Sri Lanka won against Aussies yesterday. India has lost its chance to the Finals in the Australian Tri-series. So luck has run out eventually. Or the law of averages has caught up.
This time the discussion of points table, net run rates, 3 possibilities etc... made me nostalgic. This is a hark back from the late 80s and most of the 90s. Our team then used to end up in this situation quite often.
I mean things used to be so funny, the newspaper would read something like this:
"To qualify, India needs Zimbabwe to beat Australia in league A matches. In league B, South Africa needs to beat Namibia to ensure that the overall net run rate of Zimbabwe puts it on the 4th position ahead of Australia. In case of Australia winning, the net run rate of its winning should be lower than 0.436 to ensure that India still has a chance of making it to the next round. In that case though, South Africa should win by a net run rate of at least 3.14159265.
With a number so unique many Indian fans are first running around the ground perimeter followed by the running from the perimeter to the pitch and back. However, because the grounds are generally oval in shape, they are able to achieve a ratio of either 2.96845 or 3.32338. This has put them in a worry on what exactly the outcome would be....."
OK, the second paragraph was a little exaggerated. But I am sure the first paragraph reads much like it used to read back then....
Till the next series, lets pray our players get all the team spirit back and form back and get back to winning more by practice than by luck.
Adios!
4 comments:
Good post!!!!!! working good as an Ngo in India.
Good one there Siddharth
They need to pick themselves up. In this big a nation we surely have all the vibes going for them. They need to turn this around and come out good. No other option is acceptable...
Haha! The good old days of Indian cricket, when we used to live in constant hope!
@Shirin - Thanks
@ Aarif - Thanks!
@ Diwakar - I agree. Thanks!
@Paddy - Yes it used to be weird then.
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