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| 2009-02-04 09:20 |
| Team India 8 on trot! |
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Team India goes straight on and wins the 8th ODI, possibly same as the 8th wonder of our times.
About a year back, nobody would have thought that this would be feasible by Dhoni and men.
Some enthusiasm was generated after the T20 World Cup victory in 2007, and since then, the team has been winning series on and off. The very well documented Australian series was a good show.
Just few years back, I used to sit at the edge of my seat, just hoping that India will not waste away an advantageous position in an ODI, which it eventually did. The great ODI demise in World Cup 2007 shattered my very premise and I began to question my love of cricket. See this (point 4).
Now, my mind seems to relax, because there is an assurance that India will do its best to bounce back from a disadvantageous position many a time.
Attribute the current situation to the Great Aussie decline, or the young blood in the veins of the composition, Team India will still have to go a long way to prove themselves, as they still have to match up to South Africa, the number 1 ODI team now. Everybody now tends to make a mincemeat of the Aussies.
Now shall come the New Zealand series. Next to the Down Under, NZ will pose a challenge for the Men in Blue as conditions are so different.
MSD has been nicknamed Captain Cool and Captain Courageous. I sincerely hope that he keeps all these 'Cs' intact when India look to win the ODI World Cup in 2011.
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![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) vaidya |
| 2009-02-05 01:42 (UTC) |
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Somehow I've lost interest in most of the limited overs formats...I look at the results, what happened, who scored etc...but never keen enough to look for streaming sites etc...
I still follow tests avidly...I even watched every ball of Rahul Dravid break the shackles to score 65 in one whole day and return to form... made for enthralling watching in fact despite the numbers!
But yes, they seem to be doing really well, but I find the way they win a tad too clinical, the volatility of those days is gone, which although good, is probably getting a bit boring, like probably Federer before Nadal came along...
An Ind-SA series would really be good now :)
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