Will Union Budget 2014 get us our cup of 'achche din'?

Will Modi Sarkar lift the Cup on budget day or knee everyone's big hopes in the back like the Colombian Juan Camilo Zúñiga did to the Brazilian superstar Neymar?

Will the markets cheer or rue one more missed opportunity?

Will finance minister Arun Jaitley and his core team conjure up a lastminute miracle like the Dutch midfielder Wesley Sneijder and score even as inflation, drought, and bad finances stand like an impregnable fortress before their goal?

Will the achche din expecting millions get their hopes soaring or be red-carded?

Team ET will be right at the ground to give you, dear reader, a pass-bypass, tackle-by-tackle account of the budget.