Chak de India... India chucks Australia out

This is a post delayed by a couple of days on account of some inadvertant personal emergencies. In fact, I have not run in the last three days - had to cancel my long run yesterday and getting out of bed this morning was a non-starter. Well, there's always tomorrow :o)

(Photo credits AFP, cricinfo.com)
Much has already been written about the Indian resurgence in the Twenty20 Cricket World Cup and its match against Australia on Saturday. Check this post: Historical Won for Team India. In a nutshell, the Indian team posted a total of 188 for Australia to chase. Australia with its great reputation of winning all the major cricketing tournaments in the last few years failed to make anything of this match, losing only their second match.

India was all swagger and attitude - Sreesanth's glares at the end of each delivery; his shies at the stumps for no apparent reason at all; Harbhajan's ebulient fists pumping in the air; Sreesanth's drumming the ground when he bowled Hayden out and finally Yuvraj's yell/scream and body language after he took a catch...even Joginder Sharma jumped for joy after bowling Brett Lee... All these scenes are a candid reminder that the Indian cricket team is full of piss and vinegar.

India play Pakistan tonight for the inaugral Twenty20 World Cup. In the cricketing world, there is no greater rivalry, no more emotional game than this. Today, fans on both sides will bite their nails down to the cuticles..including this one. Fingers crossed again.