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A New Beginning For Indian Cricket, Hopefully......


India beat archrivals Pakistan by five runs at the bull ring on Monday to lift the inaugural twenty20 world cup.The Indian team, which was virtually written off even before a ball was bowled showed great character under new captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

The playing X1, for a change gelled like a team and came up with a breathtaking performance to help India register the most famous victory over their sub continent rivals till date.

But for me the stand out player for India in the tournament would be Gautam Gambhir who led the team with his solid and composed innings in the middle overs match after match He offered the much needed support in the middle overs, when wickets came tumbling down at the other end and the ever improving R. P. Singh with his beautiful line and length.And not to forget the young Joginder Singh who kept his cool and accepted his captians call to bowl the ultimate over at such a grand stage.Imagine Pakistan winning the cup, it would have been GAME OVER for the poor Joginder.

But the most UNFORGETTABLE moment in this event would be Yuvraj's phenomenal 6-6-6-6-6-6 in a single damn over.

Without the likes of Sachin, Sourav and Rahul, the young side showed great character and kept their cool even in the tense situations.

Finally twenty 20 cricket made a faboulous debut at the world stage and South Africa has put up a brave show in scripting the best advertisement for this format. And it was not only cricket which grabbed eye balls at the event. Music, cheer leaders, huge crowds, party like atmosphere all summed up the Twenty 20 World Cup for me.

I HAD A GREAT TIME.....WAY TO GO TWENTY 20......

Comments

santty said…
ya rightly said, new beginning to indian cricket and also to twenty20. i remember reading about CANNIBALISATION in marketing.....wil tis new product(twenty20) eat into old product(preferably test matches).....lots of views wil b thr for tis bt i think let time gve us the answer.......ya shrini u right....a new era and new beginning in the making..........three cheers for india
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