To give you perspective, back in 2010 – Sachin Tendulkar had not retired, MS Dhoni had been the captain for 3 years, Virat Kohli had not made his Test debut – and the last time India had won the World Cup, it was 1983.
Safe to say, a lot of things have changed in these 10 years. The players we attach hopes with, the players we miss seeing and the overall performance of the team – nothing is the same and it reflects in the sentiments and language of our cricket crazy nation. Here we show how.
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But cricket was a religion then, and it is a religion now. No changes there.
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