Cricket Mania

Jeetenge.mp3

Thursday’s win against Australia was phenomenal and exceptional. Whenever India displays team spirit they really bring it on. Now there is always a heartbreak when we lose Sachin’s wicket and every once in a while there is an unnecessary fumble as was Gambhir’s runout. But the fact that they drove out the three times consistent World Champions - Australia out of the World Cup series and that it was Ponting’s last World Cup game, while Sachin scored 18,000 ODI runs becoming the first batsman to ever do so, makes me wonder, “What a marvelous day it was !!”

And now on Wednesday, March 30^th we will witness the most awaited game of this World Cup series  – India vs. Pakistan; one that every Indian and Pakistani relishes on. The match that’s like watching the two countries on a battlefield.

Now I may not come across as the biggest sports fan or for that matter a huge cricket buff. And I am not. Having grown up to an elder brother, Devendra Pandit, who was thrice his high school’s cricket captain, the one who led his team successfully in the renowned Harris and Giles Shield; was also in Sachin Tendulkar’s team in Kirti College and a personal favorite of Shri Anna Vaidya (Sunil Gavaskar’s ex-coach) and Shri Ramakant Acharekar (Sachin Tendulkar’s ex-coach), and a bowling mentor to Ajit Agarkar, I was a little intimidated for taking up Cricket as a hobby. It was not just my brother who had excelled at it, but my average cricket skills weren’t good enough for the most amazing players I played with on the grounds of Shivaji Park. Some of them even went on to be National Champions.

So I thought, rather than spending time exploring my mediocre cricket skills, why not concentrate on doing something that I was good at and the rest is, well not history, but is yet to happen.

Regardless, I am an Indian and the three things Indian’s love, are Cricket, Bollywood movies and to blame their Political system. And whenever there is an exceptional match, especially against Pakistan or Australia, we gear up and we don’t lose even a single minute of the spectacular game. The India vs. Pakistan match is a great combination coz it is of course CRICKET and it has all the masala that’s needed in a Bollywood movie plus it gives us a chance to BS our politicians … ha ha ….

As such, here’s a song to raise the spirits of the Indian team. In fact, it’s not just a song, it’s a prayer. It’s a prayer that is full of hope and confidence that the Indian team will triumph with flying colors in the Cricket World Cup 2011.

MAY THE HISTORY REPEAT AFTER 28 YEARS. GO TEAM INDIA. JEETENGE!!!

Here are the lyrics –

Chorus
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Jeetenge, Jeetenge, Jeetenge, Jeetenge

Jeetenge, Jeetenge, Jeetenge, Jeetenge

Mukhda
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Ladenge jee jaan se, Nibhayenge sare sapne

Khelenge itne shaan se, jaise khela na koi jag mein

Ladenge jee jaan se, Nibhayenge sare sapne

Khelenge itne shaan se, jaise khela na koi jag mein

[Repeat Chorus]

Antra 1
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Inko haraye koi, kisi mein dum nahi hai

Hausle hai buland, yeh kisi se kum nahi hai

Inko haraye koi, kisi mein dum nahi hai

Hausle hai buland, yeh kisi se kum nahi hai

Yeh aisi bazi khelenge, dushman ko apne harayenge

Ek pal bhi yeh na chukenge, Aur duniya ko dhikhlayenge

Yeh aisi bazi khelenge, dushman ko apne harayenge

Ek pal bhi yeh na chukenge, Aur duniya ko dhikhlayenge

[Repeat Chorus]

Antra 2
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To aao, Himmat inki badhaye

Jee bhar ke, De inko pyar humara

Aur milke, Haaton ko hum jode

Mange usse, India ko jeetade dubara

[Repeat Chorus]

[Repeat Mukhda]

[Repeat Chorus]