Awesome, stupendous, outstanding, excellent. Actually there is shortage of words to describe the way INDIA won the Finals of the World cup against the Sri Lankan team. We are on the top of the world.
For me and for all the cricket fans this was the greatest achievement and the greatest victory that we could ever see.
A few things I would like to keep as a treasure for lifetime as people just remember the victory, but not the real reasons behind. Here's a list of things which I believe made the difference in the end. If you come across this post and feel that there is something which could be added to this list, feel free to do so.
1. Zaheer Khan's bowling in the tournament. Zak was the most formidable bowler in the tournament. The Mr. Dependable for captain Dhoni, whenever asked to bowl he delivered with a wicket or two. Who can forget his deadly spells with the old ball against England and West Indies in the league stages and then against the aussies in the Quarter final.
2. Suresh Raina's inclusion and performance in the knock out stages of the world cup. That was a master stroke by Indian team management and to me that turned out to be the reason for change of fortunes for India's batting and fielding.
3. Ashwin given just one opportunity and he was a dependable bowler against the aussies.
4. Ashish Nehra and Munaf Patel bowling with great dignity against the Pakis.
5. Bhajji's magic ball which got rid of an in form Umar Akmal when he was threatening to end India's cup dreams.
6. Misbah ul haq and Younis Khan the way they batted against us in the semis. Now how can we ever forget their contribution :) :) :)
7. Sachin Tendulkar's luck factor in the semi finals. It showed that there was SOMEONE up there WHO wanted him to keep going and WHO wanted INDIA to win the world cup. :)
8. Gautam Gambhir's knock in the Finals. To me that was the real turning point of the match which should not go unnoticed. When Sachin and Sehwag got out cheaply, the onus was on Gambhir to take the responsibility and how well he shouldered it.
9. Mahendra Singh Dhoni's promotion in the batting order in the finals which had a lot to do with 3 reasons. a) To keep the Right-left hand combination going b) Yuvraj's inability to handle spin as well as he plays seam bowling c) Dhoni's ability to read the Murali's doosra. (who could have imagined that IPL will contribute to India's world cup victory in such a BIG way :). Dhoni had been keeping behind the stumps to Murali for Chennai super kings in IPL and that's how he has the ability to read Murali's doosras as well as anyone else.)
10. India's fielding in the knock out stages of the tournaments. Can anyone imagine that during the first powerplay of ten overs in the finals Sri Lanka scored only 38 runs.
11. Throughout the tournament the players kept saying that we want to win the cup for Sachin. What was really wonderful to see that when on the big stage, the finals of the world cup, they had to do it for Sachin (without his help), THEY DID IT.
12. Garry Kirsten the man who did it for India. He was the man behind raising India to the top of the world in Test cricket and now in One day cricket too. Thanks Garry, India will never forget your contribution.
After Kapil's Devils in 1983 its Dhoni's Dhurander's in 2011. Well done men in Blue, you have brought such great joy to the country which cannot be described in words. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. THANKS A TON AND CONGRATULATIONS FOR A WONDERFUL VICTORY. Let the celebrations begin. :) :) :)
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