We did it !!

At last we did it.We found our way.Our Indian Team won the Cricket World Cup 2011. A dream come true after a long 28 years.It was a Saturday and I was all set to watch the final.My spirits were a bit dampened when SriLanka's captain Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and decided to bat first.But I tried to tell myself that we would still be going to make it.SriLanka started out well,however India soon managed to take a wicket.At regular intervals Dhoni and his men were able to break into them, and they also got the prized wicket of Sangakkara when he was at 48. Sri Lanka could find solace though in Mahela Jayawardene's rollicking 103. Their scoreboard kept ticking and by the end of 50 overs, Sri Lanka had acquired a commendable score of 274 for six.This was a sure winning score and any team batting second would find it tough to beat it. Sachin and Sehwag commenced the Indian batting. Sehwag did his job as always and blasted away.Thanks to him India got a quick start and we all looked happy.Sadly, that was going to be short lived when Sehwags' wicket fell.It seemed that Sachin would have to stay the entire innings and also everyone was hoping to watch Sachin get his 100th international hundred on this occasion.Sachin displayed some brilliant shots but it was not to be as his wicket was captured by the wily haired Malinga.Sachin looked very disappointed when he left the ground, almost knowing that his dream might not come true again.Virat Kohli playing with Gautham Gambhir also got out soon.We all expected for Yuvi to come next and save our grace, but instead, the captain himself, MS Dhoni ventured out.Together, he and Gambhir, kept their nerves and played a slow but encouraging game.Gautham Gambhir managed to hold on till 97. Next came Yuvi, and he knew what to do.Dhoni physically drained out also held on.They both chipped in with ones and twos and more and more boundaries as the last overs neared.The entire nation must have sat glued to their seats to watch the outcome of this epic match.Finally, it was Dhoni who hit the winning runs with a fantastic six and Yuvi ran towards him for an embrace.What followed were moments of immense joy, tears of laughter and happiness and surely of disbelief for every member of the team.Sachin was lifted on the shoulders of his team mates, as he carried the tricolour.A very proud moment for every Indian !!! I feel very lucky to be able to have witnessed this, especially since Sachin - our greatest player - was also deserving it more than anything else.
He's already broken so many records and this is surely the cherry on his cake.