Phir Dil Do…

This is not a crappy blog on Valentine’s Day. Valentine Day was 14 days back. Today is 28th of Feb, India’s Science Day and the inaugural day of Hockey World Cup 2010!

Hero Honda started the publicity campaign with that slogan. ‘Phir Dil Do Hocky Ko’ and trust me it was really fun to watch the game. Personally I enjoyed all the 3 games that were played on the inauguration day of Hockey World Cup 2010.

The first match was between S.A. and Spain which Spain won 4-2 followed by second match between Aus and Eng which England won 3-2.

The last match of the day was one of the most awaited matches of the day as far as Indians are concerned. It was between Pakistan and India. Morning papers had already carried out interesting statements from the representatives of the two teams. But as our captain had mentioned, the one who will be able to hold the nerve will win the match, proved to be true.

And it was India who managed to hold their nerve and dominate almost the entire game with just one exception when Pakistan managed to score their 1 goal. And India won the match 4-1. Sandeep Singh’s solid drag flick was so powerful that the Pakistani goal keeper was found helpless on 2 occasions and that gave Sandeep ‘Man of the Match’ trophy.

That was an amazing win which will boost India’s confidence for next games. The group is tough with teams like Spain, England and Australia. I would wish India ‘All the Very Best’ for the tournament and hope they will do BEST!

I realized that Hockey is a real team-game where team efforts are MUST and not like cricket where individual performance overshadows the team performance!!!

This tournament is till 13th March and I hope to watch all the matches.

Phir dil do hockey ko !!!