March 2nd 2008 - One of the most memorable day in the history of Indian cricket for two good reasons.Indian boys winning the Under-19 ICC Cricket world cup once again and the "Men in Blue" thrashing the mighty Aussies in their home turf.
Lets focus on the Indian youngstars emphatic win in the final.They deserved the title more than anyone in the tournament, they continued the unbeaten run in the tournament with a great victory in the finals.Though their batting let down for the first time in the tournament with a very modest total of just 159, their bowlers backed them very well with a scintillating first spell.SA was down to 3 only with 17 runs on the board.Then the rain God played its part once again in the tournament and the target was revised to 116 from 25 overs using the D/L method.I bet you no one in the world knows how to calculate it, they all depend on the stupid box for the revised targets.So once the target was set SA continued their steady run chase, but the Indian bowlers were too good on the day they scalped most of the SA wickets.It was a thrilling end to the match with SA needing 19 runs to win in the last over, but Indian boys held on to the pressure and managed to get 2 wickets in the last over.
They were the most consistent team in the entire tournament and they deserved the win thoroughly.We can look forward to more of Yuvrajs, Pathans and Kaifs in the near future.The future of Indian cricket is really shining bright and I really hope they make the best use of it.
Coming to the emphatic win of Men in Blue in SCG, its good to see Aussies getting thrashed in their own home turf.Many statistics were changed after the match with India's first win against Aussies in SCG and Sachin's first ever 100 in Australia.What an innings from the little master, its one of the best knocks I've ever seen from.Rohit Sharma produced another well crafted innings and supported Sachin right through the innings only to loose the wicket almost at the end of the match.Its a well deserved win for India and they should maintain the momentum in the second final also.I really wish to see Indians thrash the Aussies again and win the CB series.
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For God's sake, I do now want a Kaif again! He is only a good fielder, and a good batsman in India, but outside he has not even one good performance worth looking into !
Otherwise yes, India has loads of talent now.. till now india was only having the money bank of the cricketing world, now it has the talent too. Dusring the Bhajji controversy at SCG . Malcolm Speed had said commented " What have they (India) got since 1983? " Perhaps he forgot the T20 WC and the U19 WC 2000. As a reminder, India have 2 more to their kitty: A test at Perth and the commonwealthbank series !
Seriously dude, its good to see India winning in the finals at last.
One of my roomie mentioned that India had won only 3 of something around 13 final appearances it seems.Hope these stats change from now on.
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