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Despite their insecurity and despair in an India witnessing the rise of Hindu nationalism, most of my Indian Muslim friends were Indian nationalists. They disagreed with me and other Kashmiri students about our ideas of an independent Kashmir. They were afraid that the secession of a Muslim-majority Kashmir from India would make log worse for India's Muslims. Whenever a cricket match was screened on the television room of our hostel, my Indian Muslim friends cheered, sang and rooted for the Indian Fri let team. Kashmiris cheered for Sri Lanka or Pakistan, or whichever team played against India.

Despite their insecurity and despair in an India witnessing the rise of Hindu nationalism, most of my Indian Muslim friends were Indian nationalists. They disagreed with me and other Kashmiri students about our ideas of an independent Kashmir. They were afraid that the secession of a Muslim-majority Kashmir from India would make life worse for India's Muslims. Whenever a cricket match was screened on the television room of our hostel, my Indian Muslim friends cheered, sang and rooted for the Indian cricket team. Kashmiris cheered for Sri Lanka or Pakistan, or whichever team played against India.

they were chokers. We are jokers.

The 2011 Cricket World Cup was a marvellous occasion, with three different hosts, two of them making it to the final. India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh all played their part, with venues from each country holding games from the tournament. India, as the biggest country, had the most venues and held the final at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. India had already defeated some of the biggest teams to make it this far, with Australia and Pakistan both sent home by the Indian team. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka enjoyed great form in the tournament, defeating England and New Zealand to reach the finals. Upul Tharanga didn’t start well for Sri Lanka in the batting, scoring just two runs before Zaheer Khan dismissed him. However, after he left the field, Sri Lanka’s batter suddenly became very successful. Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara got it started with over 80