Hi Cricket Lovers,
Sorry for not writing for a while. Most of it was because of the shadow of Match fixing scandal which had overshadowed the game of cricket during the IPL. I was happy that my favorite team,i.e Mumbai Indians won but was not sure about how this Indian team will react after this scandal. I was apprehensive but somewhere in my heart I always felt that Indian team has it in them to overcome all such controversies and focus just on Cricket.
Dhoni being what he is left aside all the questions being raised to him by the media regarding the scandal but let the team performance speak for themselves. Right from the first warm up match when India gave 333 runs to the Sri Lankan team everybody thought we had lost everything mentally too. No body knew then what was to follow will be so similar to the success which Indian team had in '83 and '85 when they won world cup and the world series of cricket one after the other. Things were very different then.
This time around Indians started with a bang chasing down 333 against the Lankans very easily and then thrashing the Australian team by 243 runs by bowling them out for a meager 65. Against all odds the new opening combination of Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan worked wonders and two centuries partnership in two games from both of them meant that India became the first team to qualify for the semis with wins over the strong South Africans and the dangerous Windies team. Even the Bowlers responded well this time with Sir Ravindra Jadeja claming a five-for agains the Windies. Jadeja finsished the tournament with 12 wickets and proved once again he is a very good ODI palyer and is there to stay as an All rounder in this young Indian Cricket team.
Coming into the Finals Indians had not lost a single game and wanted to show the world that they are the world no. 1 ODI team. Dhoni rightly said at the presentation ceremony ,quote " I said 'we are the No. 1-ranked team, let's play like that" and i think that's what they did tonight. Every single player in the team was focused at giving their best and when this happens results always show. India ended this tournament winning 7 out of 7 matches including the 2 warm up and never looked like losing a game till England needed 20 of last 16 balls in that all imprtant Ishant Sharma's over after which the game turned its head after an Ishant-Ashwin combination took 2 wickets in 2 balls.In the end, Indians won by 5 runs.
I think this is the New Young India which plays its heart out each and every match and is committed to be and remain no. 1 team in all the formats of this game. Dhoni has now registered win in all the tournaments there are right now and have also lead the Indian team to become no. 1 in ODI as well as Test Championship race too. Only thing which i think he will now want to accomplish is to defend the world title at the 2015 World Cup in Australia.
Please do send in your comments if you like my Blog.
I will keep posting updates
Till then
Bye
Sorry for not writing for a while. Most of it was because of the shadow of Match fixing scandal which had overshadowed the game of cricket during the IPL. I was happy that my favorite team,i.e Mumbai Indians won but was not sure about how this Indian team will react after this scandal. I was apprehensive but somewhere in my heart I always felt that Indian team has it in them to overcome all such controversies and focus just on Cricket.
Dhoni being what he is left aside all the questions being raised to him by the media regarding the scandal but let the team performance speak for themselves. Right from the first warm up match when India gave 333 runs to the Sri Lankan team everybody thought we had lost everything mentally too. No body knew then what was to follow will be so similar to the success which Indian team had in '83 and '85 when they won world cup and the world series of cricket one after the other. Things were very different then.
This time around Indians started with a bang chasing down 333 against the Lankans very easily and then thrashing the Australian team by 243 runs by bowling them out for a meager 65. Against all odds the new opening combination of Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan worked wonders and two centuries partnership in two games from both of them meant that India became the first team to qualify for the semis with wins over the strong South Africans and the dangerous Windies team. Even the Bowlers responded well this time with Sir Ravindra Jadeja claming a five-for agains the Windies. Jadeja finsished the tournament with 12 wickets and proved once again he is a very good ODI palyer and is there to stay as an All rounder in this young Indian Cricket team.
Coming into the Finals Indians had not lost a single game and wanted to show the world that they are the world no. 1 ODI team. Dhoni rightly said at the presentation ceremony ,quote " I said 'we are the No. 1-ranked team, let's play like that" and i think that's what they did tonight. Every single player in the team was focused at giving their best and when this happens results always show. India ended this tournament winning 7 out of 7 matches including the 2 warm up and never looked like losing a game till England needed 20 of last 16 balls in that all imprtant Ishant Sharma's over after which the game turned its head after an Ishant-Ashwin combination took 2 wickets in 2 balls.In the end, Indians won by 5 runs.
I think this is the New Young India which plays its heart out each and every match and is committed to be and remain no. 1 team in all the formats of this game. Dhoni has now registered win in all the tournaments there are right now and have also lead the Indian team to become no. 1 in ODI as well as Test Championship race too. Only thing which i think he will now want to accomplish is to defend the world title at the 2015 World Cup in Australia.
Please do send in your comments if you like my Blog.
I will keep posting updates
Till then
Bye
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