this is what i love about indian cricket…
they always amuse u with high-scoring encounters…
if it was a paki team final match it wud most probably be:
if pak win, they get the other team out at 150-170 and then chase the target by losing 8 wickets in 45+ overs
they get out themselves for a low score and then get theothe team out for a lower score
they get out for a low score and then show no interest in the match and the bowlers+fielders let the other team score easy so as to finish the match asap…
I think overall Indians played a great match and series without a doubt but your assumptions made on the Pakistani team are extremely false, if you don’t know what am I talking about just look at Pakistan’s recent encounter with Newzeland, how they were able to chase 280 runs twice, once in Sharjah and Pindi.
Overall I think Indians are better chasers because they have stokemakers like Ganguly and Sehwag but as far as the excitement factor goes it is usually the same, a little entertained by Pakistanis as far as scoring runs by hitting sixes and four.
One thing that our team can learn here from the Indian team... Never loose heart even if youre losing... Even though they didnt do that in the Australian tour, but I still think that when they are up against a very large total, they start to loose heart and interest in the match...
When Indians were celebrating their country's victory over England at Lord's on Saturday night, the parents of star batsman Mohammad Kaif, were watching 'Devdas' in a local cinema hall.
To get rid of tension, Kaif's father and former Ranji player Mohammad Tarif and mother Kaisar Jahan had gone to see Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Devdas'.
The proud father said that when five valuable wickets fell, he felt that it was now useless to see the match and decided to go to the nearby theatre to watch the movie with his wife as they did not want to see the defeat.
But when they came out of the cinema hall, they found the atmosphere jubiliant with people bursting crackers and distributing sweets to celebrate India's historic win over England.
Though the exultant parents missed the rare moments live, they looked satisfied with their son's valiant fight against all odds.
The elated mother said she was fully confident that one day her son would bring laurels to the country and become a hero of the cricket world. ''Today, my dreams came true,'' she added.
I think India has a great reason to be very happy. This match has to be the greatest comeback I can remember eventhough I didn’t watch even a single clip of the match (Anees
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This is looking to be a promising Indian squad that can win the world cup for their team.
I’ve always counted the Indians out but now they have a really good chance of winning, in order to do that they have to get rid of their all of their bowlers, I really believe India can be very successful if they can get Youhanan, Srinath and Prasad as their bowlers, and get rid of zaheer, an nehra, and agarkar.
And just like the Aussies they need to stop worrying about finding an allrounder if they can get solid bowlers and combine them with their current batsman.
What a Match it was!!! Probably the best run chase, I have seen ever. I can remember once India chased 300+ against pakistan (in Asia cup) and Kanitkat hitting the last ball for four. (I think Asif or AQ can throw more light on that match).
But, now we had a very good start, a failed middle order and the best thing is the youngster's clicking. I am very glad as Kaif & Yuvraj brought back the match from the brink of defeat.
It will be a long time before another team can chase 326 and win.
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Originally posted by sambrialian:
*Even if Bharat wins this one, the question mark still hangs over Tendya's head as inquisitively as ever. *
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Originally posted by Nakhrey Wali: No one is taking away greatness (not that anyone can) from Tendulkar.
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Agar bas chalta to woh bhi le lete. One person here thinks that he has been allowed to score 10000 runs.
[quote] you guys were never agreed upon the fact that HE IS NOT WINNING THE MATCHES (the big ones) for INDIA these days.
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Ohh, First he wasn't winning matches for India at all. Now it is the BIG ONES. Next time it will be something else. You guys need some reason to criticize him.
AK
[This message has been edited by Asif_k (edited July 15, 2002).]
I think the main reason why Tendulkur is not a match winner is because the Indian public and media put tremendous amount of pressure on him before the big matches like current Natwest final.
Just look at the matches before, 3rd match against Srilanka, India had already qualified and there was no pressure mounted on Sachin and he scored a brilliant century.
And if India would ever reach the world cup final, they need to stop thinking that Tendulkur would save them every time.
And treat him like Dravid or Ganguly and he will start winning matches.
[This message has been edited by UMAIR316 (edited July 15, 2002).]
Ohhh Sorry umair I was not at home on the weekends thats why I didn’t ge your msgs. Well I recorded the last 10 overs if you want to watch that I can broadcast that? Lemme know.