2nd April, 2011.

Ravi Shastri on air- "Dhoni finishes off in style, India lift the World Cup after 28 years. The party has started in the dressing room". The crowd in the stadium went ballistic, the players got emotional, Sachin ran onto the field, you were jumping in joy, some of you even got emotional and shed a tear or two. Some went out on the roads to burst crackers while some drove around the city. We all were on a high. Couldn't believe that the dream had finally been fulfilled. And as we all were busy in celebrating the moment, hugging our friends and family, praising the players, one man, one man stood by the boundary rope during the presentation, watching the fireworks in the sky and thinking to himself- "Yes!! We have done it. We have done it finally! If not 2003, we did it in 2011.." The man who is known to celebrate victories in a manner never seen before, stood silently by the boundary. It was a great occasion and would have been fitting to call this man to celebrate the moment as well. We saw Anil Kumble being called into the dressing room and holding the World Cup but none of us saw pictures of this man. He just stood there silently. A spectator at the stadium said he saw this man near the presentation stage after the presentation walking around and feeling good about the win. Sourav Ganguly (DaDa) finally finished a man fulfilled! A man who was proud of the win and proud of the way his boys fought out tough times! He deserved some credit too, didn't he? He deserved a call to the dressing room, didn't he? He deserved a mention from the big names, didn't he? He deserved to be remembered, didn't he? He deserved to be said 2 magic words- "Thank You", didn't he? Well, but this is how this man has lived his life- Getting lesser than what he has deserved! And he's probably fine with that..... I don't care about who thanked him and who didn't but the very moment we won the WC, I shut my eyes and thanked this man for his contribution to the team since 2000. This man, along with Rahul Dravid deserved some credit and I thanked them both. This is perhaps the only picture anyone has of this man on that historic night and hey, just see how ironical it is- His face and smile is not seen.. Just a little bit of him can be seen. It's a sweet picture that has its own charm. My favorite picture from my most favorite day! Thanks a ton Dada! Thanks a lot!

the leader who bought about the change in attitude and mindset in Indian cricket.
"Its always very easy to give up. All you have to say is I quit and thats all there is to it. The hard part is to carry on - Sourav Ganguly