The Pizzazzy

What a historic day? This day puts India in the world cricket history as the very first Champion of World TwentyTwenty Cricket. Amazing game and good cricket. We won against our archrival Pakistan.

Thanks to TwentyTwenty for rekindling my love for Cricket once again. But it is still limited to matches in which India is playing. And mostly for India Vs Pakistan.

Today’s match was worth a life time of cricket. The whole match was a roller coaster ride. Pakistan bowlers managed to restrict the Indian score to a 157 runs. Although it was a good score for twentytwenty format, anything can happen when India is playing against Pakistan. The match was very unpredictable.

Indian team had the game quite in control with an asking rate of 10.5 and going run rate at 6.5. And towards the end the pressure started building up within the Indian camp when the Pakistani Batsmen started hitting fours and sixes. But some quick wickets taken perfectly by Indian bowlers had the pressure mounting on Pakistan camp as well. And just when Pakistan thought they got the world cup we got our winning catch.

We lived through the pressure of seeing the game proceed towards losing it, and for the whole of the last 3 overs the pressure was too much to take. Heart beats racing and nail biting moments and then we started getting Pakistani wickets while Pakistani team started getting sixes and fours. The final catch.. oh what a moment it was!!! We practically thought Misbah had hit a winning six and realised that it was instead the winning catch by Shreeshanth.

We missed being in India on this day. Everywhere in India there would be fireworks and celebrations. On the screen the excitement of the win could be seen on the faces of the Indian team who kept screaming and hugging and falling… Amazing game. Immediately the phones started ringing and friends and families started calling. Its really is a great win. And everyone is individually a winner today.

Although it is difficult to forgive the disaster that happened in World Cup earlier this year. But every Indian is proud of our Cricket Team today. We did it.

PS: I just couldn’t resist writing a post on this historic event.

A truly proud Indian.

Had taken an off from work today. We got up really late, there’s nothing more relaxing than sleeping in till late. It was already 11 and over our usual morning cuppa we contemplated the load of work piled over the week.

Looking at Anand I gathered that even he wasn’t looking forward to any of those. So I ask Anand “What was your picture of married life?”

He became really excited and said “Both of us enjoying Cricket together, chatting about the Formula One, talking politics….” Oh bad this is getting worse. So I stop him. My urge to write the book “Why women love shopping and men love Cricket” is becoming stronger by the minute.

And then he asks the same to me, and I also gave my version “My picture had us having long extended talks, romantic dinners, doing things together” and as if it wasn’t enough I added “Simply being together” his expressions told me how simple it all sounded to him.

And then he said “haven’t we both seen the same picture of enjoying together”. “Well” I trailed “Your picture has F1, cricket and politics also”. And he does not quite get the problem. Looking at his disturbed face I almost mentally decided to show some more interest in the cricket test series going on now days. See I don’t even know which series it is.

I think this happens in most of the marriages both the sexes have different meaning of togetherness. And to tell you more, at that moment I flicked the channel and came across Martha Stewart show, introduction of the guest of the day. This particular scene caught my interest: A woman is introducing herself to 3 men and they are just looking through her and then she says “I drive a Ferrari” and all three of them jump up saying “You drive a Ferrari!!!”. So there you go, it took a Ferrari to get the attention of these three men inside the tube and one man outside the tube.
(Oh no girls don’t be disheartened it is only post marriage that they start enjoying Ferraris more..)

Okay let’s give the poor Ferrari a brake (oops break). I need to come back to the real picture of marriage and back to my weekly routine of laundry and cleaning. God, of all the people I am missing my maid.

Look at this illustration. Truly depicting the effect of Global warming on Earth. And a powerful message there for all of us to Act Now.