India's quicks fix Aussies
ON A day India became the team to have played maximum ODIs - 675, overtaking Pakistan's 674 - it was important they came up with a good performance. A win was the need of the hour also because of their claim that Australia were scared of them. And with the race on for a finals berth, a win on Sunday was going to be a perfect push in their drive towards the destination.
When Australia chose to bat on a flat surface in bright and sunny conditions, it seemed India would be staring at a big chase. That they eventually raised hopes of bagging a bonus point and then crawled to the target tells the story. The bowlers surpassed expectations but the same couldn't be said of the batsmen. This win, thus evoked mixed feelings with joy overpowering angst in the end because it was a win, that too against Australia.
There would be murmurs still that a rare chance to beat Australia with an additional point - that would have been India's had they reached the target in 40 overs was lost and this will become louder if, just if, India narrowly miss the finals. But that shouldn't be a concern at this stage because it was imperative for them to get rid of a mental block.
Saying that Australia are beatable and actually beating them is as different as rain is from sunshine, and for a team coming off a whole lot of talk on the exclusion of seniors and other controversies before that, this was a massive win. The chase wasn't entirely convincing, but the way the bowlers charged in was a sight Indians are not known to display very often.
With Sreesanth and Ishant Sharma sharing the new ball, India had a pair of fast bowlers, not mediumpacers, having a go at the batsmen. Both were steaming in at over 140 kmph, there were many nicks as well and two of them saw the back of the openers. Matthew Hayden was out off an outside edge and Adam Gilchrist was unlucky to be adjudged leg-before.
Hayden's wicket was huge because he was
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When Australia chose to bat on a flat surface in bright and sunny conditions, it seemed India would be staring at a big chase. That they eventually raised hopes of bagging a bonus point and then crawled to the target tells the story. The bowlers surpassed expectations but the same couldn't be said of the batsmen. This win, thus evoked mixed feelings with joy overpowering angst in the end because it was a win, that too against Australia.
There would be murmurs still that a rare chance to beat Australia with an additional point - that would have been India's had they reached the target in 40 overs was lost and this will become louder if, just if, India narrowly miss the finals. But that shouldn't be a concern at this stage because it was imperative for them to get rid of a mental block.
Saying that Australia are beatable and actually beating them is as different as rain is from sunshine, and for a team coming off a whole lot of talk on the exclusion of seniors and other controversies before that, this was a massive win. The chase wasn't entirely convincing, but the way the bowlers charged in was a sight Indians are not known to display very often.
With Sreesanth and Ishant Sharma sharing the new ball, India had a pair of fast bowlers, not mediumpacers, having a go at the batsmen. Both were steaming in at over 140 kmph, there were many nicks as well and two of them saw the back of the openers. Matthew Hayden was out off an outside edge and Adam Gilchrist was unlucky to be adjudged leg-before.
Hayden's wicket was huge because he was
To read the full article, click here...
To read the ePaper, visit : http://epaper.hindustantimes.com
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