Cut to year 1998, when life was
different, on right side of 20s , I had seen a movie made by Ram Gopal Varma named Satya. The film was dark based on
the underworld of then Mumbai and was
engrossing . RGV used to make good movies those days. The dialogue which was
made famous out of that movie is title
of this post. Reason the Mauka campaign of star sports world cup. These ads
were funny and really entertaining. And yes ironically it was Pakistan who lost
Mauka by dropping Watson off Wahab. Imagine the much maligned fielder taking
the catch, Australia 5 down for 70
chasing 220s at that point.
Pakistan then going on to win to meet India in semis. and maybe Dhoni lifting
cup on 29th and we celebrating on streets again.... so it's not about having a
Mauka it's about grabbing it. so as in cricket so in life. All of us are aware
of our 'Maukas': some dropped, some taken. But if wishes were horses....
As predicted here on this forum Australia
; the firm favourites, won the cup. They were the team which had great batting and bowling . All
players chipped in at different occasions. They ended a tough emotional season
which started with sad death of Hughes. The cricketing sense prevailed but i
have to give credit to changed rules to help southern hemisphere teams with
unequal benefit. Spinners were out of equation due to fielding equations.
Reverse swing was out due to two balls. Ground were smaller at least in NZ and big bats were
destructive. I am not whining . It's a truth that team with better bowling
attacks survived and ordinary batsmen ran away with centuries. Coming back as
Sourav says in commentary about team India, yes we performed as per the
expectations and nothing more. Given especially the form carried on in Aus tri
series. In fact we fought in first ODI vs aus, other was washed away. But
surprisingly we lost both games to England the team which could not make it to
WC QFs was an aberration. With this team we can beat Pak, UAE, WI, Zim,
Ireland, Bangladesh any day any place but the biggest achievement was to beat
SA comprehensively scoring 300 and running out AB, Miller. But when it mattered
most we fell short of maybe 20-30 runs in semis. If Johnson had not played that
innings we would have been chasing say 290-300 but then if wishes were horses
we would have had the Mauka, We started well batting but for some rush of
blood. Imagine we had Gambhir instead of Rohit (my namesake is the backbone of
two world cup final victories) and yuvi instead of sir jadeja. these two black
holes in selection finally lost Mauka for us. But then kudos to bowlers who
came after smith 100 and throughout WC to dismiss opponents . Hats off to
Dhoni. On other teams, NZ did well and
SA faltered without choking. England have lost it. Associates need more time rightfully . We saw
farewells for sanga, mahela, afridi and clarke. Not a great world cup except
first semi and few matches involving associates.
And on to carry on topic based on
Mauka, this is time we as a country can really materialize with opportunity to
take our country into the next zone. Forget ranting of media which has
antinational agenda to continue the erstwhile establishment to comeback. Just
to prove my point i can cite the game changers in Delhi who were projected by
this media. and how they have failed with regressive non agenda which was
funded by anti nationals and those ultra
liberal utopians. Also look at media haste to subside Modi wave despite having
a functioning government. and what they all have to claim are non issues. Many
will argue that even Modi regime is creation of media. I beg to differ as it
was expression of aspiring India who was tired of same old establishment taking
away all benefits. Aspiring India is the one which believes that by hard work
they can make it good for themselves and for their offspring without deserting
India. Carry on good work Mr Modi as we need to en cash the Mauka whatever non
issues are created by media for its own survival. It's been a good year .
Waiting for summer holidays for children to let the masti begin. Tomorrow is
IPLs first match. We the perennial fools will be engaged during the summer.
