Although each and every die-hard fan of the game is hoping for the victory of Team India, apparently, the ride is not that easy as our bowling attack is not as effective as it ought to be. However, sometimes the pressure works magically. MS Dhoni, the cool and composed Indian skipper is not the kind of sportsman who frequently shares his emotions every now and then but in a story running in the social media, he has described the situation in the dressing room of team India after winning the World Cup against Sri Lanka four years ago.
In a book authored by Vimal Kumar, Dhoni has revealed “In the dressing room, everyone was crying. And everybody means everybody — all the 15 players, the support staff and everyone else associated with the team. In that sense, we really connected in the World Cup.”
Dhoni has also narrated the meaning of pressure “The pressure kept mounting on us as people’s expectations were increasing with every win. They thought the quarter-final against Australia was the biggest game. And once we won that, there was an even bigger game against Pakistan in the semi-final.”
Defining the particular pressure in India Pakistan encounter Dhoni elaborated “You know what happens with India-Pakistan games in the World Cup…people will keep telling you that this is the real final. And then, when we won that, we were aware of what was now expected from us. As much as we tried to divert the issue, the pressure we went through was a lot. At times, there would be food before the players and they wouldn’t feel like eating it, due to anxiety.”
Dhoni stressed about the passion for the game and justified “We Indians are emotional people and the emotion was released after we won the Cup. It also shows how much it meant to us. People talk about money flowing into cricket and everything, and you think that you will never see India players crying because they have a big contract. But we all were so passionate about winning the trophy. Money can never bring the immense joy of being part of a World Cup-winning team.”
Dhoni further added “I never thought I would cry after a win, but we all did. The world can’t see those emotions of the players because you don’t have the footage of that, but it summed up the mood of that night.” added Dhoni, who spoke to the author on different occasions over the last two years.