Bangladesh did well to beat the much-hyped-as-ever Indian team! that should be a kick in the balls for the Indian team. all pressure on them to win the next two. i dunno who else is in their group other than Sri lanka n Bangladesh, but the Sri lanka match will be though!
i AM indian, but i HATE cricket to the core!!! the mere popularity of cricket in here makes me sick!!! i've always been a football lover, and just developed a natural hatred towards cricket.
but i'm only concerned bout national pride that comes with any World Cup's. if it wasnt for that, i wouldnt have cared even a bit for the CWC!
cricket here is hyped TOO much! not to mention the players themselves. u must see the no. of advertisements that feature Dhoni..you wouldnt believe he's a cricket after the no. of endorsements he's been doing. not that it's wrong or anything! but it's happened a lot of times before; a lot of hype followed by under-performance!!!
Even when india played south africa not sure where( i think guguily's home ground) they were not happy that he wasnt in the team and they were cheering for south africa
and that's one other thing...the Kolkata(Ganguly's home town) people consider him a God!!! i guess you know bout the Ganguly-Chappel fight, and how Chappel was boo-ed by the Kolkata guys and burning porsters n effigies of Chappel...it was crazy!!! their emotional attachment towards cricket is too much!!!