No Flash In The Pan.

A marvelous win once again, agaist Australia, this time in the Twenty20 format! But then again, we ARE the world champions...
Although with India that could effectively mean nothing, this time that wasn't the case. They truly showed Australia WHY they are the Twenty20 Champions, and they did so in style. The batsmen looked utterly at ease in this format of the game and they way Dhoni finished the game- with a big six- truly said everything.
Hats off to you India, for the way you played yesterday. :)

The funniest, cutest and silliest part, of course, came at the post-match presentation. Gambhir won the MoM award for his brilliant half-century and he won a car. The minute Gambhir was announced as MoM, he got COMPLETELY drenched in Coca Cola by the team. He went up to collect his award and give his interview looking like he climbed out of a pool filled with coke. It was hilarious. And the minute the ceremony ended, everyone forced him into the new car (cola dripping and all) and the rest of the team climbed on top of the car, a few on the bonnet, a few on the roof and the rest leaning against it, and posed for a photo. Hilarious. The commentators were distressing about how they were going to dent the car, but not a single Indian player looked bothered in the least, Gambhir included.
Off the field, they are like five year olds. Truly. For all the maturity that some of them display during the match, off the field, they are the total opposite. I think they leave their maturity on the pitch. But I love precisely for this utterly adorable trait.

For example, Robin Uthappa played brilliant, attacking cricket yesterday, but then he got out and soon after, the camera focussed on him sitting at the dugout in his sleeveless tee and training pants and chappals. The minute he saw the camera, he waved and winked (which in itself was adorable to the max) and at that point, Irfan, who was sitting in front of him, fell back on him on purpose and Uthappa hugged him and they both started laughing. It was so cute. After a while, the camera focussed on Uthappa again and this time he waved and mouthed "Hi Mama. I love you!" and blew a kiss. Such a sweet mummy's boy. :D
See what I mean by five year olds?

In other news, gossip (and some very interesting guests at yesterday's match) seem to hint that our dearest captain has been clean bowled- no not by one of Brett Lee's yorkers, but by a lovely young maiden.
To be more specific, Deepika Padukone. Yes, that pretty new actress in Om Shanti Om. She invited him to the OSO premier and he invited her to yesterday's match. And she supposedly cancelled another engagement to "watch Dhoni in action". Now now now, isn't that sweet? :) Deepika and Dhoni. Has a pretty nice ring to it!

To quote an article I read, "Bat, ball and Bollywood" indeed. Well, time will tell how true it is!