Better team than 1983
by bharat on Oct 13, 2007 12:19 PM
This is a better team than 1983. Also, we lost 5-0 to WI that time but this time we have managed to take at least 1 match and I feel in the end, we will manage to win one more.
There are similarities in our 1983 WC victories and 2007 20-20 victories. Although we beat WI in 1983 and Australia in 2007 WCs respectively, these victories were mere upsets. In spite of losing to India in 1983, there was no doubt in any cricket fan's mind that WI were the best team at that time, it just happened that India had a good day (& WI had a bad day on that particular finals). Same can be said after our 20-20 win against Australia. Although India's performance in the 20-20 WC was more convincing than that in the 1983 60 over WC, there was no reason to question Aussie supremacy in the 50 over version. Thus there is no need to be surprised by the say this series has been turning out.
