Champions return back to their home

[Ankit_sharma03]

 

[Ankit_sharma03]

 

 

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[Ankit_sharma03]

 

 

 

[Forever Indian]

Great scenes 

[Ankit_sharma03]

 

[neel roy]

Guys see this. Hilarious the whole story behind the test series. Ashwin and Sridhar. Its in Tamil but with subtitles. The funniest thing Sridhar said was when Ashwin bowled in first 40 mins in Melbourne and the ball was turning his first thought was how will Pant keep against Ashwin lol.. 

 

https://youtu.be/juZ3z8SH67w

[Ankit_sharma03]

 

[BacktoCricaddict]

Awesome!  They deserve every bit of adulation they get. 

 

A couple of days of this and then it's time to peel away from the adulation and distractions, especially from the press.  Hope they have been mentored over and over again that the same press that is putting them on a pedestal today will roast them after a couple of struggles. 

 

There is an analogy from American college football (CFB).  Very frequently, the guy who wins the Heisman trophy (best player in CFB) belongs to one of the teams that plays in the playoff games (SF and F).  The Heisman is given a week or two before the playoffs and these guys are pulled in a 100 different directions.  Ceremonies, celebrations, press conferences, sponsorship dealers ... etc etc.  And typically, the Heisman winner will have a letdown in the playoffs - after all he is 20-22 yrs old and it is hard to stay focused with the whole world wanting a piece of you. 

 

These guys - especially the young crown-prince types - Siraj, Sundar, Gill - are going to have to work hard to stay focused or have some family members buffer them from the outside world.  This young team has shown how well they can handle adversity.  Now, can they handle success? 

 

PS: This is the time they need a Kumble and not a Shastri 

Edited January 21, 2021 by BacktoCricaddict

[Norman]

Its like we won the freakin world cup. 

 

Yeah I know its as big as that. 

[Ankit_sharma03]

36 minutes ago, Norman said:

Its like we won the freakin world cup. 

 

Yeah I know its as big as that. 

 

For me its better.....for me cant say for someone else

[gakgupta]

5 hours ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

 

 

who says test cricket is dead...

look at the adulation & love test cricket captain is getting

[Serpico]

4 hours ago, neel roy said:

Guys see this. Hilarious the whole story behind the test series. Ashwin and Sridhar. Its in Tamil but with subtitles. The funniest thing Sridhar said was when Ashwin bowled in first 40 mins in Melbourne and the ball was turning his first thought was how will Pant keep against Ashwin lol.. 

 

https://youtu.be/juZ3z8SH67w

did they talk about the catch drops?

[YCCC]

 Not much social distancing going on!

[coffee_rules]

5 hours ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

 

 

If you see the end of Aus 2nd innings in Brisbane, Ajinkya asked the umpire for the ball and gave it to Siraj. He is a people's captain.

[neel roy]

1 hour ago, Serpico said:

did they talk about the catch drops?

Lol yes. First thing. Sridhar said i thought I have lost my job. Shastri was on floor wallowing when Mayank dropped Paine

[sage]

i assume the team defeated covid as well as the aussies. no fear

[zen]

The excitement and the urge to celebrate are understandable but considering the social distancing requirements, they should have been low key 

 

In one of the videos, difficult to see anything else but the people 

[Soldier]

Commiserations to Siraj's dad. I am damn sure he will be proud. 

 

That Sundar video of his parents made me smile. Keep it up kiddo. You are a champion. 

[IndianRenegade]

15 minutes ago, Soldier said:

Commiserations to Siraj's dad. I am damn sure he will be proud. 

 

That Sundar video of his parents made me smile. Keep it up kiddo. You are a champion. 

Can you post it?