You always win twice, first in the mind's eye and then forreal.

This team started visualizing playing in the WC finals oneyear back at Dambulla (well Aug 27th , 2010 to be precise)& Pady Upton was the man who created that vision for thefirst time.

Calmness is a virtue which isn't valued muchnowadays.

Calmness, Dignity & Poise make character shine,Calmness, Dignity & Poise make character shine,and thanks to Sehwag for bringing them back infashion.

Can we ever forget him getting down from theteam bus whistling? and then an hour laterbrutally spanking Umar Gul to all parts of thepark.

Difficult one to believe, but more often when a team starts todo it for other members the glory that comes ones way isunbelievable.

We will all remember the quote of the final "He has carried thenation's hope on his shoulders for 21st years, time we carriedhim on ours" Kohli you beauty.

Every member of team throughout the campaign kept ontalking about where he could improve individually and howothers were doing great collectively.

No matter what the world says and even if others ridicule youfor being up for the truth – DO NOT STEP BACK FOR WHAT YOUKNOW IS TRUE. We can not forget Sachin leaving the groundeven when the umpire had not decided out. He knew it andabided by it - Record or no record, and however important thematch be ….

It could boil down to Nehra or Raina or Chawla oreven Sreesanth.

Once given to you that is your team, one can’talways have a say in that.

However one can show undying and unwaveringfaith in your team members and that’s how aNehra v/s SA can turn into the best bowler v/sPakistan.

In today's dog eat dog world, who carries the canfor any-one’s failure. But remember when yourteam member is down, that's when he needs youand the team most.

And don’t worry he will remember it and will payyou back - Yuvi's Story will be part of sportingfolklore for many decades.

One word - Sachin !One word - Sachin !

Beautiful and sublime has no meaning if it isn'teffective and purposeful, wonder how many willremember Mahela's sublime innings.remember Mahela's sublime innings.

It is Ghambhir's scraping, fighting, chancy anddirty innings which was more valued.

Some time it is just too easy to throw it away, butteam values every scrap that’s done for a largercause.

Greg v/s Gary , need I say more. It was soGreg v/s Gary , need I say more. It was soemotional to see the masseur of the team holdingand posing with the cup in the dressing room.

The image of support staff in red shirts forming achain behind team blue’s victory lap signifies thefoundation role of these man with few words andlots of hard work.

The team pulled Kumble in the dressing roomcelebrations, Yuvi remembered Saurav’scelebrations, Yuvi remembered Saurav’scontribution to his life at the most importantpress conference.

In today’s world when most people are busygarnering all for themselves, it was nice to seethis team remember past contributors withhumbleness.

Of course it is risky, so was coming at no.5. ofcourse you will be criticized, so was not pickingcourse you will be criticized, so was not pickingAshwin, Of course you will be tense, so was facingthe best bowler of all times,

Of course you will have self doubts, Of course it’sfor all or nothing ... but that's the only way to becrowned the best Caption in Modern Cricket -Mahi you are the Man.

That’s the time to bare it all to the world. Yuvraj,Sachin, Bhajji, Gary in tears will remain etched inour collective memories for ever.

Also important to let those emotions flow so as toclose the successful chapter and look forward.

After all life’s a journey is it not :-)

Every cricketing fan in this world should hold themoment dear when Sachin called Sudhir Gautam(the man who paints himself in tri-colors andsupports SRT with a Conch at every match)….

and posed with him holding the World Cup.

In the bright light of super stars it is easy toforget the fans who make it real.