How close were the English but how far it proved? Everyone is gung-ho about the magical ruthless powerful sixes of Braithwaite but my sympathy, my heart goes out to Stokes who became the victim.
But as Nitsche has correctly put, "Whatever doesn't kill you, makes you stronger". For Ben Stokes, this was the most vulnerable moment of his life till date but this would also prove to be the strongest moment of his entire life. Whenever he will be down or depressed, all he has to do is close his eyes and think of these four balls. Nothing can go worse than this. This was the bottom. And probably this would prove to be his liberation.
A colleague explained me the nature of fear yesterday. He said 'Fear is like a spring'. The spring in normal position is in a natural state. When we stretch it, the tension increases. The farther you move away from the normal position, the greater would be the tension. Physicists have described it as the function of displacement. However, after a point, the spring reach to an irreversible state. After this point, there is no more tension. There is no desire to go back to normal position and there is no force pulling you back to the origin. Fear is analogues to this. When you induce excessive fear in some person, after a point the fear of fear just go away. You become fearless.
I do not know whether who I would have loved to see winning. Ultimately, it's a game and someone has to win and other has to lose. But given the hardships which WestIndian team faced, It was wonderful to see them coming out with flying colors and win against all odds.
I just wish Ben Stokes recover from this shocker and do well in future.
But as Nitsche has correctly put, "Whatever doesn't kill you, makes you stronger". For Ben Stokes, this was the most vulnerable moment of his life till date but this would also prove to be the strongest moment of his entire life. Whenever he will be down or depressed, all he has to do is close his eyes and think of these four balls. Nothing can go worse than this. This was the bottom. And probably this would prove to be his liberation.
A colleague explained me the nature of fear yesterday. He said 'Fear is like a spring'. The spring in normal position is in a natural state. When we stretch it, the tension increases. The farther you move away from the normal position, the greater would be the tension. Physicists have described it as the function of displacement. However, after a point, the spring reach to an irreversible state. After this point, there is no more tension. There is no desire to go back to normal position and there is no force pulling you back to the origin. Fear is analogues to this. When you induce excessive fear in some person, after a point the fear of fear just go away. You become fearless.
I do not know whether who I would have loved to see winning. Ultimately, it's a game and someone has to win and other has to lose. But given the hardships which WestIndian team faced, It was wonderful to see them coming out with flying colors and win against all odds.
I just wish Ben Stokes recover from this shocker and do well in future.
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