Chak de India! What a match. Kudos to Dhoni and Company for giving India the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup and great doses of cricket. And they did all this without the “Big Three” of Dravid, Sachin and Ganguly. I can still listen to crackers bursting an hour after the match.
As for today’s match, it was a real close finish. Just 5 runs short. And the match was almost lost hadn’t it been for the miserable shot played by Misbah-Ul-Haq. Even though I had a gut feeling all along India would win the match, it just went off when Misbah tried to play the unconventional shot off Joginder Sharma. Luckily, the field placement was intelligent throughout the match and the cup went to the team which history has always favored.
One of the good things about this series has been that the team has played more cohesively and more unitedly. And the real huge improvement in the Fielding department. The Imran Nazir run out did display the great improvement that has come into the department since the last series against England. Batting has been average( against Pak and SA) to world class( against Australia) and bowling of Shreesanth has been inconsistent. Of course, not to mention Agarkar who almost gave away the first match against Pakistan. Not the kind of bowling one would expect from a 200 match veteran.
Bowling should remain a source of concern especially before the big home series against Australia coming up in a few days. Hope they improve soon. All the best to Dhoni and Co. for the upcoming series. And once again, Chak De India!
