Lessons from the Men in Blue

A billion prayers heard, wishes come true India's triumphant victory at Mohali proves that the "Men in Blue" have the ability to repeat the feat that Kapil's devils once achieved. The match was so crucial for India that most of the Indians believe that if we won this game its equivalent to win the cup. What a country we are, a billion people sharing a common passion for a game called cricket, roads empty, offices remain closed, every single Indian glued to their seat and just one wish, India beat their arch rivals Pakistan in semi final. A lot of lessons to be learnt from the Indo-Pak semifinals sharing a few of them:  

a)  Nerves of steel - "Success is not measured by the position we attain in life but by the obstacles that we overcome in the journey called life. Dhoni's team paved their way to the finals after a lot of struggles. Remember the match with England they bled through their noses to defend a total of 327 and struggled to beat the minnows called Ireland but at the end came back triumphantly to win two crucial matches against Australia and Pakistan. True success does not come the easy way one needs to have nerves of steel to achieve and work hard to reach the milestone called success. 

b)    Learning from mistakes - Team India learnt from their mistakes and a brilliant example of the same would be the improvement in every department of the game. Bowling line and length, showing commitment on the field and the most important batting all the fifty over’s. Ditto applicable to every aspect of our life. There is no harm in committing mistakes but its more important to learn from the mistakes and move on.

c)      Leadership makes a difference - Politicians, corporate honchos everyone should learn from MSD. The ability of a leader to steer the team during the time of crises, maintain calmness and think out of the box solutions to tackle every problem. MSD did not lose his cool when Umar Akmal started penalizing the bowlers he brought back Bhajji and he strikes. MSD's confidence in his men that his men will be able to deliver is amazing I think every leader should learn from this maintain cool and the most important of all "think act and strike" with an end in the mind.

d)     Stay till the end – Finally to stay with the problem till the end and not to leave the course in the mid way. India batted fifty overs completely without losing all the wickets – moral keep the final goal at your sight and don’t run away from the problem.

All said and done every Indian loved the game, I wish we showed this passion in each and every field may be we will be able to resolve some our critical problems the country is facing today. Wishing India all the best for the finals.