A joyous mood among Indians across the country, and abroad too, retains its vigour even three days after the 'Men in Blue' beat Sri Lanka in the final of the 2011 Cricket world Cup, superstar Amitabh Bachchan said.

"The joyous mood retains its vigour. God bless them, their effort and the effort of the entire team. And God bless India. Eleven Indians have invigorated an entire nation of almost a billion and half, and perhaps in other parts of the world too with their dedication," Amitabh wrote on his blog www.bigb.bigadda.com early today.

Writing on the blog, the actor said there is no greater unifier in the country than cinema and cricket.

"A prominent author and thinker on a public platform admitted that sport and film were the two most fertile ingredients in bringing a nation together. Nothing could be truer. They always were and shall always be, a unifier," the Big B posted on his blog.

At the same time, he said it was "bizarre" that after playing together for the home country, cricketers will now be battling against each other in the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) beginning on Friday.

"It still has not sunk in. And really they have very little time on their hands for it to do so, for, in another couple of days all those that participated for their country, shall now be pushing their energies and allegiance to their respective teams in the IPL, about to start on the 8th of this month!! "Those against the other shall now be playing for each other in the same team! And shall be fighting with equal vigour and commitment for their side, as they did for the WC! This is such a bizarre situation. How soon sentiments shall shift from national to personal teams representing different regions of the country.

Rivals for the past month, team mates for the next!!" the Big B said.