Seeking Alpha by Adding Beta

I imagined today' day (Nov 19, 2023) little differently than what it turned out to be..had a watch gathering at my place with few friends for India vs Aus ICC Cricket World Cup Final. Both teams deserved to be in the final - India winning all games in this tournament and Aus winning last 8 games after initially losing 2 games at start of tournament. The match was being played at the biggest stadium in the world (over 132,000 capacity) and over billion people tuning in...maybe most watched single sports event ever. After Australia won the toss, they choose to field (that's what most likely India wanted). India started well but then wickets kept dropping and India ended with total of 240 all out. That's when all of us knew that the dream of winning third world cup is over...despite one of the best bowling squad India ever had....The score was just not enough even for the best bowling to defend against one of the most professional and mentally strong team....No wonder Australi...

If you have been following most watched tournament in the World, you would have guessed what today's title mean. Yes - it's about Cricket World Cup. India made history by beating then World Champion - West Indies in 1983. Repeated history again by beating stalwarts like Australia and England in 2011. In 2023 World Cup,  India has not lost a single game (out of 8) and is sitting at top of the table. Indian batting and more importantly Indian bowling have dominated this world cup. One more league match remaining. But semifinals are already decided. India would be playing New Zealand in semi and South Africa and Australia will face each other in other semi. Final would be played on Nov 19.  I am hoping and praying that India continues her dominance and win semi first and then win final to claim 3rd World Cup tille and repeat the history again in 2023!  And like SuperBowl indicator, let's look at Cricket World Cup Indicatior  Last two times India won Cricket World Cup, m...