World Cup trophy lifted by Team India is a fake

[Schickelgruber]

Does not matter really.. the main thing is the World knows India are the champions not the fact that the trophy was a replica.

[IndianRenegade]

I must say I am a bit disappointed @ some of the comments. Like, who cares? we are the world champions. For all I know the players do care. "When you have worked so hard then one should get the original trophy because it is the World Cup. It is not a bilateral series or a small tournament. It is the biggest tournament, so one will be happy if we get the original trophy," - gambhir Lorgat is playing with technicalities when he says that the Trophy indented to be given to the winners has been given. yes this was the trophy that Indian team was to keep. but was this the one to be presented to the winner at the presentation ceremony, as done during the previous occasions? If Indian team got what it had to get. i don't understand why Rajeev Shukla was going hammer and tongs @ the customs. Former ICC president Ehsan Mani disagrees with lorgat:

Former ICC president Ehsan Mani said the Indian team should have got the perpetual trophy on Saturday night with the name of the winning country engraved. ICC and BCCI should have taken the responsibility to ensure this, he said. "Every team member would have liked to have been there in front of the original trophy,"

Source Yes it is just a symbolism. No one says it is not. But for those men who sweated it out every moment of it matters doesn't it? Yuvi said they would have kissed the world cup a thousand times. Did he know what he was holding in his hand wasn't the perpetual trophy? yes, All that matters is we are the champions. But letting this buffoons off this goof up is what makes them do one too many!

[WC2011INDIA]

Both Haroon Lorgat and Sharad Pawar are corrupt asses. Haroon Lorgat to saala indo-south african hai so i can understand. Sharad Pawar is well most corrupt politician in India. The Indian team deserved the real trophy on Saturday night. It's very sad that they didn't get to kiss on the real trophy. This is what the real trophy should look like. It should have the circle thing on the bottom black thing. Perpetual trophy is what India got. What a shame. Our boys worked so hard and all they got after winning was a fake trophy. ****ing ICC & BCCI.