Calcutta, God of the off-side) saw me, and many Indians, on that fateful day reduced to tears, in our "Men In Blue" Tri-Colour painted T-Shirts and faces.

I say that because, there are a few things in life, more beautiful for an Indian cricket fan than that lovely Sachin Tendulkar straight drive (down the ground), or that immaculate Rahul Dravid square cut and not to forget the perfectly timed drives on the off-side by the God of the off-side Sourav Ganguly. Makes cricket seem a touch romantic (Yuvraj makes cricket literally romantic, to his female fans, he is also great at fielding and very good at batting, sorry ladies).If there is any spare space at any place, cricket is the one game that one can find being played there.

The current India team that is taking part in the world cup looks well balanced and if they are able to perform well, the team can well go on to win the world cup.In fact consistent well performance by the team is one thing which has been lacking with the Indian cricket team.The Indian cricket team has won the world cup only once and given the craze that fans have for the game, the team deserves to bring back the world cup. On the other hand player like Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid provide the India cricket team with the much needed balance for a cricket team to succeed at the highest levels.

One thing that can work in favor of the India cricket team is the presence of the bets batsman in the world Sachin Tendulkar. Well it is not that every time the India cricket team can boast of having such a great batsman in its team.Cricket players are always treated as Gods. That is why when India lost a match against Bangladesh at the on going Cricket World Cup 2007, cricket fans went on rampage.

There were lot of protests on the streets. The images of their idols were defaced and even some of them burnt effigies of their idols.The world cup format would have been better if the teams at the league stage given opportunity to play the other team twice. I strongly believe that it will deprive the less potential teams to go to the other stage. You can win a match by fluke once but not twice.

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