In 2007, with Indian cricket reeling from the Caribbean World Cup debacle, Dhoni led a bunch of no-hopers to the inaugural World T20 in South Africa — the seniors sat out, Gautam Gambhir was seen as a poor replacement for Sachin Tendulkar, and Joginder Sharma was drafted from nowhere. But it was almost palpable a week into the tournament that something special was coming our way from a most unexpected quarter.
Why? Perhaps it was destiny; perhaps no one else wanted it more and, as Paulo Coelho has written, the universe was conspiring for them.
kunal.pradhan@expressindia.com
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