While the nation mourned the passing of Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar on Sunday, the BCCI put off the celebrations it had planned to mark India’s landmark 1000th ODI.
Adopting the motto of the entertainment business — the show must go on — the Indian cricketers provided the soothing balm the grieving nation needed with a clinical performance. A performance that would have certainly brought a smile to the face of ‘The Nightingale of India’ had she been watching it.