Recently, I was just scanning through some of my old mails (actually I was searching for an important mail) and I came across this very funny mail which was doing its rounds after India won the T-20 World cup in 2007. The excerpts from the mail are:
“In the post-match presentation, Ravi Shastri to Dhoni “Congratulations to you and the whole Indian team for winning this world cup. You guys have produced a great nail baiting show… and deserve the cup. We welcome you to share the joy with us.”
Dhoni “Thanks Ravi, the match was pretty close encounter between two great teams and our guys held the nerve to win the game and cup.”
Shastri, “Who was the main reason for this thrilling victory?”
Dhoni, “All us played well but I would say the main reason and man behind this great victory is Ajit Agarkar”
Shocked Shastri…, “Agarkar? How come Agarkar… he didn’t play in the final”…
Dhoni, “Yeaph… that’s the reason we won this low scoring match… if he could have bowled in final, Pakistan would have scored the winning runs from his 4 overs.. Plus this time he managed to bowl badly in the earlier stages only so we could kick on his back side at that stage only. Normally he bowls ok in earlier stages and gives away the match at the crucial times. If he could manage to bowl better against New Zealand, we would have won that game but I am sure we would have lost next two games. Actually it was also our game plan to instigate New Zealand to hit Ajit as hard as possible. We returned that favor by carrying them in SFs with us.
Shastri, “ok… fine, to whom you want to thank for winning this final…”
Dhoni, “The team doctor deserves the credit… he really helped us to prepare for the final…”
Shastri, “Is it??…. How the doctor helped to prepare for the final…
he is not the coach or physical trainer…Dhoni… I am getting confusion”
Dhoni, “Ravi… nothing to confuse… he has failed Sehwag in the fitness test according to our game plan and we managed to pick a good playing team.. Thus we weigh the doctor’s contribution as very high…
infact it’s better than our team effort in the field… our game tactic worked well”
Shastri, “To whom you want to dedicate this World Cup?”
Dhoni, “The entire team including myself wants to dedicate this cup to Sachin, Dravid and Ganguly…”
Shastri, “I really really appreciate you… it’s good that you have so much respect to the seniors….and you ….” Dhoni interrupts….
“Ravi… let me complete… India would have exited in the Group matches if they decided to play in the series… thank god they opted out and we managed to play cricket and won the cup..”
Shastri, “The match was thrilling encounter and was concluded by a single mistake of Misbah… Isn’t it? ”
Dhoni, “Yes you are right, after lofting the ball Misbah told me that he has send the ball to where there was no one….but he didn’t know that there is a Malayali in every corner of the world…. This single mistake has coasted the game and won the cup…”
Well, I thought of putting up this mail in my blog or rather I felt like sharing this with all of you because the next ODI World cup is round the corner (around a month to go) and I am just wondering what type of mails will be circulated after this World Cup??? Will they be the sarcastic mails which were famous during India’s ouster from the 2007 ODI World Cup where India were eliminated because they lost to Bangladesh and each and every Indian was pissed by their performance. Or will there be mails which were circulated in 2007 itself, but after the victorious Indian team came home from the inaugural T-20 World Cup???
I seriously wish Team India wins this time. This might be Sachin’s last World Cup. The little genius has achieved everything in the cricketing world except for winning the World Cup for India. The final is on 2nd April (1 day after my Birthday) at Wankhede – the place which Sachin calls as his home (very rightly so). Just imagine the emotions running through everyone at Wankhede on 2nd April if India wins the cup here. Dhoni will be called the luckiest captain India ever had and his name will be engraved in the History of Indian Cricket…
I would like to end this blog by wishing Team India all the best for the World Cup. I hope my birthday continues into day 2 celebrations with India winning the cup. What DADA couldn’t achieve in 2003, I hope Dhoni achieves in 2011. Though I love DADA more than Dhoni, but I can say Dhoni should win World Cup 2011 for SACHIN, SACHIN & SACHIN!!!!!!!!
Hiren Rathod.