I'm back!

Somehow,it has turned out to be one of my many weaknesses.Whenever I take a break from an activity,it takes ages for me to come back and get the rhythm again!
First,it's been with reading Books,then a website,then visiting the Temple everyday and now Blogging.I didn't write anything since March.
When India finally won the World Cup,I wanted to write so much,but just couldn't get the right words;perhaps the joy was too much for me to bear,as a Fan,i had been watching Cricket since 1996,I knew how India fared then,winning an odd ODI tournament here or there and having a good Test record only at home.Then came 1998,a glorious year,when Sachin's brilliance helped India achieve some great ODI successes,with an unprecedented consistency(At-least for India.)
Then came the Pakistanis in 1999.Our defeat against them in back-to-back Tournaments dimmed our hopes.None of my friends then,were expecting India to win.We just didn't care whether India loses in Super Six or Semi Final,we rather expected Pakistan or South Africa to win.
Further disasters and scandals were to emerge a year later,which threatened to kill people's interest in Cricket.But, good performances against top Teams in the so-called Mini-World cup(2000),once again brought joy to me.(Only to be disappointed by the loss in Final against a lesser Team like New Zealand.) and the Series win against the all-conquering Australian Team,resurrected the Indian Team and the fans' expectations soared to a level like it never did before.Somehow,a fine captain though Ganguly was,our ODI fortunes never really bettered the ones India achieved in 1990s(Mostly due to Sachin Tendulkar's contributions.),barring Natwest Trophy and 2003 World cup Final performance,no Tri-Series+ performances were remarkable.the Test fortunes though improved with Sporadic Overseas wins,finally helping us to remove the 'Poor travelers' tag.
Then there was a phase when it appeared like India was underachieving and the World Cup 2007 disaster,alienated many fans.Somehow,I felt it's not fair to criticise our cricketers like this,who have achieved more Wins than their predecessors.I was sure that,India can perform better than this.And they did!First a series win in England,then the T20 Cup win,then the CB Series win(After so many Finals losses.) and then onwards,winning became a habit for Indian Team.
Although India lost some Tournament Finals,I was confident that India will win the cup this time,as I thought they didn't seem to suffer from the Final phobia as they appeared to during 2000-05,and after all they even won some in last 3 years!
Finally,India won the World Cup,at-last I too watched a Great Tournament Triumph achieved by India,no need for me anymore to watch some highlights of the 1983 triumph!Thank you Yuvraj,Dhoni,Zaheer Khan,Sachin et al!! Now,my stand has been vindicated!Under Dhoni's captaincy,we can expect more great Triumphs to come.
And by the way,I'll try to write more regularly.I rarely received many comments,though I received many Hits(If I were to trust Sitemeter or Hitscounter.).I hope the visitors will come back again.I'll try to write better stuff from now onwards.