Later in TV I was watching Sehwag bat rip apart the Pakistani attack and realized that for him too it was important to entertain the spectators (y else would he go for boundaries and sixers when he's nearing 200? or 300 for that matter). He felt like a champion only when he did things his style, for him it was not just winning but winning in style that mattered.
I always felt two equal teams would bring out the best of players, maybe I am wrong. To give an extraordinary performance maybe one team needs to outclass the other completely. The players would be very confident, and try out different things when they know that they are definitely going to WIN.
In fact I was often in the mindset that "playing and enjoying the game" is more important than WINNING. To win consistently, we have to out class our opponents which means that we possess extraordinary skills or our teamplay's too good and this can be achieved only if we put in necessary hardwork, practice and of course "the grey matter". We actually help raise the level of the game and once it reaches great heights the REAL THRILL begins.
Its like watching Brazil and France play a soccer match or L_Clan players fight it out with BSK for the AGE crown
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