Nikhil

Why Sport Thrills It was 30 March, 2011. A Wednesday evening. It was a regular working day with no holiday or a long weekend. In fact, it was a day close to the end of the fiscal year (in India). But the streets were quite vacant. Lot of office goers were huddled up in their homes, either having taken an off, a half day or working from home. Malls, restaurants & cinemas wore a deserted look. The smaller proprietary shops had even shut down. Even a large number of VIPs & celebrities had taken a break from their otherwise busy schedules. It was definitely not a war situation. Was there a strike? Or a natural calamity? Or something else? What was it that had brought a nation to a standstill? To answer it simply, it was just a game of a sport called cricket. But from an Indian perspective, it was the game of cricket. Precisely, the Cricket World Cup semi-final between India and Pakistan. Need I say anything more? I am myself a huge fan of the game and had returned early ...