How India Felled The World Champions!
India’s current form in the league matches of the ICC World Cup 2015 belies their disastrous tour of Australia which concluded only a month ago. The World Cup always evokes emotions from my school days. March is always a tough month for any school kid, more so when exams are knocking on your doors. But even such important things are sidelined when the World Cup wave sweeps your city. What could be bigger in this cricket crazy country? The tournament had returned to India for a second time in almost a decade. India’s performance had been quite dramatic throughout the tournament. After the league stage, India qualified for the knock-out round and their opponents in the quarter final was none other than our neighbours and oft-hailed ‘arch’ rivals, Pakistan. The contest offered mouth-watering prospects. And it transpired that the quarter final fell in Bangalore’s kitty! What more could anyone in the Garden City ask for? All roads led to Chinnaswamy Stadium that fateful day.