We are the Champs!!

Wow! India won the T20 World Cup! And what a nerve racking match that was! I am the last person on earth to watch a cricket match, and with the kind of frenzy with which I actually saw this one, forget it! But it was after all the World Cup Final, and that too against Pakistan! 3 hrs of cricket that just could not be missed!

And finally, everybody in India is happy. Our cricketers are back to being the demigods that they always become after any victory, and the public is back to eulogising them. I so wish this fervour, this devotion was not as ephemeral as it always proves to be though...a loss in a match is all it takes to turn the tables. The fans who are going gaga over Dhoni and his spectaular play today are those very protesters of yesterday who had created such a furore at his residence when India had lost the World Cup, rather miserably as it indeed was. Public memory is'nt short, its non existent. It lives in today and yesterday never existed.

Well, well, well...all said and done, and all that will be said and done tomorrow, the wonderful fact of the day is that India is the World Champion! And its raining cash for all the players! 2 million dollars! A crore for Yuvraj Singh, flats by Sahara! Pour in a couple more lakhs by the respective State Govts and you have a team that not only won the Cup and numerous accolades, but also a spilling bank balance! Phew!
When you're a sportsperson, more particularly a cricketer in India, either you have it all, or you have nothing at all. And for today, we have it all! Chak de India...that's a call every Indian heart is resounding with today! And Chak diya it is!