Comments on: World Champions!

By: amreekandesi

amreekandesi — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 03:48:52 +0000

Thanks Madhuri. And as much as i personally would like other sports to start getting their share of attention, it is a fact that the support base of cricket far outnumbers other sports. Till that is the case, hockey and football (and the others) will just have to come up with some really great achievements to get their dues.
Already we have Sania going strong, the Nehru Cup and the Asia Hockey cup victories. So things look good.

By: madhuri

madhuri — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:21:14 +0000

Nice post. Both sides played very well and I am happy that we won. I am also happy that we obtained a good Captain for team India in this process. But the reasonable part of me hopes that Indian fans remember this win and the next time we lose (as it happens in sports sometimes), they don’t go around burning effigies and pelting the player’s houses.
I am a bit sad too that the Indian Hockey team did so well in the Asia Cup and won it but none of the players were adorned with cars or cash, we do have a lot of double standards regarding sports. Anyways i am glad to see that for now i have something to tell my Korean colleague who had sometime back asked me why India having such a huge population did so poorly in sports. Not any more….not any more.

By: amreekandesi

amreekandesi — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:04:38 +0000

Error in the post duely corrected.
We had said Shoaib Akhtar when we meant Shahid Afridi.

By: amreekandesi

amreekandesi — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:02:35 +0000

Thanks for pointing that out Prerna. Silly me..writing Shahid as Shoaib
And yes, even i feel a little sorry for Misbah. He really single handedly took the game away from India. Wonder what he’d be going through.

By: pr3rna

pr3rna — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:19:26 +0000

The other Shoaib was Shahid Afridi.
Pakistani players are normally well behaved and they do remember to be respectfull when they talk to the seniors.This is a subcontinent thing and we should be proud of it.
Nice post.I feel sad for Misbah. He played so well all through the series.