by SHUVAIT KOUL
With less than 24 hours away from the epic battle-the grand finale of 2011 cricket World Cup, a billion hearts in India will be pumping for the greatest prize in cricket to be brought home.
This World Cup final is special in more ways than one- a) The whole nation and cricket lovers across the globe will be rooting for the Little Master Sachin Tendulkar to complete his 100th international hundred and help team India repeat the eternal saga of 1983. b) Arguably the greatest off-spinner the world has ever seen-Muttiah Muralitharan, will be seen spinning magic for the last time. c)For the first time in the history of the game two subcontinent teams have made it to the finals.
With Sachin coming home to complete perhaps his only milestone left that is of making India the world champions, Wankhede promises to be an absolute slobber knocker.
At 37, the flamboyance and greed for runs in him refuses to die down. He will make all the tricks in his book come into play on the day.
He had missed out on the previous occasion when India had reached the finals of 2003 World Cup, trying to pull one through mid wicket ending up getting caught and bowled by McGrath. But considering that this will be his last World Cup appearance, he will come out all guns blazing to lift the cup for India and add another feather to his cap.
Murali tweeted this morning that no matter what he will play the ultimate encounter even if he is not a hundred percent fit and went on to say that this is going to be the biggest match of his life.
This gives us an idea of how hungry this wily old fox is. He is desperate to play the game and make his presence felt so that Sri Lanka can once again display their mighty recital of 1996.
Come Saturday and the extravaganza is going to be like never before. The two Asian giants will set the stage on fire as the whole world witnesses this colossal clash of the titans.
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