Sunday, March 18, 2007

Ooo Haaa India

Ooo haa India, aaa ya India.....!!
After world cup started, most of the match was played was not interesting as it was played with minnows (like countries playing for the first time). Even there were many controversial statements that whether these minnows should be allowed to played in worldcup or not.

Few commented that this should be avoided as this reduces the interest in worldcup matches. Few supported that we should give them chance so that they could gain the confident(like Kenya which came until semifinal in last world cup). Until yesterday, results of the all matches favoured Senior Team. Almost all cases, senior teams slaughtered the minnows team with above 300 plus.

Like every Indian, I was also excited to see the first match of India against Bangladesh. I was very confident that we will have a convincing victory. Once Sehwag fell in single digit as usual, I thought that he needs some rest now and needs to work on basics.The first fifteen overs really shook the Indian top order which was really considered as Great line-up.I too waited for the bowling change as considered that may be after fifteen overs will change. But then i concluded that our batting is really struggling against the Bangladesh bowling attack. Bangladesh Team's fielding was excellent and boundaries were dried up for India.After Yuvraj had gone, wickets fell very rapidly. India faced worse defeat in world cup history. I really dunno what was in mind of our cricket team before playing the match. Is it because of Over-confidence ? Over hype to Indian team by media ? Very high expectation cause the pressure to all team members ?. Lost is lost always, Is there anyway that India could sustain its position in Super 8's ? Does Indian team will take responsible to come into Super 8's ? Does India team repeat the same which happened in previous world cup (9 win after first match defeat )?

Yesterday, PAK bid farewell from world cup after its humiliating defeat.India needs to have this in the mind. Only way is to excel in every part of the game. Hope India team comes out of this trauma of defeat. Let's see on Friday ....!!

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