India made a lousy beginning in this year's edition of the T20 world cup. Losing the toss and put to bat first, India lost Sehwag and Gambir early. Virat and Yuvraj stabilized the innings and kept the boat running for quite a while before Yuvraj fell. Kohli scored 50 off 39 balls before losing his wicket, getting caught at the deep. If not for the horrendous fielding by the Afghans, Indians would have ended their innings poorly. Thanks to the infinite drops, India stumbled it's way to 159, thereby setting the Afhgans a respectable target of 160.
Except for some sparks here and there, the batting was shaky and not up to the standards.
When the Afghans came out to bat, they were decent and smashed the loose balls to the boundary. But they kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Yuvraj bowled splendidly, taking 3 wickets in the four overs that he bowled. He had tears in his eyes after taking his first wicket. It was such an emotional moment. Balaji came back strongly after his disappointing performance in the warm up match against Pakistan and took three wickets, giving just 19 runs in the process.
The match was tight up to the point where the sixth wicket was lost.
It was then an all India match, though the Afghans kept giving us those one off nervous moments by scoring off the loose balls.
India being one of the top teams cannot afford to be complacent and give their best even when it comes to teams like Afghanistan.
Aishwarya Kumar.
Except for some sparks here and there, the batting was shaky and not up to the standards.
When the Afghans came out to bat, they were decent and smashed the loose balls to the boundary. But they kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Yuvraj bowled splendidly, taking 3 wickets in the four overs that he bowled. He had tears in his eyes after taking his first wicket. It was such an emotional moment. Balaji came back strongly after his disappointing performance in the warm up match against Pakistan and took three wickets, giving just 19 runs in the process.
The match was tight up to the point where the sixth wicket was lost.
It was then an all India match, though the Afghans kept giving us those one off nervous moments by scoring off the loose balls.
India being one of the top teams cannot afford to be complacent and give their best even when it comes to teams like Afghanistan.
Aishwarya Kumar.
Aishuuuuu! :D
ReplyDeleteYes, I agree with you. It was a weak and lousy start and I'm glad Dhoni agreed to that. This match had me on the edge of my seat. I kept hitting myself screaming 'come on Yuvi/Virat/Raina/India'. Gosh. Such tense moments.
Each time Yuvi was batting/bowling I had tears in my eyes. It was so emotional for me also. And when he was teary after his first wicket. I am so proud of him.
And Virat, well, he's the best. I am so proud of him as well. And he swore so much. Hahahaha.
Overall not such a good match, but we won, so heh.
Hopefully we play brilliantly in the match against England. :)
Cheers.