And humanity takes a back seat

I do not want to review the match. India wins by one run. They gave the game their best shot. And they won the game of cricket. That is all that matters. Yes, mind games won. Yes, dirty strategy over took the gentleman's game. But the game of cricket is what matters and India made sure that they played well and they played like proud cricketers, proud Indians.



I know, it is disheartening. It is mighty disappointing. It is so crappy that we might even question the sanity of humanity. But what matters is that Indians played fair and they played like true gentlemen.

Virat Kohli rubbed off tears from his eyes when the score board read 121. The sight of him actually losing it and bursting out like that brought out immense feelings in me and I know this is the same for many Indians and many lovers of fair cricket.

"Overall disappointed, but not because of cricket. We can't have any control over other teams and their wins or strategy. Nut over all, I am quite satisfied with our performance," said M.S. at the presentation. I know what he meant. He meant the wonderful display of filthy strategy by the infamous Pakistanis.

India will take their flight back to India keeping in mind that Australia, Pakistan and India all have 2 wins each in the super eights and they did not make it ONLY because of uncontrollable factors and not because of cricket.

Yuvraj Singh was awarded the Man of the Match for his 21 runs and 2 wickets.


No matter what happens now, I am proud to be an Indian. I am proud of our fair ways. I am proud of the cricket that we played. Nothing else matters.

With a mighty heavy heart,

Aishwarya Kumar.