ICC Cricket WorldCup 2011 : India Pakistan Match related tweets/messages/statuses collected!

1. Kya BAAT Hai ? 20-Mar-2011 : India Beat 1975,1979 WC winner. 24-Mar-2011 : India Beat 1987,1999,2003,2007 WC winner. 30-Mar-2011 : India Beat 1992 WC winner. Only 1996 WC winner Left............ -- Punit Hadani

2.Breaking News:

Now Indian PM is thinking of Inviting the Srilankan PM,
and the Srilankan PM has Switched Off His Mobile..... -- Jigar Jakasania

3. Wow 1983 calendar & 2011 calendar r same..
Check it...so as like as 1983, INDIA will win the world cup again..... -- Punit Hadani

4. I wish hanuman ji pura lanka ache se jalaye hote to, cup k liye 2 din wait nahi karna padta :P - Shyamli Singh

5. Only Sachin has to decide that when he will throw his wicket..bcz Pak doesn't have the strength to take his wicket... -- Nikunj Jani

6. INDIA HAI SABKI AANKHO TARA, AFRIDI KE BAJ GAYE BARA, BURI TARAH SE MATCH HAI HARA, AB AGLA SHIKAR SANGAKARA. INDIA ROCKS BOLO TARA RARA -- Punit Hadani



7. Semi Final jit gaye, lekin Final abi baki he...

Pakistani ko hara dia, lekin LANKAN abi baki he... -- Mitesh Rathore

8. last night I got many SMS for happy diwali......... i said wait ... abhi lanka jakey ravan jalanedo....... pehle dusserah baad main diwali.... go india JAI SHREE RAAM.... -- Kavan Dave

9. Sheela humari jawaan hai,
Munni humari badnaam hai..
sunn le beta afridi
Jitne runs Sachin ke hain,
Utne square feet ka toh Pakistan hai. -- Darsh Hathi

10. Can anyboday give answer why ICC has arranged WC final on Saturday and not on Sunday....................? Rajni's Robot is on Sunday. -- Hiren Parmar

11. Malinga…We'll shout your name when u'll deliver for “Mumbai Indians”….but today we are “Only Indians” -- Arjav Acharya

12. Kisine sahi bola hai... Motera, Mohali and now Mumbai with MahendraSingh  -- Punit Hadani


13. Why sachin got the man of the match???? he scored 85 runs in 5 inngs with just averg of 17???????? ;) -- Vishal Mehra

14. શનિવાર કા દિન, હનુમાનજી કા વાર, ફિર હોગા રામ કા રાવન કા યુદ્ધ, રાવન કે ૧૦ સર કા ફિર હોગા દશેરા, એન્જોય દશેરા ઓન સેટરડે વિથ ટ્રેડિશનલ ગુજરાતી ફાફડા-જલેબી -- Divyesh Goswami

15. M' is lucky 4 india
M - ms dhoni
M-mirpur india beat bangladesh
M-m chinnaswami stadium beat ireland
M-ma chidambaram stadium beat west indies
...M-motera beat australia
M-mohali beat pak
now next stop
M-MUMBAI- -- Sunil Patel

16. Sachin ka catch chhodne ka anjaam pata hai kya hai !! Match me haar aur thukai alag se... Aur agar usi Sachin ne tumhe thoka to Match me jit alag se aur man of the match alag se.. -- Parthiv Patel



17. Thanks team India for giving Sir Sachin Tendulkar a chance to add their name to world cup victory nd also for 100th 100 in world cup final in his homeground!
Best of luck,Sir nd the team. -- Dr. Pathik Thakkar

18. Afridi, you were excellent. You showed grace and dignity. You won our hearts. Be proud of what you have done in this worldcup. You played well bt India played better :-) -- Priyesh Solanki

19. A TIGHT SLAP on d face of jinnahs,hafiz sayeeds,jehadis,politicians,hindutva saffronists,pseudo secularists-in contest of pride against Pakistan; we have ZAHEER, MUNAF n PATHAN (in fielding) contributing their blood & sweat for team India. (and all 3 played from Gujarat!) that's real victory of our colorful nation against '2 nation theory'.that's d real flavor of India.YE MERA INDIAAAH :) -- Jay Vasavada

20. To all Indians, Saturday(2 April,2011) is the Day of Shree Hanumaanji ! You all are invited to attend 'Lanka Dahan' from 2-30 PM Onwards at Vankhede stadium,Mumbai. Jay Shree Ram! -- Dharmesh Patel

21. ''Is there any direct train to LAHOR from MOHALI ???
I need 11 local 3rd class tickets ....!'':-D
- Afridi.. -- Dirgh Dholakia

22. Confusion !!! Who should be given man (men) of the match award ? Sachin or pak. fielders ? -- Sanjay Jadav

23. Baap baap hota hai, beta beta hota hai - Ankit Patel


24. Sachin is playing on "GOD-MODE"... -- Parthiv Patel

25. Dont worry guys. Nehra is there still there. Waise bhi usse bowling ke liye to team mein nahin liya hai :P -- Kapil Devani

26. દબંગ સ્ટાઇલ મેં ભારત પાકિસ્તાન સે....’’મોહાલી મેં હમ ઇતને ચૌક્કે-છગ્ગે મારેંગે કિ કન્ફ્યુઝ હો જાઓગે કિ બાઉન્ડ્રી પે ખડે હો કિ બોર્ડર પે...!’’ - Jaimin Dave

27. ધોની -> આફ્રિદી ઔર મિસબાહ સે ડર નહીં લગતા સાહબ, નેહરા ઔર મુનાફ સે લગતા હૈ! - Paresh Bhavsar.

28. આફ્રિદી : હમ સચિન કો કિસી હાલ મેં ૧૦૦ નહીં બનાને દેંગે.
મિસબાહ : મગર હમ કૈસે રોકેંગે, વો તો ગજબ કે ફોર્મ મેં હૈ.
આફ્રિદી : હમ ૧૦૦ કે અંદર હી ઓલ આઉટ હો જાએંગે...! -- Paresh Bhavsar

29. દેશ પ્રત્યે નો પ્રેમ જ્યારે ક્રિકેટ મૅચ હોય ત્યારે જ જોવા મળે છે.
પણ જ્યારે કોઈ કૉમ વચ્ચે કે કોઈ કારણોસર દંગો કે બબાલ થાય ત્યારે આમાંથી જ અમુક લોકો દેશ ની સંપતી ને નુકસાન કરે છે, ત્યારે ઍમને ખબર નથી કે પ્રેમ આમાં પણ બતાવી શકાય. -- Navrang Oza

30. Girls..IF a boy tells u that "I can do anything for you"..ask him not to watch Ind-Pak match today...If he does this for u...marry him blindly - Arjav Acharya

31. Girl : 'What can you do for me?'
    Boy  : 'Anything'
    Girl : 'Come to my home on 30th march n 2nd april'
    Boy  : 'Didi, ghar pe jaao, pappa raah dekh rahe hai...' -- Tanmay Vora



32. Semi final Teams:
Came From Group A:
1)Pakistan
2)Newzealand
3)Srilanka
.........
Came from Group B:
India
Jhund me toh kutte aate hain
ek sher hi akela aata hai! -- Ankit Patel

33. It's an Asia cup, not a world cup - 3 out 4 teams are Asian in semi-finals. - Jay Vora

ICC Cricket WorldCup 2011 : India-Australia Quarter Final Match Experience : March 24,2011

Akash Oza and I witnessed one of the best matches of ICC worldcup 2011 which ended up in the close finish. The match was full of milestones for different players.

The India Vs. Australia match was quite equivalent οf Brazil vs Germany οr Italy vs Argentina іn a football World Cup a high voltage contest. Sο team winning thе toss was lіkеlу tο hаνе bat initially аnd рlасе thе opposition under pressure bу putting up hugе score οn thе board.

Its India vs Australia quarter final world cup 2011 οn motera pitch ahmedabad guys, and I was among those lucky ones who could manage the tickets.

We all were kееnlу awaiting GOD's 100th century(please don't ask me who the GOD is, shame oon you if you ask so).

An epic battle waѕ expected between four time world champion Australia аnd one οf thе tournament favorite India wіth both team.

Finally, we reached at 1PM sharp and took a seat. The Sun was very much bright and we faced HOT waves badly.

Few metres away, there was a media box and guest room from where commentators and guests watch the game LIVE. We just had reached and were waiting for the toss and I suddenly moved around and saw Little Master Sunil Gavaskar chewing tobacco(Akash said its Manekchand or Rajnigandha). I stood up and pointed with a shout 'Hey Sunny, ho.....' and the whole stand went crazy. We got a good response from him and in no time, we saw Tom Moody, Ravi Shashtri, Sanjay Manjrekar, Ian chappel. Meanwhile, toss was won by Ricky Ponting and we were supposed bowl.. and came Sunil Shetty and appeared in guest box with an unknown(atleast for us) guest.

The crowd was cheering up for Sunil Shetty and were waiting for the match to begin. And I tell you, they watched the whole match live and we used to cheer every wicket of Australia. People came in various attires and most commonly Indian team t-shirts to add some spice to the game and the atmosphere as a result.

And Finally, the match started with new ball given to R Ashwin. As the match progresses, the crowd was cheering every ball and shouting many slogans like 'Sachinnn...Sachin.. tap tap tap', 'Jitega bhai jitega...India Jitega', 'Ponting haay haay', Loosers, cheaters', 'India...India... tap tap tap', and many 'oooooooooo......uuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhh' and showing finers and hands to Aus cricketers when they come up to Indian batsmen while bowling.

In my opinion, the match turned slighly to India when Zaheer got the wicket of Mr. Cricket (Michael Hussey) who is an outstanding cricketer of recent times.

Meanwhile, we saw DADA, Saurav Ganguly in the media box for the commentary.

The Warne moment

“Sachin Tendulkar brought the full house to its feet by coming on to bowl the 30 over. Having bowled a full toss on his second ball, Tendulkar might have given the Aussies a false sense of comfort. His next delivery was a perfect slow leg break, straight out of Shane Warne's book. The flight was perfect, luring Ponting to come out, but then it dipped and then it turned square, leaving Ponting, the Indians and the 45,000 fans gasping. “

 

But Ricky pointing was very much determined and rock solid on ground and continued attacking despite of falls of wickets at the other end. He completed his century in the 45th over. He is the only man next to the GOD in most runs in ODI(nearly 5000 runs). Reaching to another century is no doubt a big milestone for him as he is moving near to the GOD. Ponting countered him by shuffling to his right and working the ball with the turn. When he was tired, he had to face the reverse-swing from Zaheer. In the middle, he picked Ashwin's carom ball, and mixed caution and aggression against Yuvraj Singh. 

A Little note: In the break of AUS-ZIM match, I got a golden chance to meet Legendary Gujarati Music composer shree Gaurang Vyas.

We finally got a target of 261. The first over started with a lot of woooos and uuuuhss as we got Viru little stumbled upon for an appeal of getting caught behind to Lee. It was truly a dream to see the GOD batting like a machine and playing orthodox copybook shots including the viru-related uppercut which went for four to Shaun Tait. In the very next over, Lee bowled 150.0 KPH bowl to the GOD and he drove straight to Cameroon white for no run. Additionally, almost every bowler bowled a wide with same style!!!

The GOD completed his half century in style and sooner was out. He reached to a milestone of 18000 untouchable runs.

Indians played well with the bat and we lost wickets but only with batsmen contributing well to the total maintaining the average of almost 5. Gautam Gambhir reached to the milestone of 3900 ODI runs.

Yuvraj completed his 8000 ODI runs.

India required 93 runs from 101 balls at that stage when we had lost 4 wickets, but they slipped further into the abyss as MS Dhoni got out after looking edgy. He nearly got involved in a run out, had a big swing and a miss against Lee and perished next delivery, cutting to point to leave India needing 74 from 75 balls. It was then that Yuvraj decided to play the World Cup innings of his life.

The batting Powerplay was the final hurdle, but Raina, who gave admirable support to Yuvraj after Dhoni's exit, walloped the first ball from Lee over long-on and Australia's fight evaporated with that shot. Till the end, both the left handers played their role and made India win the match. Look at the way Yuvraj roared after the winning shot. Now we will play against our most awaited opposiotion Pakistan at Mohali for 2nd semifinal.

Harikari of the day

Two overs, four balls, three run-out chances. India needed 94 with six still standing, Ricky Ponting, who could hit a bulls eye wearing a pirate's patch a year ago, squandered the first juicy chance. Yuvraj Singh tapped Mitchell Johnson to the leg side, straight towards Ponting at midwicket. Yuvraj was disinclined to sprint, but his partner Gautam Gambhir was already out off the blocks. He was turned away by Yuvraj, was left stranded out of the crease, but Ponting who failed to pick up the ball cleanly, and when he did, his throw missed by inches.

Two balls later there was more. Yuvraj played all over a fastish David Hussey delivery, and the ball rolled towards the unmanned leg side. Gambhir screamed for a single. Yuvraj, disinterested initially, started and stopped. Gambhir twisted and turned. But Brad Haddin, who had rushed to collect the ball threw to the wrong end. Gambhir, who was left stranded for the second time, walked back to safety. Amazingly the duo had another absolutely identical brain fade off the very next delivery. Gambhir was left stranded and fuming, and this time the Aussies made sure they were not going to let the Indian pair escape. Gambhir walked off shaking his head in disgust and mouthing abuse that would have horrified a few million parents watching with offspring for company.

My Personal note:

It seemed like AUS bowlers had no way to get our left handers out.Even Gautam Gambhir was a run out. :)

Thanks,

Jay Vora.

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I don't Want to be Sachin - Harsha Bhogle after Ind-SA WC2011 Match

Remember when you failed an examination. How many people recall that, your class, friends, relatives? You failed to make it to the IITs or IIMs. Who remembers. How many times have you had the feeling of being the best in your class, school , university, state….., you failed to get a visa stamped this quarter…, you missed a promotion this year…, how did it feel when you dad told you in your early twenties that you are good for nothing…..and now your boss tell you the same...



You keep introspecting and go into a shell when people most of whom don’t matter a dime in your life criticize you, back bite you, make fun of you. You are left sad and shattered and you cry when your own kin scoffs at you. You say I am feeling low today. It takes a lot from us to come out of these everyday situations and move on. A lot??? really?



Now here’s a man standing on the third man boundary in the last over of a world cup match. The bowler just has to bowl sensibly to win this game. What the man at the boundary sees is 4 rank bad bowls bowled without any sense of focus, planning or regret. India loses, yet again in those circumstances when he has done just about everything right.

He does not cry. Does not show any emotion. Just keeps his head down and leaves the field. He has seen these failures for 22 years now. And not just his class, relatives, friends but the whole world has seen these failures. We are too immature to even imagine what goes on in that mind and heart of his. That’s why I would never want to be Sachin.



True, he has single handedly lifted to moods of this entire nation umpteen number of times. He has been an inspiration to rise above our mediocrity. Nobody who has ever lifted the willow even comes close to this man’s genius. His dedication and metal strength is unparallel. This is specially for those people who would have made fun of him again last night when India lost. They are people who are mediocre in their own lives. Who just scoff at others to create cheap fun. Who have lived in a small hole throughout their lives and thought they have seen the oceans.



Think about the man himself. He is 37 years of age. He has been playing almost non stop for 22 years. The way he was running and diving around the field last night would have put 22 year olds to shame. The way he played the best opening quickies in the world was breathtaking. He just keeps getting better which is by the way humanly impossible. Its not for nothing that people call him GOD.

But still I don’t want to be in those shoes. We struggle in keeping our monotonous lives straight, lives which affect a limited number of people. Imagine what would be the magnitude of the inner struggle for him, pain both mental and physical, tears that have frozen with time, knees and ankles and every other joint in the body that is either bandaged or needs to be attended to every night, eyes that don’t sleep before a big game, bats that have scored 99 international tons and still see expectations from a billion people.



And he just converts those expectations into reality. We watch in awe, feel privileged.

Well I think its time that his team realizes that enough is enough. They have an obligation, not towards their country alone but towards sachin. They need to win this one for him. Stay assured that he himself will still deliver and leave no stone unturned to make sure India wins this cup.

This is not just a game, and he is not just a sportsman. Its much more than this. Words fail here.....





--- HARSHA BHOGLE