Day 240 - 24th March 2011

The day that I had been looking forward to for a long long time. The IMC paper was only for one hour, left for the stadium the moment I was done with it. The buildup for this game was quite huge, after all India was taking on the defending champions in a knockout game. And what a game it turned out to be. Got to see Ponting's century, brilliant fielding and death overs bowling from us, Sachin, Gambhir and Yuvraj's half centuries, India chasing down a good total and the crowd going delirious with joy at the end of it all. Of all the games I have seen at the stadium so far this has by far been the best. On the way back, the streets were packed with people on both sides waiting to greet the team bus and catch a glimpse of their heroes. Truly memorable scenes!

Got back to campus by around 1230 and skimmed through SCM for an hour or so. Couldnt stay awake but still couldn't get over the match that I had just witnessed. The ghosts of March 23rd 2003 have definitely been put to rest and it was also fitting that Ganguly was in the commentary box to see it :-)