A lot has been said and all that had to be said already spoken. More than words it was the ruptured screams and dancing that said it all.
Long before language got evolved and refined we must have spoken just this way. Grammarless yet so effective, so explicit, so audible and more importantly so understandable. So joyously infectious was the communique that it escaped no one.
India began by bowling and fielding extremely well. Their determination to contain the Lankans came through with every ball kept on the stumps and every run saved. A slight laxity came with a heavy price of 60 odd runs in the last 5 overs.
The target of 275 was set.
It is in this chase that I saw a new India emerge. Our legends left with precious little on the score board. The young brigade took charge. As our hearts pounded they built the innings brick by brick - controlled, confident, defiant, brave, nonchalant, fearless, yet focused all the way through.
In Dhoni we have a captain who not only shaped our dreams but steered it towards fulfillment. Am sure he would inspire many a book on leadership.
The winning six was like a metaphor - it mirrored our soaring billion souls.
Tears of joy flowed and as Sachin Tendulkar said we were not ashamed to show it.
The win was for India and every Indian, said Team India. It was something they wanted to do for the legend - their colleague, mentor and guide - Sachin Tendulkar.
The party erupted in every street of India, in every heart of Indians. Rarely we are witness to such moments when we connect as a nation - as Indians.
This victory highlighted a few basics : Patience, fisheye vision, tenacity, confidence and belief. When the Cup was ours it was exuberance with graciousness and humility.
I also found the re - emergence of the phrase "Destiny's child".
India turned a corner last night - the youth brigade have arrived to carry the nation forward to glory!
Never have I seen so many of our flags fluttering high and happy :)
No more pining - One Day Mataram! Vande Mataram!
p.s - Exclusion of Kapil Dev from the invitee list an error or deliberate we'll debate another day.
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