Sehwag's early dismissal, India's defensive shell, Ganguly's form and crowd jeers - the rollicking Day 5 had all the makes of a gripping thriller that culminated in Pakistan's series-levelling victory ©Getty
On a scale of life's realities that range from underplaying to stretching the truth, India-Pakistan is brutally amplified exaggeration. Everyone has an opinion and each one of that everyone wants it to be heard. From heads of states to wannabe heads of states; from NGOs to the UN; from right-wing extremists to wannabe right-wing extremists; from television experts to television experts turned Youtubers; from poster worshippers to TV smashers, you can't not have colour in your buildup.
Alas, that's where the colour ends, for when the action slips into the whites, it's more often than not either dull, or anticlimactic, or one-sided, and simply disappointing.
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