Clash of Titans

The war pitch is ready. The whole world is poised to take the minute-by-minute pulse of the most exciting match of World Cup 2011 that's set on the hottest pitch of Mohali. Often touted as the mother of all cricket blockbusters, today's semifinal between India and Pakistan will be the decider of this World Cup's real winner. If India wins today, the cricket history will be rewritten, in a sense that whatever conspiracy theories around punters' paradise have been brewed in over past few days, the most predictive proposition however may sound unbelievable, the business behind the winning strategy will be another obfuscating story for cricket fans.

This semifinal will be unique in many ways than one. Hopes billions of sportive cricket lovers are surging ahead with great conviction, may the best team win without any bias to the support, but will that happen? That's the most exciting question which will haunt the cricket lovers till the judgment moment, the split second that will keep the emotions hinged to the core of an uncontrolled chain reaction. And what next? An awe-inspiring stance, a moment for many to bang their head, and for some to jump from their seat and start a dance of macabre. Today is the day all those hyper reactions are set on fire.

If history is repeated, Pakistan will certainly has a large probability for winning, but at this point of time we cant ignore the animal spirit of Indian cricket team, which has already established the fact that winning this semifinal is stored for India on many counts, some are conspicuous and some are hush-hush. Though there are many attributes to the winning strategy of this semifinal, a lot depends on the greed quotient of players. Maybe, it's quite difficult to ascertain the veracity of reports that punters have started their business strategy, but the Pakistan government's declaration of huge reward system such as offering 25 acres of land to each player is equally a counter attack on the dangerous plan of punters.

But nothing will go opaque as far as the performance monitoring is concerned. No player can escape from the hawk-eyed spectators who in all probability can judge what's going underneath. This semifinal is ridden on a bunch of complex uncertainties. What may be the visible constraints for the players on the field, the cricket lovers will not believe that because only one paranoia that has already intoxicated them is winning at any cost, for their own team. May the best team win!