Ricky Ponting and his Aussie mates beat India's Bhajji and pacer Praveen Kumar
Everyone thought that India would win today's ODI match at Vadodara. Honestly when India lost Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Suresh Raina, we were sure that India would lose and so we lost interest in the match. Yet, like every passionate Indian Cricket supporters we hopefully stayed glued to the screen in case some miracle happened. And our hope paid off!! But finally Australia defeated India by 4 runs.
Enter Harbhajan Singh and Praveen Kumar
The way these two batted really helped in raising the hopes of Indians who were watching today's live cricket match between India and Australia. While the top order, barring Gautam Gambhir who made 68 runs, M.S Dhoni with 34 runs and Virat Kohli with 30 runs, had a major top order collapse, it was these two bowler batsmen or tail enders who raised the India's scoreboard from 201 for 7 wickets to 285 runs!!!
Australia Innings
"If J.P Duminy has been predicted as the next Ricky Ponting by former Australian Captain Ian Chappell, then Ponting need not be bothered by it at all, because the way he is still playing at 34 years of age, it shows just what kind of a Superstar Cricketer he is, and how difficult it's going to be for someone to be his successor!"
Once again, the Mighty Aussies showed their dominance in World Cricket. Four half centuries from their top order batsmen including Ricky Ponting and Mike Hussey the next Michael Bevan, registered a huge target of 292 runs for the Men in Blue to chase and win. However, this was not the case. If J.P Duminy has been predicted as the next Ricky Ponting by former Australian Captain Ian Chappell, then Ponting need not be bothered by it at all, because the way he is still playing at 34 years of age, it shows just what kind of a Superstar Cricketer he is, and how difficult it's going to be for someone to be his successor!
Come on India- Cheer up!
Hey, overall, I would say that India lost a fighting match in the end thanks to the two tail enders. With a good start by Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar, the chase was not good as the Aussie bowlers spearheaded by Brett Lee and Nathan Hauritz restricted runs for India. And though the Indian bowlers, except Ishant Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja, found it hard to stop the Aussie run flood, it were the bowlers The Turbanator and Praveen Kumar who turned batsmen and kept the match alive to bring the winning chase to 6 runs from the last ball. The 8th wicket 84 runs partnership between them was the India's highest in an ODI match! Hats off to you guys!! In the end, we learnt a lesson to never understimate India until the end of the match ;)
Scoreboard- India Vs Australia ODI series
Here's the link to the scoreboard from ESPNcricinfo (the site for free online cricket match scores)- India Vs Australia ODI series, Vadodara- 1st match results:
Click here for Scoreboard: India Vs Australia ODI series- 1st ODI match results
Man of the Match Award went to the successor of Michael Bevan, Michael Hussey for his 73 runs from 54 balls!
Some of the Cricketers' profiles, stats and records from ESPNcricinfo:
1. Ricky Ponting the next Sachin Tendulkar!- Ricky Ponting!
2. J.P. Duminy the next Ricky Ponting as predicted by Ian Chappell!- J.P. Duminy!
3. Harbhajan Singh The Turbanator who always destroys the Aussies with his all round performance!- Harbhajan Singh!
4. 'Wrestler' Praveen Kumar one of the new breed swing bowlers of India!- Praveen Kumar!
5. Michael Hussey Mr. Cricket!- Mike Hussey!
6. 'Master Blaster', 'Little Master', 'Cricket Legend' Sachin Tendulkar!- Sachin Tendulkar
India Vs Australia highlights from YouTube:
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