There was a time in Indian cricket before Dhoni when India used to enter every tournament with very high expectations from the crowd and ultimately resulting in disappointment and with majority of success due to Sachin Tendulkar!
Now, that time seem long long gone, Dhoni has indeed revolutionized the Indian cricket. If you thought that winning the inaugural T20 was a matter of chance, you would have definitely changed your mind now! India was ranked one in test cricket throughout in 2010, rank two in ODIs and undefeated at home! This is the new team India under the able, cool and highly potent as well as lethal captainship of MS Dhoni!
World Cup 2011, India v/s Australia, 2nd Quarter Finals. India one of the domineering favorites in the tournament. Australia, 4 time champs, but fresh from their first world cup loss in ages against Pak. Motera, Ahmedabad witnessed history on 24th, March, 2011.
OZ won the toss and choose to bat. India opening bowling with R. Ashwin. As per Sunil Gavaskar, he is gonna win the world cup for India. Such comment from such a man, means a lot and this guy Ashwin has great temperament, control and displays tremendous maturity! Australia made 260 in first innings, which could have been easily 275-300, had it not been for the best Indian fielding effort ever and fantastic bowling changes from MS!
Half time, the game is on! Enter Sachin Tendulkar, looking for revenge of the 2003 world cup final loss! However this Indian batting line up is much different than the 2003. These are bunch of talented fearless young guns who play with aggression, play with attitude and play like champions! This is the new bleed blue Indian side! Majority of the batsman chipped in the run chase and Yuvi was the man who saw it through!
Also it was no ordinary match for me! After the amazing experience of watching a movie in a thousand plus multiplex capacity at Infosys, Mysore full of youngsters, it was time something would be even more enthralling. Over 150 employees at Infosys, Pune at a small lobby, shouting at the top of their voice, cheering the Indian team to march on! The atmosphere was simple electrifying and an experience that I would never forget! With India taking on Pak next in the semis, you can only imagine....HELL WILL BREAK LOOSE!!!!!!!!
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