The India-Pakistan match in Melbourne was filled with intense excitement till the end. Everything that was impossible in the game became possible. India beat Pakistan on the last ball. The game also had an impossible win… India had to score sixteen runs in the last six balls to win. Left-arm bowler Mohammad Nawaz was responsible for bowling the last over. There was a no-ball in the over which was hit for a six. And the batsman also got a freehit. No ball is also not going to go ahead, Rather, it was given because of being taller than the waist. That is, the rule-law was made to give advantage to the batsman in every way.
Cricket, a game of great impossibilities, also has great potential. And if the match is taking place between fierce rivals, then it can go beyond the possible-impossible. The Twenty20 World Cup, the newest format of cricket, is being played in Australia. In the Twelve Nations World Cup, fiercely political rival countries will clash with each other. Like India-Pakistan, Australia-New Zealand, England-Ireland and South Africa-Zimbabwe. Organizers excite people with historical rivalry. And the market of sports also goes on. Fighting people in a game is more social than fighting in a war. Therefore both sport and life must go on.
The India-Pakistan match in Melbourne was filled with intense excitement till the end. For sports lovers, the loss and victory in it is bigger than the game itself. Everything that was impossible in the game became possible. India beat Pakistan on the last ball. The game was also an impossible victory. India’s great batsman Virat Kohli stood till the end. And the victory was celebrated by the whole country with diyas, firecrackers and sweets of Diwali. The sensible century partnership of Kohli and Pandya and the persistence of Kohli till the end weighed heavily on Pakistan. In this match both the teams played brilliant and tremendous cricket. Defeat and victory were not decided till the end. On the first day, hosts Australia lost to New Zealand. And the next day India’s victory dazzled the World Cup. Now the popular thriller in this Twenty-Twenty World Cup is only going to last.
It was seen by all that India’s victory in Melbourne was not easy. But victory also makes you forget all the sorrows. The impossibilities made possible in the match were debated. The players, lovers and experts of the game gathered in the chaupal. Rules and regulations were broken. The spirit of the game was raised. The history of the game was traced. Fingers pointed at the umpires. Whatever happens in the last over only takes the game of impossible possibilities out of locality and common sense. But one lakh people present on the field enjoyed pure bliss. India got the world’s good and Pakistan got full fame. Amazing match, and cricket won. But how can this happen?
Just stop and think, then along with cricket, the layers of life will also be opened. If we look at the history of the rise of the game of cricket, its beginning is considered to be two and a half-three hundred years ago. The game started with a bat and a ball. The aim must have been to score runs with the bat and get the batsman out with the ball. Only then gradually, over time its sportsmanship, its rules and regulations, its figures-records, its forms-forms and nostalgia-golden moments were added later. And a very popular game of modern format is ready. Like the changing nature of life, the game of cricket has also been changing. Everything alive cannot be free from the mathematics of change.
After the India-Pakistan match in Melbourne, it will be necessary to look again at the rules and regulations of the game of cricket. It is not that the rules and regulations were proved wrong, or weak, but doubts should not arise about them, so more clarity has to be brought in them. India had to score sixteen runs in the last six balls to win. Left-arm bowler Mohammad Nawaz was responsible for bowling the last over. There was a no-ball in the over which was hit for a six, and the batsman also got a freehit. The no-ball was also given because the foot was not overtaking, but because it came higher than the waist. That is, the rule-law was made to give advantage to the batsman in every way. Then taking the edge of Kohli’s bat on a free hit in lieu of a no-ball, the ball hit the wicket and went back. Realizing the need of time, Kohli ran for three runs. Ten runs were scored off a single ball. Victory became easy for India.
It is the impossible possibilities of the game of cricket that give such scope. Have the possibility of the hope of twenty-two world conquests.
