I was pushed out of my dreams , courtesy to Bryan Adams singing at top of his voice . The clock said “11:15″ , very early in the morning by my standards . Really irked by the incident , I picked up the call .
Sanchit : Hello
Me : Wrong Number
Sanchit : Oh sorry!! I was looking for Bill Gates .
Me : Don’t waste my time . Tell what you called for !!
Sanchit : Just be ready in the evening . Durga Puja is calling us .
Me : Are you nuts ??? Its India vs Pakistan today . I don’t get to watch cricket at hostel . I have been waiting for this match since a week . Will not miss it at any cost .
The clock said “3:00″ . I was just off after taking my breakfast ( Don’t faint at my spectacular timing ) . Just then my mother called me . Apparantly I was supposed to go to the nearby temple and complete few rituals which she promised to the all Almighty if I passed Xth and XIIth with mind blowing score . I was quick to raise my objection at this point .
Me : I am busy today .
Mother : Oh I forgot . You have a meeting with Obama today . Isn’t it ??
Me : Why can’t this ritual wait for one more day .
Mother : Why can’t Mr. M.S.Dhoni wait for few hours . Anyways , I am sure he won’t mind if you miss a few overs .
As usual , I ended up on the loosing side in this argument .
Luckily for me , Pakistan were to bat first . Meaning by , I won’t miss India’s batting . Yayyy!!! The ritual was done with in about half an hour . I regret to say that while I was physically present in the temple , mentally I was roaming in Centurion .
The clock struck “12:00″ . The match had turned into a see-saw . Chasing a not so modest 303, India lost Tendulkar at the outset , followed by few more blows . But with Raina and Dravid going strong , accompanied by the free hits that Pakistanis showered over us , signs were looking ominous for us .
Go India Go . Go Raina Go . Go Dravid Go . That was all I was muttering . I was not in a condition to afford going even an inch over the mutter . Even a decibel of increase in my voice would have resulted in few angry and sleepy faces pouncing over me .
Just then , my heartbeat came to a halt . Raina was dismissed , and with him were India’s hopes . I kept waiting and waiting , hoping against all hope that India could sneak in somehow , from somewhere . But eventually , we lost . I was virtually broken apart at that point .
I am really obsessed with this game , as most of the Indians are . Cricket is a religion here , its our true love . And when it comes to India vs Pakistan , there are a billion people connected with the game , apart from 22 in the field . I waited for this game for so long . I was all prepared to celebrate India’s victory . I was ready to surprise my neighbors with the premature Diwali celebrations , late at night . But it was not to be . India’s loss sent me into depression . And it was not until a few hours back , that I came out of it , looking forward to tomorrow’s game against the Kangaroos . The crackers might come to use tomorrow . Lets see what future has in store for Men in Blue .
Hehe I’m not really a cricket-fan so I can’t connect with you on this.. I hope you cheer up though!
There are always wins and losses! 
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Harsh Reply:
September 27th, 2009 at 9:09 pm
I hope India comes up with something better tomorrow …. keeping the fingers crossed !!!
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Welcome to the group, my dear!!
My husband drives me nuts with his Cricket fanaticism. This saturday, he ended up calling all his friends over for the India-Pak match and in anticipation, refused to even step out of the house!!
I ended up making dinner big enough to feed a baraat!!
DD
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Harsh Reply:
September 28th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
Ohh great
… Its really great watching a cricket match when you got a group of maniacs like you along with yourself !!! 
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Harsh Reply:
September 28th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
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Harsh Reply:
September 28th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
I love it when India wins ….
P.S. Moms always win !!! … One way or the other !!!
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Kno nothing abt crckt.. all I hear is a few yells at my bay at work.. when I am working seriously on some queues. lol
The best part is .. my Manager .. though at times he sends stinkers, all of a sudden he stops, and when I wonder why he did so and look at him.. he’d be busy watching cricket momentarily forgotten to sting us!!
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Harsh Reply:
September 29th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
see …. you should be thankful to this sweet game …
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I am not a cricket fan
so no comments 
But I dont understand why is the whole country mad behind this one game?!!! there are plenty of other good sports.. nobody cares for them!
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Harsh Reply:
September 29th, 2009 at 7:46 pm
well we care for other games too … but cricket is kept in entirely different gallery …. we grow up watching this game …. and in every second house , a boy picks up the bat dreaming to become next Sachin Tendulkar …. It is no more a sports in India … it has taken up a form of religion !!!!
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wow !!!!
i missed tht match
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Harsh Reply:
September 29th, 2009 at 7:47 pm
you escaped a potential heart attack !!!
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yr…i ws 2 vry dissppinted wid d performence d team gave….but wat 2 do…..Its INDIAN cricket team…wid lot of uncertainities…..
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Harsh Reply:
October 4th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
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Hi!!!!
how are you??
*HUGS*
*KISSES*
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Harsh Reply:
October 7th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Hiii smallstar …
I am absolutely f9 …. just a bit bz nowadayz !!!
U tell howz lyf ???
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am no cricket fan either.. bt I hav seen ppl do this
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Harsh Reply:
February 11th, 2010 at 8:11 am
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Ah ! one match i would like to remember for both gud n bad reasons , one match in which my hero dravid scored a pretty gud 77 but had no supporters, and in the end bhajjis ridiculous calls lead him to his dismissal
and the next day the match against aussies cancelled due to rain too 
but its the same here passion for cricket alive everytime, and for me too during this packing time for coll, mom constantly shouts at me to stop watching dravid or she will shoot him 
i am glad actually tht i could watch all the tests and watch dravid score some superb tons before heading off to coll 
but long way for india now 
lets see how it goes
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Harsh Reply:
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:09 pm
hahaha .. just a bad phase they are going through … Don’t worry we will bounce back pretty pretty soon
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Rinish Reply:
August 22nd, 2011 at 5:36 pm
pretty positive abt tht
its a knock on their head to know tht they need to be a bit more serious thts all 
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Harsh Reply:
August 22nd, 2011 at 5:41 pm
Sachin missed the century … That would have been a bit of the takeaway from the array of disappointments … But wasn’t to be …
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