I completely agree: If we think we've graduated from the days when "losing honorably" was satisfactory, we should stop the wild celebrations and stop the crying until we do something like actually win the world cup or at least reach the semi-finals.
But this video still made be choke up. I guess I am tainted by having been around long enough to remember the days when we clapped when one of our batsmen reached a "quarter century".
It's been a long and painful ride, Bangladesh! And some of these days feel all that much sweeter just because of that arduous journey.
But let us forever bid farewell to the days when winning was just a bonus on the side that we were ecstatic about having somehow stumbled upon, rather than the central objective for which we play the game.
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