It was neither the strategist in Ravi Shastri nor the infusion of fresh blood. It took just a “Jaadu Ki Jhappi” to put India back to winning ways. I mean apparently so.
Haseena Nasreen, Shiuli to her friends, waited five long days during Team India’s conditioning camp in Kolkata before she had her man of dream, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, right in front. The teen could not resist giving Dhoni a hug and see what it augured!
Three days later, when most of his teammates came a cropper, Dhoni bailed India out from the morass and led to the win in the first ODI against Bangladesh.
One just wishes that Shiuli’s idea finds takers in other parts of India as well, because the likes of Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh are badly in need of something similar.
When Munnabhai showed on-screen how much difference one “Jadu Ki Jhappi” (Magical Hug) can make, we loved it but did not take him seriously. Now Shiuli proved it works in real life as well.
So, neither a change in guards, nor a wholesale chopping-and-dropping exercise. Neither a performance-linked contract nor a cap on advertisement. All India need is a Free Hug Campaign – like the one below – to revive its fortune.
(Dhoni womanhandled! Photo courtesy: STAR Ananda)
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