dikha de jalwa toofan utha dum laga india macha de halla jam ke laga india these cries from the heart are often heard at sporting events as fans spur on indian sport stars for that extra point run or goal its only befitting that these and other desi cheers lie at the heart of a new sporting anthem that seeks to unite the nation and fans behind their sporting heroes the anthem cheer for champions is aptly the brainwave of five of indias best dilip vengsarkar cricket ashwini ponappa badminton dhanraj pillay hockey i m vijayan football and anjum chopra cricket vengsarkar says that the time is right to have a common sporting anthem that can be sung for all sports across the country in one voice i have seen fans singing motivational songs in countries like england and australia in whatever sport their country may be playing the concept has come to india too with ipl and the individual team anthems its time we have a common sporting anthem now as its a completely different high to have an entire stadium roaring to your every good move he recalls hearing the crowds fullthroated rendition of the chak de song during the first t20 world cup final in 2008 when india played against pakistan it was like the anthem in that game which we won handsomely it was a different feeling and really charged us all up to be amongst thousands of voices singing together he says its these intense emotions that music composer ranjit barot is tapping into as he sets the tune for the anthem the lyrics are being crowdsourced using the net and radio we asked people to submit the cheers that they use in sporting events we are working them into the anthem along with a lyricist says barot who was the music composer for the delhi commonwealth games opening and closing ceremonies but he clarifies it will be different from chants like chak de or jai ho we are trying to speak from the heart something that galvanizes everyone to reach higher ashwini ponappa agrees and says i love both these songs they are so indian but a sports anthem is not like a movie song it will reach out to the spectator and the player as one dramatic uplifting arrogant triumphant and sometimes hypermasculine most great sporting anthems such as the spanish ole ole ole are all this and much more a majority of stadium chants in the west are drawn from rock and roll pop or dance hits like we are the champions and survival by muse which was the london olympics official song postolympics british pm david cameron has pitched for england to have its own anthem for sports teams with his personal preference being jerusalem based on a william blake poem however barots inspiration is not any of the globally known anthems but the broad and