The 10th Icc Cricket World cup started after big advertisement.Also this world cup started after a long hangover of 2007 world cup, Which was a biggest flop! Just few days after starting of 2007 w.c., India & Pakistan got out from the tournament.& Bcz of that, West Indies Board & Icc suffered a heavy loss.
Icc still remember this & that's why, this time Icc created format like 1996. Because of this format, pool matches will be for almost a month. & that'y country like India, whom Icc depends highly (bcz 70% profit Icc gets frm Indian consumer only!!),will 100% be in the game & meanwhile Icc will manage to get profit.But still,to be this w.c. a hit, this world cup needed a good start.
India's 1st match was against Bangladesh. also it was world cup's 1 st match. This match was having a backdrop of 2007 where Bangladesh defeated India & India could not even reach in a final. Here also Bangladeshi captain given a statement , "we have many hpes about this match & we will repeat 2007. Where in India, sehwag was saying he will take revenge . he aLSo said, he will bat till 50 overs. all were eager to see what will be, in actual match.
Wrong decision of Bangladesh captain & Smash!
What was in the mind of Bangladeshi captain, only he can say! May be he was thinking that, in 2007 when Bangladesh fielded first & won, that'y he wanted to field first here too! this can be only reason! Because what he did, is totally foolish. After winning the toss, he decided to field. Why? He should have took a note of 1 important thing, that is due factor. Bcz of this spinners can't grip the ball perfectly. & after 1st innings, due will automatically get vanish & ball will turn. still he took this foolish decision.Dhoni too done a mistake.Why he didn't go with two spinners? can't say, forget!
So, Indian openers took the field. & 1st sehwag took guard. & smash! He struck 1st ball of this world cup too boundary. This clearly showed the revenge in the mind of sehwag & also that this world cup will be RUN-CUP.
Later this rain of runs continued as 8-9 runs per over, bcz of Bangladeshi bowler's aimless &poor bowling. All fast bowlers bowled on a foot of sachin & sehwag. & this type of ball is 7 course meal to both batsmen. Especially for master! Run rate took a very nice take off. Sehwag ws on 36 & Sachin on 28. All fans were praying for Master's century. But...
Viru, At Least Obey The Master.
Sachin hit one ball & gave sehwag call for running. & Sachin started running. What ws sehwag doing? he ws looking elsewhere. but not looking to master. Why? 1st of call ws of sachin. So as being a non- striker, sehwag should obey too him. It ws completely Viru's fault. Why He ws looking at the ball, when he should look at sachin?If he didn't wanted to run, he could easily say "No". but... anyways! at least from now on, Viru must improve his running between the wickets.
Viru's Show & Gambhir out
But sehwag's mistake of causing sachin to lose his wicket, he himself rectified. Sachin's loss to team , affected the team for sure, but sehwag didn't took tension. He started dealing in boundaries. he was really destructive.
After sachin's wicket , gambhir came. but he was not at all playing up too the mark.May be his one - down position is troubling him. but he soon bowled on the score of 39.
Viru &Virat show
After gambhir , kohli came & stayed there all the way. It ws complete Viru- Virat show all the way. Sehwag scored century & also got passed 150.All expected him too break sachin's record of 200 , but he couldn't. He got out on 175. Not till 50 overs, but sehwag batted till 45 overs, which is a huge achievement by Viru.
Huge Score
Because of Viru- Virat , India managed to get a huge score of 370 in 50 overs by loss of just 3 wickets. Virat Kohli also completed his century in last over. One thing , was really nice. That in second last over's, kohli could make his century by keeping the strike to himself. but he didn't do that, he ran more &lost the strike for team's sake. which is really nice.
Bangladesh batting & Poor Indian bowling
All thought , that it will be easy to defeat Bangladesh after such a huge score. But Bangladesh batted very nicely. & managed to reach till 287 for 9. Agree that in today's world batting has became very easy, due to powereplays & all that. But Indian bowling ws also responsible for this. especially Srishant's.
Srishanth's Poor Show
Srishanth bowled really poor. he gave 57 runs in just 5 overs. after watching this, dhoni didn't gave a single ball to him after that. Srishanth, please concentrate on bowling,rather than players!!!
First Stroke
Anyway's India's First stroke in this world cup is very nice & timed correctly. Let's see, What happens in next matches.!!
