Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Win for India against Bermuda

It was not only a win badly needed by India, but it was needed with a bigger margin, bigger to overtake Srilanka and a possible Bangladesh net run rate.It was scripted by non other than Indian batsmen. It was a team effort with everyone playing their part. One man who made a mark was Virendar Sehwag. Yes, Bermuda are minnows, their bowling attack is one of the weakest in International cricket. A performance against such an attack may go unnoticed in any other situation but this time Sehwag's performance came in for praise from everyone because he has been desperately seeking form and being a crunch game for India there was no better opportunity for Sehwag to come good and he did that in a style as he scored his eighth hundred and (114 of 87 balls). It was a hundred scored by Sehwag nearly after two years. If Sehwag gained in confidence as he built his innings, fans cannot forget the contribution made by Sachin, Ganguly, Yuvraj Singh and Anil Kumble.

The job is not yet completed for Indian team. They have just crossed their first hurdle, infact this wasn't a hurdle considering the fact that total experience of Bermuda team (total of 188 games by eleven players) is less than 10% of combined experience of India (total of 1975 games). The real test for Indian team would come against Srilanka when they take the islanders on 23rd March.

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