this is a win well deserved...after winning against teams like england (most experience in T20), south africa (in their home), australia (ODI champions) and pakistan (twice in torunament)...they deserve to win the world cup..well done.!!
More than individual brilliant performances, what is significant is the team work and the pride to play for the nation that MSD's boys showed. VERY IMPORTANT:- There was no Chappell around to constantly point a finger and crib and above all no big stars to grind the ax against each other. The way they went around with the national flag after winning the match shows how much they enjoyed playing for the nation. This pride went missing six months back, the seniors were jaded, played too much cricket, only thing that mattered to them was money and sponsorships, NOT THE NATION. This win is a clear signal that the big three: Sachin, Rahul and Saurabh should step down from ODI's. Their presence will spoil the team spirit that we saw. Sachin for all his greatness never came good when India needed his services most, he had no business in failing against Bangladesh, such greatness sounds hollow & is only for records. The nation still remembers Kapil Dev, Gavaskar for '83 triumph, not Tendulkar, Dravid, Ganguly. Its high time these 3 hang up their boots for Nation's sake, India doesn't need them.
RE:India's 20-20 world cup triumph
by Vinay Joshi on Sep 25, 2007 08:50 AM Permalink
bhai merey this is not the time to criticise the great 3...just cherish the moment..whts wrong with u
RE:India's 20-20 world cup triumph
by Suneel kumar on Sep 25, 2007 08:52 AM Permalink
It's a great thing that happened to indian cricket. I believe instead of getting too much carried away with this and resting/dropping all three seniors, BCCI should take an ideal solution. I would like to see in every match one of three trios taking rest to allow the youngsters to get enough chances in 50-50.
These are my ideal replacements for each of them.
1. Rohit Sharma for Rahul Dravid. 2. Gambhir for Saurav Ganguly. 3. Uthappa/Karthik for Sachin.
Only player of this team that I believe needs to learn a lot is Sreesanth. He needs to control his tempo, he looks like Zaheer during his early years.
RE:India's 20-20 world cup triumph
by jagadeesh kumar on Sep 25, 2007 09:08 AM Permalink
Hi buddy this only 20-20 match if a player wants to play 50 overs match he must keep his nerves to play. A young player cant play all 50 over without much experience Rahul, Saurav and Sachin are the players who have vast experience and more than 30,000 runs under theire belt dont ignore them. There are the players who have lift the game of cricket in INDIA.
What to say..this team has helped millions of indian cricket fans to follow cricket as second religion once again.....Thanx for bringinging glory to country...And also maintaining the record of beatingthe other side in world cup ties.,..Cheers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congratulations India. The Men in Blue have shown that Consistency , Faith in oneself and Belief pays off well. Overall, a combined Team Effort, excellent display of Confidence . Chakde India. Keep on Going .
While the young Indian team deserves every cheer and encouragement, I have one worry. Such a victory for Indian cricket team could be bad news for other sports in India. Myophic and stupid as they are, the Indian media, government, corporates and sponsors would end up ignoring other sports and sportsmen and sportswomen. It has already happened. It could happen again. God save Indian sports even as He blesses Indian cricket.
Each man chipped in with great performance to win the cup. The never-say-die spirit helped Dhoni's boys to snatch victory when the match seemed lost. Chak de!
Congratulations a many a time to the great Interesting Indian Team.Please do keep it up....thank you for the message sent so clearly never say die,and darr gaya to mar gaya......
this is not the team who comes to final and fails. this is the young blood. They have shown once again that we will never fail against Pakistan in world cup matches. Well done Dhoni and boys
