#Ind vs Eng

[aeolianblues]

I love cricket. I love sport. I love commentators that describe a bowled ball as a 'beauty'. I love sporting rivalries. I love the patterns and the narratives that build: favourite grounds, decades-old curses and chokers, overcoming history; people lounging in the sun, decked out in paint and flags, holding homemade signs forming friendships with people they'd never have otherwise met. I love how long cricket runs. I love that you can genuinely escape all reality for a whole day.

[myauditionfordrphil]

The comeback is always sweeter than the setback 🤌🥹

From crying after a 10 wicket defeat against England in 2022 t20wc semifinals to crying after a 68 run victory against England in 2024 t20wc semifinals... We've come a long way 🇮🇳

[dreamboatt]

[desi-yearning]

To the people who are not into cricket, consider yourself lucky.

[just2bubbly]

ab kal ke match ka heartfelt ramble ka waqt aaya hai honestly there's sm energy in me and it has to go somewhere, I'm gonna start off with the tournament as a whole, because some teams like Afghanistan and South Africa do deserve their appreciation as well. They both managed to do what their own teams before then failed to- playing a final and semi-final is a feat worth achieving ✨🙌🏻 and they managed to do it. We saw some good old West Indies back and that brought back a sense of childhood who had seen the likes of DJ Bravo and Chris Gayle play. Now as a fellow indian, seeing the Australian being defeated by Afghanistan and then later us 🥳 only to pin down their hope on Bangladesh- IT FELT SO SURREAL, LIKE YES BITCH CUMMINS THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR BEING SO RUDE (and 19 Nov ka badla hum toh Aussies se bohot baar lenge, with dugna lagaan)

Ind vs Eng, was the ultimate banger for me, the whole transition from a 10 wicket loss to 10 wicket haul was just amazing!! And sometimes we Indians forget the essence of our own bowlers in our team, but this wc was all about bowlers (ours and other countries)- after the ipl bashing, this entire month must have felt so hopeful to them. We got so many players like Bumrah, Maharaja, Rashid Khan, Naveen-ul-Haq defending low scoring matches- these matches that kept us as audience on edge. What a beautiful time to be a skilled bowler!

Now coming to yesterday, as a person that had nothing against South Africa as such but only had love for India- I deeply feel sorrow for your loss. I guess, we Indians know better than anyone how it feels to win all matches and then lose the final. I believe, your captain Markram is gonna do the magic our Rohit Sharma did last night. You just have to believe in him!

And to my beautiful Men in Blue- kal toh dil jeet liya 🥹🙌🏻 Everyone had been so worked up in the entire tournament. All of 11 players deserved the world cup, especially those that had played the 19 Nov. Last night's match was taking my breath away every over, it was so suspenseful and thriller and in the words of Sidhu "yeh match nazuk dil walo ke liye nahi hai" and it definitely wasn't and Bapu tumne toh humari jaan leli kal with that over (jeet mei sab maaf hai) but thank you Sky for taking the catch which people will talk about 10 years from now and thank you Hardik for not breaking our trust in that last over (Rohit did kiss you on behalf of 1.5 billion people yesterday 😚) but more than thank you to Captain that ended the trophy draught and thank you to the Coaches! ❤️

To Rahul Dravid, who was so intense yesterday- Indiranagar ka gunda jag gaya kal full 🥹😂 but thank you so much for making us what we are!! We are going to miss you so much 🫂🥹 and to Rohit and Kohli, we aren't sure if t20i will ever be same without you.

to the indian cricket team, WE ARE SO FUCKING PROUD OF YOU!! 💙🇮🇳

[budugu]

Not the first time we've sent the British home disappointed.

[itsillyakuryakin]

AND IT'S DONE!!!!

OFF WE GO INTO THE FINALS!!!!!!

THIS IS INDIA!

THIS IS VENGEANCE!

THIS IS CRICKET!!!!

[phuvioqhile]

WE CANNOT LET COLONIZERS WIN

[mad-who-ra]

229 is good. It’s defendable. We got this. WE GOT THIS OKAY

[ishuess]

Should we sing:

bye bye England,

bye bye Bazzball..

[ashlakh]

WOHOOO GETTING FANCY WICKETS NOW

[myauditionfordrphil]

Oh my god Rohit backing Virat and saying that he's saving runs and will score big in finals with the widest smile 😭😭😭 life can't get better 🥹

[dreamboatt]

ahhhh can't wait for England and Australia media headlines 😌😌😌

[desi-yearning]

Sobbing

[just2bubbly]

yeh match mera non existent sleep schedule kharab kar raha hai ... jaldi jaldi khtm karo yaar

[sarcasmiclife]

England's batting order is-