It was nothing less than a feast at Johannesburg when India clashed with arch rivals Pakistan for the ICC World Championship...Having won the toss and elected to bat India had put a modest total of 157...Pakistan bowling was right on target claiming wickets at regular intervals..They got the most prized wicket of Yuvraj Singh very early..It was as if Shane Warne scalped Sachin for a duck...Pakistani troop knew no bounds for the wicket of Yuvi..
Again young Rohit Sharma held his nerve and guided India to a decent total..He z generating lot of waves not only at BCCI but also in the hearts of indian gals.. :) Gud goin Rohit..!!
Pakistan who played well all through the tournament had to score 158 to take the trophy home..But it was Rudra Pratap Singh who once again led from the front... He scalped a wicket in his opening over n one more in his very next over...but Sreesanth was erratic..He was taken to task by Pakistanis...He gave 21 runs in his very first over...
But Indians held their nerve...They took wickets at regular intervals...They fielded well..Made no mistakes...It was Irfan Pathan who tool 2 wickets in his over changed the course of games...He took two dangerous wickets of Malik and Afridi in the same over...But Misbah didn't give up..He was watching the drama from the other end...He was fighting...When it was thought that pakistan had very less chance he punished Harbhajan and cleared fence thrice in Bajji's same over...Following that over Shoail Tanvir took erratic Sreesanth to some special treatment..But
Sreesanth holdiing the nerve in the last ball sent Sohail back to the pavilion...It was again R.P Singh and he did his job..
6 balls and 13 runs with Misbah on strike...He lofted the ball straight to a six..Dhoni was tensed and had a word with his bowler Joginder,who turned the way in Semis against Aussies, in Indian favor...And then Misbah scooped a slower deliver..Ball was high..My heart almost skipped a beat..and so was millions of indian fans....But the ball didnt even cross the circle..It landed safely in the hands of Sreesanth..
India wins the ICC world cup beating Pakistan with 5 runs...I was delighted...Everyone is delighted...They should declare holiday in India i feel...
Dhoni and his team now become part of history...After 1983 India could never win another world cup though it came very close 2 times....
Also the early exit from 2007 WC damaged the reputation of much talked Indian team...But this win will surely restore the faith in Indian cricket crazy fans...Dhoni seems to be right choice for leading India after Ganguly...Dhoni is aggressive, cool and knows what he is doing...He is ready to take up calculated risks...
Dhoni and his young team sent lot of messages with their temperament to all those who criticized Indian cricket team after their early exit from 2007 WC...From Kris "Sambar" Srikant to all those who burnt effigies and criticized (some of my frenz too) Dhoni conveyed the message...Though there is a long way to go India is definitely on the safe and right hands of younger generation who idolized the 3 stalwarts of Indian cricket...These guys have to take India from where Sachin, Sourav and Dravid had left...And am sure slowly and steadily Dhoni will lead India in the right track...
We wil have to wait for the upcoming series against Aussies and Pakistanis..Till the CHAK DE INDIA..
