A Quintessential Knock of Sorts!
From Sourav and Dravid ❤️
And quite a delightful treat for the ardent cricket buff!
26th May 1999
#memoriesfromdiaires
ICC World Cup 1999
This particular day went down in cricketing history, as one of the most memorable days in the annals of the game!
| From my personal diary entry, 26th May 1999 |
When Sri Lanka came a cropper at the Cooper County ground! 😊
Or rather, the timid Sri Lankan side was taunted at Taunton by the Bengal Tiger! 😊
Lol! Inspirational flow you see! 😊
This India vs Sri Lanka ICC World Cup fixture had all those ecstatic moments that we most eagerly watch out for, in a ODI!
This was Sourav’s first World Cup! Same with Dravid as well!
And the Indian side was up against the formidable defending champs Sri Lanka!
But the duo’s quintessential knock of 300 plus runs, shattered the hope and the confidence of the opposition to smithereens, pulverizing them or rather ‘pasmam’ising* them by a phenomenal 157 runs, posting a whopping 373/6 in 50 overs. 😊
26th May 1999 also goes into the record books for having made One-day International Cricket’s first ever 300-run partnership.
| The lovely duo on 26th May 1999 [Pic Courtesy: India Today] |
Individually also, for Sourav this was his highest ODI score of 183!
Words wouldn’t come to the rescue of anyone who saw the match on this day – nayver!
Not even to the likes of a Harsha Bhogle or a David Gower - when it comes to describe the delightful duo - on this particular day!
There were hysteric moments each and every time Ganguly belted the ball across the boundary, [17 times], and over the boundary [7 times]!
A blazing tit for a rhetorical tat from the Indian side, who had done miserably against Sri Lanka (the defending champs) just in the previous edition of the World Cup in Eden Gardens, Calcutta.
*‘pasmam’ising - yet another inspirational flow or an impulsive coinage today, that takes its cue and clue from the Tamil word, ‘ashes!’ 😊
Paspam: பஸ்மம், பற்பம், [ashes], சாம்பல்;
Yet another definition refers to ‘paspam’ as medicinal ash of herbs/metals in siddha/ayurvedic medical system!
Another connotation refers to paspam as, metal reduced to medicinal powder!
Whatever the deno or the conno, the Indian side literally paspamised the opponents!
And that, dear reader, matters much-o-much and more-oh-more – yeh dil maange more - for the avid cricket buff, ain’t it? 😉
