November 21, 2023
From the heights of hopes
and dreams to the depths of stress; India did not wish for, but what it feared,
happened. Team India, who played like
champions throughout the World Cup on home land, collapsed in the final (137)
in the face of Aussie's mind-boggling clinical fortitude and opener Travis
Head's century. In a repeat of 2003, Australia won the world title for the
sixth time when India bowed out. This is
India's second loss to Australia in the World Cup final. India's bid to make amends for its 2003 final
defeat proved futile. Score: India 240
in 50 overs. Australia 4-241 in 43 overs.
India; The name of the
unconquerable passion of the masses; and the country that never forgets...It
was not Indian wickets that fell at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad
Sunday, it's a bunch of nuts; tears are drops.
A game taught to slaves
by their white masters - so the 'slaves' have conquered the world. Not once; twice.... in 1983 and in 2011-
Kapil's 'Angels' in 83, Dhoni's in 2011. In between there were 3 decades of
preparations and preparations. In 2003,
when they reached the final and lost as runners-up (again to Australia); India
cried in pain deeper than today. Although the World Cup was lost between the
lips and the cup, this time India did a chariot race in the World Cup. Unbeaten to the finals.
“It's determination and
the drive to win that drives us forward” - this is what former Australian
captain Ricky Ponting said when asked about the secret to his record feat as a
captain who won two ODI World Cups. The
same success mantra has been implemented in Australian cricket for ages. It was their determination throughout the
tournament that led Australia to their sixth world title. Captain Pat Cummins and his team beat India
in the final by implementing the plans they had prepared without changing even
though they knew that the gallery packed with one and a half million Indian
fans was against them.
Don't despair; this
(single) day will also pass. They did
not change anything in one day. Not a
World Cup!
Mekha C. M, Assistant
Professor of Commerce, Al Shifa College of Arts and Science, Kizhattur, Perinthalmanna
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