More than a day has handed, and but the ache continues to be lingering within the hearts of all Indians. Everyone was shell-shocked on Sunday night time. None may comprehend how a crew that performed like a champion, gained 10 consecutive matches on the trot, faltered on the last. There have been too many reactions on social, print and digital media. Batter Shubman Gill wrote on X: “Been almost 16 hours but still hurts like it did last night. Sometimes giving your everything isn’t enough,. We fell short of our ultimate goal, but every step in this journey has been a testament to our team’s spirit and dedication….This isn’t the end, it’s not over until we win. Jai Hind.” Shreyas Iyer wrote: “We’re heartbroken, it still hasn’t sunk in and it won’t for a while.” For each Shubman and Shreyas, it was their first World Cup. Sachin Tendulkar wrote: “Hard luck Team India, just one bad day in an otherwise sterling tournament can be heartbreaking. I can imagine the agony of the players, fans and well-wishers and what they must be going through. Losses at a part of the sport, but let us remember that this unity gave their all for us throughout the tournament.”
Wins and losses are a part of the sport, however we should bear in mind one reality: this crew performed its greatest all through the event. In reality, until the final overs had been being bowled, there was expectation amongst some that some last-minute miracle may occur. Nobody may consider, how a crew which was the perfect in each batting and bowling, may lose the ultimate. Nobody may dream {that a} stadium, crammed up with 1,20,000 spectators shouting “India, India”, will fall silent. Since Modi was current contained in the stadium, his opponents determined to not stay silent. Modi met the gamers contained in the dressing room after the match. He tried to shore up their morale, however his rivals just about trolled him on social media. They commented on every side of Modi’s presence contained in the stadium. Some of them posted craftily edited movies, memes and what not. Most of the feedback about Modi had been under the belt. I’ll point out solely two movies.
When the digicam targeted on the PM, with Amit Shah sitting beside him, Modi laughed on some challenge, and there was chant of ‘Modi, Modi’ among the many spectators. Modi waved his hand on the spectators. This video was posted on social media by Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate with the remark: “Our team is in tears, the nation is heartbroken – what is he smiling so widely about?” I feel, such feedback are unfair. At that point, the match was in progress, and Team India was making an attempt its greatest to get Australia’s fourth wicket. The Australian batsmen had been discovering it tough to make runs. How can anybody dream that Modi would snort when Team India is shedding? Modi had reached Ahmedabad on Sunday afternoon, after taking a break from Rajasthan electioneering. The whole nation was boosting the morale of our crew, and the Prime Minister was current within the stadium to cheer the gamers. Home Minister Amit Shah and Gujarat Governor had been sitting beside him within the field. The second video pertains to the Cup presentation ceremony. Modi and the Australian deputy PM are seen strolling on the dais to current the World Cup to Australian captain Pat Cummins. The edited video abruptly cuts off, exhibiting Modi strolling away after handing over the Cup to Cummins, and the latter standing with the Cup alone on the dais. Some folks wrote about how Modi was unsportsmanlike and didn’t felicitate the Aussie captain correctly.
Some wrote, this isn’t a part of Indian tradition, however the reality is: the video confirmed the half-truth. In the total video, Modi and the Australian deputy PM went to the dais, offered the World Cup to Cummins, each shook palms with the Aussie captain and congratulated him, after which Modi got here away from the dais, and shook palms with every of the Australian gamers standing on the sphere. The mischief was completed by enhancing the total video to current Modi in a poor gentle. The Prime Minister did what each Indian needed. The whole nation right this moment stands with Team India, which displayed its greatest efficiency to date. But there have been politicians from Shiv Sena (UT) and Trinamool Congress who sniped at Modi, holding sportsman spirit on the sidelines. These leaders wrote that Team India wouldn’t have misplaced, had Modi not come to the stadium. Snide political feedback had begun, the second information unfold that Modi was going to go to the stadium to observe the ultimate.
The Congress, combating its electoral battle in Rajasthan, quickly got here out with two images of the then PM Indira Gandhi with Kapil Dev carrying the primary ODI World Cup in 1983, and the then PM Dr Manmohan Singh with M S Dhoni carrying the ODI World Cup in 2011. The concept was to convey to the folks that India gained the World Cup solely when the Congress was in energy. These statisticians tried to offer the credit score of Indian gamers to the then prime ministers from Congress. Some others got here out with comparisons how Team India couldn’t win a single ICC trophy within the final 9 years of Modi’s rule. These messages on social media had been additionally being conveyed at election rallies. In Rajasthan, Congress chief Pramod Tiwari mentioned, “electing Modi or BJP will be a bad omen (‘panauti’ in Hindi)”. Shiv Sena (UT) chief Sanjay Raut held Modi accountable for Team India’s defeat in World Cup last as a result of the stadium has been named after him. Now, who’s going to inform the politicians that it was at Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad that Team India had crushed Pakistan within the World Cup match? There are stadiums in India named after Indira Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Rajiv Gandhi. Did Team India by no means lose in these stadiums? I feel, superstitious beliefs like describing some individual as a nasty omen (panauti), and linking victory or defeat to a reputation, is the bottom type of politics. India has efficiently despatched its ‘Chandrayaan’ spacecraft to the South Pole of the Moon, which no nation has achieved until now. We are an enormous nuclear energy. At a time, when your entire world is aware of India is a contemporary nation which has excelled within the frontiers of science and know-how, it’s not a very good factor to combine superstition with sports activities with a purpose to rating political brownie factors. All of us should perceive how your entire nation right this moment stands with its crew.
For the primary time, the folks of India stand steadfast with Team India regardless of the defeat within the last. People and followers try to spice up the morale of our cricketers. When Rohit Sharma got here to reply questions from the commentator after the match, spectators within the stadium clapped and chanted ‘Rohit, Rohit’. When Virat Kohli got here to the stage to gather the Player of the Tournament award, he seemed unhappy, however your entire stadium was reverberating with chants of ‘Kohli, Kohli’. For the primary time I’ve seen a defeated crew getting a lot love and affection from its followers. This is our nationwide spirit. All of us needs to be a part of this nationwide spirit. No matter we misplaced the Cup, however our crew has gained the hearts of a billion folks. No matter we misplaced an important match, however out crew gained 10 earlier matches consecutively. There are days when luck runs out, and howsoever one tries one’s greatest, success lastly eludes. Very quickly we are going to see the day when luck will smile on us and Team India will defeat all others to grow to be world champions.
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