Right from the time that Shreesanth held on the catch that clinched India the 20-20 world cup in South Africa,the whole cricket team is bathing in the adulation of the home crowds...the captain being crowned words such as cool,composed,astute,master tactitian and what not . The nation which had given up all hope of India winning the inaugaral title in 2007 even before the action started had now begin to sing praises of all the people who were in the team ..Even me ..myself ..after having seen the team on paper ..i was surprised they would even beat the minnows ..i had myself declared that let us see us Indians getting hit out of the park ..When Matthew hayden will just stand and deliver . you guys just see and watch .....After the first 2 matches i was certain that even if the other teams have not done well,my trumpcard Matthew hayden would definately come up with the goods in the semi finals match against India. The Indian team on the other hand had just shown some tremendous performances , call that luck or fluke or whatever,they were performing , Yuvraj was impeccable , he was smashing soccer balls out of the stadium with his huge huge bat of his ,and suddenly the whole nation became aware that India would definitely prove a dark horse in the race. It definitely did and they won the world cup ..Something that they havent done since Kapil Dev's champions in 1983.!!!
Everyone was overjoyed and happy.Money was distributed all over just as the prasad is distributed in the temples. People became heroes overnight .Harbhajan's car fantasy became real after getting the much money..No doubt he lost that much of money in 'SLAPGATE' but everyone was happy!!..Someone got marriage proposals....some got more money to be accumulated and so on!
Now after 2 years the same event is going to take place ..this time in England.
The Indian team looks strong on paper ,specially with the likes of Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj , Captain Courageous himself, Pathan Brothers(Remember Yusuf.....who smashed mendis out of the park in the tied IPL game ? .... or Irfan ...India's budding star ...who was wasted? )
hmm
well the squad has depth ,let me tell you that
the IPL has brought a few stars in this lineup.
Yusuf Pathan - You have seen him hit big time( i mean ...he got his first game in the final against pakistan..thats big time) ..to be serious ...he has been on a roll ever since the inception of the IPL and one of the pawns that India have to use well in order to yield the results they need .
Ravinder Jadeja- A very young cricketer with a good cricketing mind and a perfect all rounder for the short form of the game(i mean tee-20 not 20-20....dunno which ones shorter...in spelling...).can hit the big ones and can stop the flow of runs..can he make the difference?
RP Singh - you cannot keep this guy out for long .. a very very good swing bowler(remember shaun pollock's wicket that he took)...can exploit the conditions in England pretty well..
Yuvraj - He has to fire.he 's been steady with the ball in the IPL grabbing 2 hat tricks..but his run with the bat has nowhere been his best .. If India have to win they definitely want him to fire on all grounds...i mean ..batting ..bowling and fielding ...
Gautam Gambhir - Well he was India's hero in the last campaign scoring the most number of runs in the tournament.had an okay IPL....
If he gets going ..India will always get a steady score ..!!
i must say that if they fire ...then i think india do stand a very very good chance to win the WC...
bear in mind all the other teams are not mere spectators..and expect some fireworks ..
look out for my feedback after the tournament !
till then
cheers
Friday, June 5, 2009
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