Before the world cup started, India was hot favorite to win the world cup. But after matches with England & SA the hope suddenly discouraged. Even Indian fans were saying that it's very hard for India to reach in semi stage .
Why they shouldn't talk like this? At one end there was australia who ws opponent to India. Who were holding the record of 33 unbeaten matches. Straight from 1999 super six. & there was India gr8 team, match winner team. very strong team on paper. But chocker i practicals. So It was very hard for India to win the match.
But There was one brighter side. Australia just lost to pakistan . Means Pakistan broke australia's record of unbeaten matches in world
cup.
So can India do it? This question was in every Indian's mind.
India's bowling
Australia won the toss & elected to bat. And.....
India was looking very positive from begining. R aswwin got the chance. & Dhoni gave first over to him. That was a very positive from dhoni.
Balling was the problem for India from the begining. but here it was proving to be strenght. from some players like Suresh Raina it was world class. bowling & fielding were really improved.
1st wicket came at 45. 10 overs were bowled & still 45 runs given. It was due to fantastic fielding by India.
Ricky Pointing takes guard
Ricky Pointing came & took the guard. He was very good that day. Played marvelously & genius. He was not in the form in whole series. But that day he really played captains inning where other wickets were falling very quickly.
In fact Pointing played very wisely that day.He was knowing the weak side of Indian bowling & strong also. That's why he attacked munaf & played carefully against zaheer & yuvraj.
The thing of some of the gr8 players like pointing is ,they are more tough against competition. When some big competition appears, they play class.
Pointing played same. Bowlers were not weak, but Pointing was more strong than them. Pointing scored century after a long break. Because of his efforts only, Australia managed to score 260.
Slog overs
Bowlers bowled very pathetic in slog overs. After Pointing got out in 43rd over, India should have restrict australia to 230-240. But because bowlers bowled pathetic, Australia managed to score 20 more runs & setting the target of 261.
Now to reach in Semis, India had to do 261 runs!!
Opening of India
As usual Sachin, Sehwag opened the innings. Sehwag was rested vs. West Indian match. But he played in this match as it was very important match. But sehwag was still having pain & it was looking like it also. So Sehwag couldn't do much in that match & got out at 15.
But he showed some good mind control. He didn't hit four on 1st ball. her understood the importance of match. But still opening were unsuccessful
Partnership of Sachin -gauti
This time Sachin gauti partnership succeed.Sachin made beautiful half century & got out after fishing outside the of stump. Gambhir also scored nice half century; but how gambhir ran out , It can be said in only one word: SUICIDE . Dhoni also got out on just 7 runs by playing a careless shot which was no need . Now all hopes were on Yuvi - Raina
Rain(a) of boundaries
Indian batting was in worry, but was not in danger. Due to Sachin & Gambhir's half century , India was in comfortable position. Just India should not lose wicket, then it was a easy job. Just what raina done. He played carefully & hit boundries too, when it was needed. He batted superbly & gave a yuvraj much needed support.
Commitment of Brett Lee
Brett Lee really deserve salute. Yuvraj's one drive brett lee stopped , but in this he got himself injured. Blood was coming out of his face. But still he applied band - aid on his face & bowled his remaining 2 overs. This commitment should be learned by every player.
Singh is king & victory moment.
The real hero of that match was yuvraj singh. He batted very brilliant. In his partnership with raina, he was having the largest share & made stunning half century. He was playing in very nice form in this world cup. He hit boundries when needed , but didn't hit careless shot like dhoni.
Because of his effort India won the match by 5 wickets. & Yuvraj posed like above after win.
Domination Ended & India reached Semi Final
After this win of India, Australia thrown out from the world cup . Australian era now ended. King retired from throne. After 33 back to back wins from 1999 w.c. , pakistan blocked there path & finally India thrown them out from the world cup. Australia disqualified from world cup before final of the world cup. It was the first time after 1992 , where Australia was not in final of world cup!
Now India's next match was with there enemy country Pakistan in semis of world cup.
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