The great game of cricket

[vvvslaxman]

Nidhahas trophy was supposed to be an alternative medicine for those having insomnia. An average tournament with average teams has done this. Not many paid attention to this tournament at the start. First Mushfiqur Rahim woke up the contest with a scintillating chase followed by Mahamdulla's epic. This final was icing on the cake. Looking at the videos of Indian fans reacting after the last ball all over India (watching on big screen, small TV, iphone..) I  feel we have to appreciate the great sport that has been providing joy to everyone including the poor and the rich. Anytime  I see memes that say  "we only care about cricketers we don't care about XXXX", I always say one sport doesn't have to die to grow another sport. Cricket is part of our life. No other sport can bring so much more joy than Cricket. Of course, there is a caveat. Your team has to be on the winning side to enjoy cricket to the fullest :)

[coffee_rules]

Exciting games can happen amongst evenly matched teams. It could be strong teams as well as mediocre ones. I guess it is latter in case of this Nirodhas trophy.

[vvvslaxman]

7 minutes ago, coffee_rules said:

Exciting games can happen amongst evenly matched teams. It could be strong teams as well as mediocre ones. I guess it is latter in case of this Nirodhas trophy.

Actually, bowling was not that bad, to be honest in the death overs. All 3 occasions. Batting was just too good. DK was against a bowler who had 3 overs 13 runs. He just shuffled his batting stance around throughout the over to manufacture shots.