Historical Day for India

i remember the day i went to get Ghee from the Kaushik Dairy back my place on 15th i guess. body building is Bhai's hobby and that day he was quite happy as akhil kumar had qualified for QF in bantomweight. I informed him about Jitender Kumar (who) had also qualified. He was almost jumping by them. As i was turning back, he told me that on 18th we can have a medal in wrestling. he said"tagda chora sae"(guy is strong). i just could not find his schedule on Doordarshan that day. But wow.. today he has won bronze . thats great news. well i dont want to comment on my hunch as it went pretty badly with akhil. he had already beaten world no 2 @ olympics qualifier and here he had beaten no1. so he was a strong contender. almost had iconic stature. anyway he succumbed under pressure and he must had felt like zidane. but we have another boxer in SF now. that big news. it sounds great that 4 medal hopes were from haryana (nazafgarh is mentally haryana lol with strong roots n same tongue).

but the point i am makin is that this is the beginning of a new era in indian sports.  one can compare it 1983's WC which changed the perception about cricket in India. Its a very very happy day in my life for sure. and jitender fought bravely. i am happy with that. The thing is aint the ring.. its the play.. lol.. 

this bravery is something new with Indian sportsmanship. there r things which change generation by generation only. and we are witnessing this only. I still remember (vividly infact) when Yuvraj hit 84 @ debut and the way Zak bowled Stephen Waugh off a yorker @ crucial time. It was a big moment when we saw that some guys are taking initiative. they dont fear. same goes with NatWest when Indians overcame the fear of winning. lol.. 

now this fear of winning which has been a regular feature of all Indian sportsmen.. akhil is latest casualty. these things change with generations. one major difference with this generation is that it doesn't feel bad about itself. I believe that is the biggest cause of fear of winning. You dont think urself as a winner and just that's why u fear winning. its all in subconscious. this generation doesn't have this problem and thats why i am in favour of young team for 2011 WC. we have seen what does this fear do in 2003 final. that was the only problem from my point of view. you have believe first ad then only you can perform. simple.

coming to cricket: India somehow could not manage to loose today. lol.. but from my point of view.. we have big positive from today. if that doesn't make me optimistic then i am still not all that pessimist about the series. how they'll play spin.. was the biggest question.. i have some idea now.. Gambhir know what mendis bowls.. today we saw Virat Kohli could also read him. It always seem to me that Raina has no sort of game plan thing so he should sit out next match. Dhoni should bat up the order so could Badrinath. i am always a fan of him since i saw him playing against RSA'A' for India'A'. he faced a world class attack and he knew how to pace his innings. kohli was beaten only once by mendis and badrinath was never beaten infact. murali has always seemed pale to mendis. Dhoni can manage mendis we know. yuvraj is neva gonna learn playing spin we know that also. but we know if he applies himself then it doesn't matter where or whom he is playing. so we have somewhat predictability associated with things. the batting problems of sri lanka are not visible while winning. if indian pace attack bowls well like today, india is surely a match though sri lanka has slight advantage. we'll see.. we'll see.. but zak was vintage zak today. but he needs to be consistent. i think he is going to bowl well in the series. it seems that he is in form. we'll see.. we'll see...

yesterday a sms poll in cnn ibn showed that 59% of people are saying kashmir shud be set free.. it seems they are not aware of the exact situation. but it tells a point of changing mindset of india.. who is not insecure.. we are turning into a confident nation.. cheers guys...