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| Written by Sanjay Kewlani | ||||||
| Tuesday, 20 March 2007 | ||||||
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I've read reports of Mahendra Singh Dhoni's house under construction in Ranchi being vandalised and posters of Indian cricketer's being burnt after Bangladesh's superb victory over India. My guess is that those same people are busy toasting the return of Viru and one more in the long list of achievements that pseudo-nationalists (yes pseudo because these people really do not have the best for our country in mind) pride India on.
I will be
the first to admit that I was very unhappy about India's performance
against Bangladesh. They looked like they were sleepwalking through the
game. On the other hand the young Bangladeshi team looked like they had
finally earned their moniker, Tigers. But to go to the extent of
vandalising a cricketer's home! That is just unacceptable. I love the
game of cricket but sometimes I wish Indians didn't love it as much and
didn't use it as a yardstick to determine national self-worth, such
that any slip up is viewed as a national calamity. One has to only look
at our performance in the Olympics to truly see how accomplished we are
in the sporting world.
I'm curious to know if there was any report in the Indian media that
praised the Bangladeshi effort? I agree with Jaideep, they played like
Sri Lanka did when they finally arrived on the international scene.
They effectively choked India out of the match with only Yuvraj and the
West Bengal tiger Sourav showing any courage.
This brings me to the
India-Bermuda game. Again, the pick of the players were Ganguly and
Yuvraj. Even though Ganguly seemed to have trouble picking the gaps he
managed to provide the stability that the Indian innings needed and
Yuvraj was all power and class. I reserve judgement on Sehwag and
Tendulkar. I am glad that Sehwag got a big innings under his belt, but
it remains to be seen how he fares against bowlers who know what they
are doing. Sachin was a delight to watch, especailly his inside out
hits and the six over fine leg, but again I want him to perform in a
pinch against a world class opposition.
I was happy with India's
performance today not because they scored a world record 413 runs
against one of the weakest teams in the tournament but because they
played intelligently and to a plan. We actually managed to better Sri
Lanka's net run rate and that was the first step toward redemption.
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