'If you want to strike, do it not on the goal of the front, but on the mind of the front. The goal will happen automatically. I never forget this powerful dialogue from the film Chak De India, which came years ago. But if you want to see it in action, that too recently, then you should watch the Sri Lanka vs Pakistan match in the final of the Asia Cup played in Dubai on Sunday in replays.
Shri Lanka and Must watch Pakistan match in replays. There were many problems with the island country Sri Lanka. Due to the political-economic crisis, the hosting was first taken away. Then the toss is not won in the match, according to many sports experts, the toss is very important in T20. 5 batsmen got out before reaching 60. The front team had reached 93 runs, till then they did not fall more than 2 wickets, even then they won the Asia Cup by 23 runs.
How did they do it? They actually landed on the field with only one goal to give a whole new meaning to the word 'team'. He might have told himself that the team that thinks about losing the toss may not be the real champions. So set a good score which is difficult for the opponents to achieve. But unfortunately his wickets kept falling. But he did not throw the bat, cursing himself or trying to show his annoyance with body language. He knew that the players who came after him would score respectable scores, so he calmly went to the dressing room and started cheering for the rest of the players who were going to face tough competition from Pakistan. That's because he knew how to win a do or die match. When he was on 160 with only 2 balls to spare, the eyes were on 170 and he took the score there with a four and a six. The 170 written on the score board with the strike off the last ball was actually a 'war' on the minds of the Pakistani players.
Then came 90 minutes of the second part of the game, at that time again he would have remembered another passionate dialogue from the same Chak De India film- 'Sattar minutes, seventy minutes hai, you have probably the most special seventy minutes of your life.... Pakistan Knowing the strong batting of the team, there was a new pressure on him to start the 20th over in the 85th minute of the game! A new rule made such an impact on both teams for the first time. If the bowler team does not complete the overs within the time limit, fielding restrictions are imposed in the death overs. They did not get any special result in the first three overs under pressure and Pakistan had added 22 runs at 7.1 runs per over and then they got a breakthrough, that too two wickets one after the other, it gave them hope, but until He did not get 2 extra wickets until the opponents reached 93 runs, but his enthusiasm to stop a run did not dampen his enthusiasm. They were really ready to die on the field too. Then charisma happened.
When he reached 147, all the players of Lanka were one on top of the other. While the country is looking for new heroes, Sri Lanka found 11 heroes on the cricket pitch, beating Pakistan by 23 runs to win the title. In fact they changed the meaning of the word 'team'!
Fundamentally, it takes determination, not strength, to build a team. This is another dialogue from the same film, which the players of Lanka might have remembered till the last ball, in which they also got a wicket.
