It has been a great week for Indian cricket ( except for the Hayden-Bhajji incident ofcourse ). The Indian team has qualified for the finals of the CB series while the colts are on the verge of creating history. The under 19 team India managed to beat the Kiwis in the semifinals ( though not comprehensively ). India would play the winner of the South Africa – Pakistan clash in the finals.
India survived some nervous moments during their chase against the Kiwis. This is the first time in this series that India has been tested. ( So far all of its contests have been cake walks ). Chasing 205 for a berth in the final, India was onto a poor start losing Taruwar Kohli early. That’s when rain interrupted and the target was reduced to 191 off 43 overs. Skipper Virat Kohli and Goswami put on 84 for the third wicket. But the chase was not over. India lost wickets regularly and the middle order failed miserably in the acid test. Finally India reached the target with 3 wickets to spare.
Earlier the Kiwis won the toss and chose to bat. But their batsmen couldn’t fire in the crunch situation losing wickets regularly. Pradeep Sangwan could not get among the wickets but he managed to tie the batsmen down. Only Corey Anderson managed to make an impression with a well crafted half century to save Kiwis the blushes. The Kiwis crumbled to 205 off their 50 overs which eventually turned out to be a few runs short.
Definitely a Super Sunday awaits us. Hopefully it would be a historical Sunday for the Indian senior and junior men in blue.
India survived some nervous moments during their chase against the Kiwis. This is the first time in this series that India has been tested. ( So far all of its contests have been cake walks ). Chasing 205 for a berth in the final, India was onto a poor start losing Taruwar Kohli early. That’s when rain interrupted and the target was reduced to 191 off 43 overs. Skipper Virat Kohli and Goswami put on 84 for the third wicket. But the chase was not over. India lost wickets regularly and the middle order failed miserably in the acid test. Finally India reached the target with 3 wickets to spare.
Earlier the Kiwis won the toss and chose to bat. But their batsmen couldn’t fire in the crunch situation losing wickets regularly. Pradeep Sangwan could not get among the wickets but he managed to tie the batsmen down. Only Corey Anderson managed to make an impression with a well crafted half century to save Kiwis the blushes. The Kiwis crumbled to 205 off their 50 overs which eventually turned out to be a few runs short.
Definitely a Super Sunday awaits us. Hopefully it would be a historical Sunday for the Indian senior and junior men in blue.
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