Come on, the BCCI was always going to treat this like a triumph.
So while it was no surprise that Sharad Powar and his men would take the dias, it was more than a trifle presumptuous of the entire BCCI lot -- and Maharashtra Deputy CM RR Patil to take up the front row on the stage, generously squeezing in a seat for Dhoni while the rest of Team India sat in the two rows behind.
Yuvraj Singh, automatically sliding into a seat on the front row, had already signed autographs for a pretty folk dancer before he was unceremoniously shunted to the back. MC Harsha Bhogle introduced the BCCI mob -- the photographers were most irritated by these shot-obscureres -- saying we should have a hand for chief of selectors Dilip Vengsarkar. 'After all, they picked a good team this time.' The crowd rightfully drowned out Patil's 'Jai Maharashtra' speech with a flurry of calls for the team. And its captain.
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