The big news is that India won. But what is interesting to me is how small town India is grabbing center stage. Opportunity is not knocking only on the doors of people in the metros, but also those in towns like Ranchi, Rae Bareilly and Rohtak. So the world is getting more flat.
Here is a list of home towns of the players in the Indian team. The conclusions are for you to draw.
| MS Dhoni | |
| Yuvraj Singh | |
| Ajit Agarkar | |
| Gautam Gambhir | |
| Harbhajan Singh | Jullundher |
| Joginder Sharma | Rohtak |
| Dinesh Karthik | Chennai |
| Irfan Pathan | |
| Yusuf Pathan | |
| Piyush Chawla | |
| Virender Sehwag | Nazafgarh |
| Rohit Sharma | |
| Rudra Pratap Singh | Rae Bareilly |
| | Kothamangalam |
| Robin Uthappa | Coorg |
A question that has been asked of me is whether this small town person wants to be talked to in a different language. I think that is missing the point. I don't think it is about whether that person wants to be talked to differently. The point is that his world-view is very different and so you cannot connect with him unless you have the same view. Let me illustrate this.
The metro guy has more to lose and therefore plays safe. The small town guy has more to win and so is willing to take the bigger risk. I guess this is just one way in which Bunty's world is different.
At any rate, Bollywood and cricket continues to unite us and make us one country.
Chak de India.
