Yes. It is going to be an early flight

Last few days were highly disappointing. Although in the last blog I had talked about India coming back home earlier than expected, deep down I hoped that a miracle would happen. Well, it did not happen and now India find themselves out of the World Cup along with Pakistan. I dint really expect India to win the World Cup, but going out in the firsrt round!!! Oh, it is so depressing.
Having said that, it was also disappointing to see the extreme reactions of the fans. After all it is just a game and we were not exactly the number one team in the world. We have a bunch of extremely talented individuals in the team, but we are never seen as a talented team. The only thing our cricket team is consistant in is being inconsistant. That is because all the talent in the team is not channelled regularly into each match. When that happens regularly, you have a talented team. We must also realise the enormous pressure the team is under. Agreed we played pathetically against Bangladesh and that was a game we should have won. But i dont think the loss to Sri Lanka was a surprise. It was probably too much of a pressure on each person. There are talks of widespread changes in the team. That is probably not the right solution. I personally feel that this was the best team that we had at this point and due to the overconfidence and lack of preperation for that one match against Bangladesh, we are out of the tournament.
Lot has been written about how the World Cup will be affected economically because of India's exit. But ultimately it is all about the game and not the economics. Lot of the teams are playing excellent cricket and I think there are a lot of excellent cricket matches to look forward to. Of course a lot of so called fans watch cricket only when India plays.For those folks I think this is the end of the World Cup. A couple of weeks before the world cup there was this big article in a paper that looked forward to a particular game in the Super 8's. There was talk about a record crowd, the most anticipated game in the world cup, huge sponsorship deals etc... for this match. Guessed which one it was? Well, it was the India-Pakistan match in the Super 8's. :). Now who will be playing on that day? Bangladesh and Ireland. Good Luck to everyone who spent money for anything related to this match...

For a genuine cricket fan there is lot more to look forward to in this World Cup. So lets overcome our disappointment over India's exit and enjoy the good cricket that is in store for us.