Saturday 17 March 2007

Day of Upsets

I used to be a big cricket fan sometime back but offlate thanks to gr8 performance by Indian team my interest in cricket has gone below zero levels...well as i am surrounded by cricket lovers, its tough to escape from watching it...

Today would have been a quite a boring day...17-Mar-07, two insignificant matches...India vs Bangladesh and Pakistan vs Ireland....very much a cakewalk for India and Pakistan who are old hand at the game...while the other two nations are minnows in current geography of cricket world...but the Old hands made sure that people had some interest in the matches...

India lost against Bangladesh...full credits to Bangladesh who outperformed the Ace in every department of cricket...Bangladesh showed that they have come up and are improving...even though their batting showed few weakness but still for a minnow they have become a formidable side....they ain't no walkover anymore...somehow during the whole match i could not help smiling and enjoyed the match(even though i am Indian)...guess this is the slap Indian cricket team required so that they keep their head on their shoulders and play to their potential....

Pakistan match was very sad, full credits to Ireland again who got Pakis out cheap and then batted through. In between rains were there but still ireland would have won by D/L rule...but the game was sad because one of the good teams is out of world cup...Irish batsman hit a 6 to attain victory...i wonder where Pak cricket team goes from here...

Alarm bells have rung for both India and Pak but Pak team is going home...worst part there wont be any India vs Pakistan match in this world cup, the match that is hotter that the final itself...

A day which has upset many hearts, while many would cherish this day till they live...but for me its sad that i wont be able to see the most waited India vs Pak match during this WC.

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