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Wednesday, September 24, 2008 --- 107 days ago http://blogs.cricinfo.com/surfer/archives/2008/09/it_was_the_dest.php
| A year on from India's victory in the final of the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 in Johannesburg, Mahendra Singh Dhoni tells the Times of India that it was the biggest moment of his career. On the big stage of the World Cup final, the team rose to the occasion. Again it was the biggest India-Pakistan match ever simply because it was the World Cup final and we finished winners. Late in the night, I spoke to my parents and some friends and I was told that, at one of the famous squares in Ranchi, there were over 50,000 people celebrating. So, in a way, I had an idea of what it meant to the entire country. Meanwhile, Joginder Sharma, one of India’s heroes in the Twenty20 World Cup, who bowled that nerve-wracking last over in the final against Pakistan, has “slid steadily back into the shadows”. His Haryana teammates, however, are confident he’ll make a comeback. Subhash Rajta from the Hindustan Times talks to them. "He has already achieved what few would have dared to even dream, if put in his place," said Joginder's friend, alluding to Sharma's modest financial background. "To begin with, he didn't even have the support of his parents, leave alone anything else. But he kept going, believing in himself and his abilities," he said. "So someone who has been through a phase where he had little support and facilities to fall back on, being away from the limelight is something that would not bother him," he said. ... |
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