Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Charge from the Deccans



It started with a simple step of winning the initial two matches. It was considered to be a blip or a fluke. Team's captain was content saying that they did better than the previous performance.

Fans like me were happy with the performance and were hoping that there was something big in store.

Then for the unimaginative we won, can you believe it we won shattering the hopes of delhiites and many other such cities. Not even Nostradamus would have predicted this. Best part was every department did well, expect few drop chances. More importantly bowling was a revelation, with only 4 full time bowlers we did a commendable job. The quality can be assessed by the fact that we won despite keeping Vas on bench for most part of the tournament. I think it’s a complete team effort which made this happen.

Though repeating myself, key aspect of this win, it did not happen because of one individual or because of one brilliant performance. Some of the key moments were Ohja’s bowling against Mumbai (This guy is going to spearhead the spin department for India in future), Rohit sharma’s all-round performance (earth shattering knocks against Punjab and Rajasthan, hattrick figures), Christ like innings by Gilchrist against Delhi, consistent performance by Symonds, economical bowling by R.P  and many more.

I don’t remember experiencing such drastic change in fortunes of any team/individual in any form of sports. Kudos to the team it brings hope to one and all that they can succeed despite their failure. 

5 comments:

Sumanth Suresh said...

I have seen that great leaders can inspire even the modest men around them.. gilchrist really brought it out of them...

Ramya said...

Sigh!! I almost cried at the finals!

Praveen Kandanala said...

You traitor ;)

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