Sauron : Ring :: India : Win

A win that was so easy for India in the recent times suddenly seems evasive! A potential win in a cricket match can now be raised from category:'Necessity' to category:'Desperation'. What was touted to be the best contest in the recent times ended being a damp squib, with India failing to register a single win against English side in any form of cricket. But wait, I hear a passionate Indian fan within myself screaming "there are three more ODIs to account for" but who am I kidding, even if we were to win those remaining ODIs, the pride we lost on the field can never be compensated by this token victory. It took me a 'tour de LOTR' to appreciate the similarities between the army of Mordor and the Indian team. 

• Both the captains are desperate to achieve the single coveted title
• Sauron lost Nazgul and King of Angmar early in the battle; Zaheer limped out after 3 overs and Sachin is already out of the ODI series.
• Saruman who was supposed to be helping Sauron win the battle proved useless with his army, I think he did more damage than help. Sehwag who was supposed to reinforce our ailing batting ended up scoring 41 runs in 4 innings with no particular effect.
• The Orcs who captured the Ring and Frodo were stupid enough to let it slip from their hands. We had Dravid guide us throughout the series while Ishanth, Praveen bowled well in patches, but still not enough to win a test for us.

I think I have let my obsession with LOTR get better of me, but still Sauron never had to come back and explain to his army on why he lost the ring but I think, a lot will be expected from Dhoni now. Of all these. a single question remains, 

"Is Duncan Fletcher the Gollum with his own agenda or a Gandalf guiding the fellowship to victory?"

In both the cases, I dont see victory for India!

P:S: All non LOTR fans please excuse


P:P:S: On a side note, I would have been more pleased with the novel ending had Sauron really got his ring after all the resources and power he had employed! Too bad. My ode to Sauron will be a seperate post on its own.