The addictive playlist of 83

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1. Uth jaa ziddi re (by Tushar Joshi)

This song starts playing right after Kapsie welcomes his team to London and tells them about the four warm up matches..."Kuchh karte hai"

It shows Kapil scraping the mud from his shoe using disparaging newspapers; Jimmy setting his precious handkerchief on the bed carefully; Yash, Roger and Cheeka, the vegetarians, using the achar Lala ji had sent; Shastri berating Patla and Maddi for their unhealthy food but then stuffing in himself; Kirti, Ballu and Vally staring at non veg posters outside the phone booth, looking stunned out their lives, and Ballu talking his fiancee Simran.

Then it shows their pre WC practice sessions-Cheeka hitting Roger and Maddi for boundaries ("humko chumma tukku tukku khelna nahi aata"), Sunny telling Ballu to hide his grip while giving the inswinger ("tu jab inswinger daalta hai tab batsman ko telegram kyu bhejta ki tu inswinger daalta hai?")

Ends with Man bhai visiting the office regarding the entry pass to 'every stadium except Lord's'

Note: This is a nice song considering the context, setting the tone for their World Cup preparations, but it's my least favourite (relatively) in the playlist

2. Bigadne de (by Benny Dayal)

The beginning music of this horribly mood uplifting song starts when Jimmy is explaining to Kapil there's a first time for everything, defeating West Indies, and washing clothes

While the two of them are buying washing soda in the supermarket, their team in the pub are fooling around, Yash being handed orange juice instead of alcohol; Patla jugging with glasses, much to Maddi's admiration, and Kirti trying the same and dropping and breaking all the glasses

The first leg match vs Zimbabwe is entirely covered by this song-Maddi's wickets, Jimmy hitting Kevin Curran and smiling at the bowler; Patil's hard hitting 50; Maddi getting Man of the Match, Kirti jumping with the champagne bottle

When the team bus draws up in front of the hotel, a huge crowd of Indians gather with flags, cheering their team on; Maddi waves at the crowd, Yash pulls both Maddi's arms up and his own for a more emphatic wave. This is also where Kalyani and her family shout to Cheeka and Cheeka gets a 'rare' South Indian vegetarian family 

The song ends with the team entering the hotel, Cheeka pushing along Roger, and the journalists Mr Wankhede and Mr Mishra clapping and hailing Kapil

Note: I absolutely adore this song, my favourite good-feel song right now. It shows such a happy time in the team that you could watch the video 50 times and feel your mood lifting every single time

3. Ye Hausle (by KK)

The music of this songs softly at lunch break of the disastrous Australia match, with Kapil glowering at his team and everyone eating in silence.

In the field, India makes a comeback after lunch, Kapil leading with a five wicket haul. The second innings doesn't go good; quick wickets falling, Cheeka running out Jimmy and saying, lying on his stomach inside the crease 'Sorry Jim pa' and then throwing away his own wicket with a lofted shot. Kapil comes in and hits a quickfire 40, but gets played on and India loses by 166 runs.

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