Against all odds
No, not the Phil Collins song, but this is about a young Indian teams journey into the semi finals of the 20-20 world cup. I sat up all night watching South Africa self destruct, and player after player from the Indian side lift his fielding and intensity.
And the Rohit Sharma story for a bit. Imagine being a passenger on a 7 ODI series in England, never getting a game. All he probably did was bat after everyone else in the nets, against tired net bowlers. Then h he goes to South Africa and warms the bench again, looking forward to his flight home after the game on 21 Sept. The suddenly, from nowhere, he finds out he is playing, and is batting at #5. Three hours later, he is the man of the match!
The highlight of the fielding has to be Karthik's catch to dismiss Smith. If anything the brilliance of the effort dazed Karthik himself as if evident from the image.
The bowl out against Pakistan was sweet, the batting carnage against England was great, but last nights game was something else. Finally, these images below sum up the night for South Africa.
4 comments:
Awesome match! I don't remember the last time India fielded so well. And RP Singh was brilliant!!
RP has come a really long way ... seems to have walked out of Zaheer's shadow in great style.
Sreesanth is disappointing though. Im tired of him celebrating his own hot and cold states .... I wish he'd just cut the dramatics and just put his nose to the job. Someone needs to tell him to deliver or just look for full time opportunities in the film industry.
:) apologies to Sreesanth fans ... and to the fans of the film industry that he is likely to attempt to serve in the event that he does not rediscover his form if my comments offend :).
you who choose to misunderstand my comment ... know this... they were made in jest and not meant to poke fun at Sreesanth or his nativity. If you still choose to be offended, know that you are on your own and your reaction was not justified.
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