T-20 WORLD CUP FINAL: ASPECTS TO LOOK AT FOR INDIA
Sachin Tendulkar stumped by Romesh Kaluwitharana in the 1996
world cup semi-final and eventually the intensely passionate crowd at Eden Gardens
bursting and throwing fiery stuffs at the field, end result being India ruled out
of the world cup.
Sourav Ganguly playing the innings of his life when the two
teams meet again in the 1999 world cup and his partnership with Rahul Dravid
setting a newer benchmark for the upcoming generation of Indian batting.
The world after a long time seeing the Indian quick’s firing
in the 2003 world cup when the two teams meet again. Srilankan batting line up
tormented at Johanesburg.
And, off course yes, who can forget the greatest of them
all, the 2011 World Cup final! India
becoming world champions almost after three decades, and who was on the loosing
side? None other than Srilanka!
Well this time one relies on the other to quest for the
World Title in the shorter format, the T-20 venture. I was just scrolling
through….through….through nothing and then I deduced some facts which the
Indians have to watch out for in their 2nd T-20 final:
Retain the spur in bowling… for at least one more encounter:
We saw the stars of Amit Mishra a bit faded in the semifinal against South
Africa, whereas Ravi Ashwin pulled off a miraculous display of spin bowling.
Amit Mishra has been fabulous throughout the tournament and just one more
magical spell is anticipated from him. The likes of Ashwin, Jadeja, Bhuvi and
Mohit Sharma are also expected to chip in with the spells of their lives and
who knows, we can get to see a 2007 again!
Yuvraj Singh to yet again portray his mettle at the biggest
stage: Yuvraj Singh showed an excellent batting performance against his
favourite opponent, the Aussies. He again failed to impress against the
Proteas! But he is expected to dominate against the Asian Champions in the
finale, particularly with his merciless slogs over mid wicket against both the
quickies and the slow bowlers.
Virat, Rohit, Raina, Rahane and Dhoni need to fire again:
The Indian batting has been extremely impressive and all the mentioned names
have put on an impeccable show when anticipated. This time the anticipation
from them is even more. All they need to do is, walk in, stay positive right
from the word go, and play their natural strokes. (As if I am a batting expert!
)
Blessing in disguise is something which everyone anticipates
for (plenty of anticipations in this post!) , but the game of cricket has
always had a curse in disguise associated with it, from considerable number of
decades… the fearsome Law of Averages! In simple words, a team that wins each
of its matches before entering the final, has to be on the loosing side in the
greatest game! Well this has happened so fluently in the past that some
captains desire to loose a contest or a two before playing the finals. Though
Captain Cool has a fortune inherited from the strangest of classes and he has
merely converted all the facts of the game to fiction like the ICC Champions
Trophy-2013 where India had every game and also conquered the final fort, but
still this fearsome aspect is the one thing that can bring lines of worry on
even the coolest heads!
From a cricket freak’s point of view, that is what all I can
say about the final scheduled tomorrow. Lets again hope that Dhoni and his men
will produce another magic and we would end up being the first nation to have
hold on the 50 overs and the 20 overs world championship simultaneously!
#Chak De India
#Bleed Blue
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