Isn't it surreal that 20 days back the same Indian team which was not getting anything right. Even maggi players like Shahid Afridi could play well against this very Indian team is now ready to add one more trophy to its trophy cabinet. They seem to be in the acme,so much so that each team playing against them is caught in a trance-like state.
In my previous blogs on India's so called Dream run, I focused on how India dealt with each opposition and what they gained from each outing in the group stages. It was more of a familiar Indian team playing yesterday, the Team we know and have seen in recent outings, However I still find it Cullinan being caricatured by the Indian team. Every single Match point he expects India to falter and in turn finds himself comprehensively beaten by Martin Crowe. I must say its been a heard time for Cullinan's fantasy team as well :D.
In my previous blogs on India's so called Dream run, I focused on how India dealt with each opposition and what they gained from each outing in the group stages. It was more of a familiar Indian team playing yesterday, the Team we know and have seen in recent outings, However I still find it Cullinan being caricatured by the Indian team. Every single Match point he expects India to falter and in turn finds himself comprehensively beaten by Martin Crowe. I must say its been a heard time for Cullinan's fantasy team as well :D.
Yesterday Indian team played just the way we all see them play in the past year or so.. Bowlers hit all over the park, 173 as target you ll usually bank on the team batting first to win in a pressure game like Semi Final and in a tournament which has been a nightmare for teams Batting second. Amidst all the odds we forgot 2 things 1) It is India chasing and 2) They have VIRAT KOHLI. Man he is alchemist of chases, Isn't he? I mean literally who would imagine India scoring 173 with 5 balls remaining when in the group stages they werent able to score 130 before 19th over. The admiring part of his innings was the calculations he did.. With only 5 fours and 2 sixes he was totally dependent on singles and twos, Boundaries were hit only when it was very much needed. One more thing was that he played only 3 dots of his 44 deliveries and among the 41 deliveries 34 deliveries were singles and twos. Huh!! More you go into it more you admire the genius. What more? In all the matches India has chased this tournament Kohli has been not out on 3 occasions out of the 4 and the one he was out on India were comfortably placed by him.
Consistency,Class, Style and Tactician Kohli has made sure that SA will have to wait for some more years before they can get a World title. Its time now that he buckles up to face his favorite rival Srilanka On Sunday evening. Its time for all of us to bleed blue and support this young man and also the team for it has been a complete professional performance by them. #BleedBlue #JaiHind
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