17:40 AST/13:10 IST JAN 19 2021 Gaba has been breached

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One upon a time, a bunch of rookies, with no expectation on them were given a free rein, weaved magic, achieved the unthinkable, and etched their name's into the cricketing folklore...…..

                                                                                                                    I was in class 8th or 9th when India lifted the world cup in Mumbai. We were overwhelmed by the glory of winning the world cup that too in our own country. I've grown listening to the nostalgia of "83 win so it was like reliving the whole moment all over again.  In those moments I thought nothing could be better than this could be achieved in the cricketing arena. But I was wrong. Majorly wrong.

                                                                                        Cut to 2021 -2021 series of India vs Aus. With the sheer perseverance of players defying ALL ODDS (as there were many) we won and we won like no one ever has. I was in transit from Lucknow to my hometown Sultanpur during the last one hour of play so I bestowed the responsibility of watching each and every ball and reporting me a detailed summary immediately after the match to my little sister. Although she isn't a fan of test cricket she enjoyed it more than I will. Such is the romanticism of test cricket, the contrast of unalloyed flamboyance and true mettle, the coexistence and co-dependence of the Pujaras and the Pants of the world is what we live for. The jubilation of the heartbreaks the "umpire call", bruises, and abuses that hurt more if you lose but don't hurt if you win.

A tribute to the greatest series in modern times. 

                                 fairy tales, the realists will never understand but dreamers do. 

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