Saturday, September 15, 2007

Match TIED , INDIA WON 3-0

Well this is what the scorecard read yesterday, an unusual site to be witnessed in the game of cricket,well India played Pakistan is its first match of T20 World cup, as the first match against Scotland was washed off due to rain.

And I must say, this match was one of the greatest Indo-Pak games that I have seen. Coming back to the match,India had a faulty start and kept on loosing wickets at regular intervals, thanks to some good batting by Robin Utappa, Dhoni, Pathan, India managed to reach 144 in 20 overs. The game was stopped at a number of times due to rain but it didn't hinder the game ,in fact it added spice to the on-field antics. When Pakistan came into bat, they looked good but midway they lost wickets and the asking rate went on increasing, at one moment of time India thought it had a victory at its hands when Shahid Afaridi was out but then the new lad Miabah took the game to a thrilling end but could only manage a draw.

India and Pakintan had already qualified for the next round, and now the tie breaker was for 2 points to lead the group ,and to do so , a BOWL-OUT was to be done. This was the first time in my 10 years of been a cricket spectator ,I was witnessing this phenomenon. The Pakistani's looked clueless at this and the Indians had already prepared for such a sitaution ,so they won 3-0 at the bowl out ,with 3 points leading the groud-D.
LUCK
HERE'S HOPING FOR A GOOD PERFORMANCE IN THE SERIES .

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