‘There’s a tide (dew) in the innings played in cricket …’ specially in T20 Cricket version and India seems to have mastered the uncanny art of getting into a hole and managing a miraculous turnaround like a ‘great escape’ in many of the epic encounters against arch rivals Pakistan. Yesterday it kept us viewers on tenterhooks late and well past midnight !
The media and all the social groups have already analysed what India did right when it came to it’s bowling and what went wrong with Pakis when they batted – it was a match reminiscent of the English classic ‘Escape to Victory’ (1981). Closer home our Bollywood has many inspiring numbers like ‘Chak De..’ that ups the ante for nationalism in sports.
However, I’m reminded of another 70’s blockbuster ‘Amar, Akbar, Anthony’ starring the iconic Big B & others, where three heroes come together to find justice, and have a song that resonates with its multi plurality and unity in diversity as they fight all odds to win. The song lyrics can fit our young pacers who form a winning combo match after match :
‘Anhoni ko honi kar de, Honi ko anhoni,
Apne team mein hai jab, Jasprit, Siraj, Arshdeep !’
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