India did it - For Sachin, for us! The World Cup Winners!

Thanks to:

1. Yuvraj Singh - Man of the series (362 Runs & 15 wickets)
2. Zaheer Khan - Leading wicket taker (21 wickets)
3. Sachin Tendulkar - Leading runs scorer for India (2nd highest overall in WC after Dilshan - 482)
4. Mahendar Singh Dhoni - Captain's innings in the finals (91*)

The after effects of India's World Cup Final victory:

1. People are celebrating Dussera
2. Everyone is out on the streets dancing with Indian flags, shouting slogans like "Chak De India", "Bharat Mata ki Jai", "India...India" etc.

Apart from being written in the History in Golden letters, this has a more uniting significance!
This is a rare occasion when entire India gathers as one celebrating the victory together, dancing, shouting slogans etc. Indeed cricket does unite the entire country.
Now I know, why Cricket is called the religion of India!

Can Sachin make a Century of centuries in the final? & also be Man of the Series?

After having most unparalleled records under his name, can Sachin do it yet again? Can he make a century of centuries in the World Cup Final 2011?

Rumour has it that the reason why Sachin apparently gave up his wicket after 6 lives in the match at Mohali against Pakistan is that he didn't want his 100th century to come out of such a sluggish innings. He'd rather prefer it to be one of the most clean & perfect innings.

This milestone, if achieved by Sachin in the finals does not seem to be reachable in the near future by anyone, the closest being our very own disappointed Punter, Ricky Pointing with 69 hundreds(tests + one days).

Moreover, Sachin is just 3 runs behind the leading run scorer of the World Cup, T. Dilshan of Sri Lanka. They both along with Yuvraj Singh for his all round performance are the front runners for the "Man of the Series Award". I don't want to rule out the bowlers but the leading wicket taker, Shahid Afrid is already back home and unless exceptional, it is difficult to give the award to player from non-finalist team. Only if Zaheer Khan takes a good haul will he be able to cross Shahid Afridi as the leading wicket taker in the world cup 2011 to join the race for "Man of the World Cup".

So which feather will Sachin add to his already beautified hat in this world cup(which seems to be his last World Cup as well)!