A min more and the first ball would be bowled in the country shocked and ripped by ghastly terror strikes. And amazingly or to my horrors, the mind is still stuck in the 11/26. And the game is not untouched by the happenings either.
9.25am The two teams line up for a moment's silence to remember the tragic losses of the Mumbai attacks
Everything being written about cricket in India post 11/26 involves a mention of the event. The way security has changed, the way the crowds would be keeping away from the game, the way the English have come back to play the Tests, the way IPL and money factor was attributed to the return, some murmur in the neibhouring lands about the double standards over the cricket in India and Pakistan. Everything has a mention of 11/26.
Imagine what Sachin Tendulkar would be going through, a city in which he was born, brought up and lived his life in, was attacked and he must be for sure having one part of his mind in the Mumbai events. So even if we see a below par Indian performance nobody should blame the team. Given the situations, the mood and mindset is just not there.
But since the game has resumed and we being the religious followers of the only ‘TRUE RELIGION’ of INDIA, lets support it in whatever way we can. But it would be very difficult for us to look solely on cricket and not the backdrop of the events. Just too tough. Imagine the mindset of cricketers, one eye on the ball and other one outside the stadium.
God Bless the INDIAN cricket, INDIAN terrain and the country along with its proud citizens.
Let the spirit of humanity and the game resume and triumph …..
