An eventful night that was!

We all know that a true Indians identity is witnessed by his love for Movies, Politics, and Cricket. And here I am, a true Indian. This time, I will tell you a story that's about Cricket.

Me and my friends always wanted to be a part of this World Cup, 2011. Unfortunately, Hyderabad was not on the venue list, and the next nearest option was Nagpur. As they say, life is not easy on this planet; after continuous efforts for a month there was no ray of hope left. None of our contacts worked. No tickets available, all sold out. That's what we got on every chat, sms and call we made. Yes, we were disappointed and had convinced our self that luck shall favor us another time.

11-March-2011, 11:50pm: Me telling a friend the saga of our failed attempts to get tickets for the match on our very own gtalk, simultaneously cribbing to another a friend on the useless network of people I have, over the phone.

12-March-2011, 12:20am: My friend calls me back with a question; "what if we get the tickets now? should we go?" I say, "WHAT!!! Tickets!!! Now??? to Nagpur!!!" He hung up, promising to call me back in a couple of minutes.

12-March-2011, 12:25am: Another friend logs onto makemytrip.com trying his best to make this trip possible. Once again Mr. Luck was too busy to knock our doors. No connecting flights available, leaving us with just one option! A drive that was just 490 kms long.

12-March-2011, 12:30am: The phone rings... and... yes! We got 4 tickets for the Nagpur match! and WTF, confirmed! For the second time in my life, I said to myself, ‘God exists’! (the story of the first time will come to you on another blog, some other time)

12-March-2011, 1:00am: 4 friends, 4 different houses, the exact same scene. We knock on our parents' bedroom doors, give them the news of the confirmed tickets to the match, plead them to give us permission to drive to Nagpur. 

12 -March-2011, 3:00am: After 2 freaking hours of persuasion, parents agree!

12-March-2011, 3:45am: 4 friends, 1 car, and a hell of a match ahead of us! World Cup 2011, here we come!

What an eventful night that was! Guys, a car drive from Hyd to Nagpur is just awesome – you all must try sometime.

P.S. We witnessed Sachin’s 99th century, and the only match India lost in the world cup, lol.