My, my, my. Two spectacular victories back to back. First Pakistan and now South Africa today. The entire Indian contingent to this world cup must be congratulated and complimented. These victories become more sweet because just a few days ago almost everybody had written off the present Indian team.
True to its nature, the Indian team has sprung a surprise. I have observed that our team does well in the world cup, whenever it is passing through a bad spell just prior to the world cup. Whenever we are favourites, we lose. Surprise either way. A few days ago, I was commenting that we'll do well in world cup because we are losing now! I have learnt to expect the opposite from our cricket team.
The win against Pakistan was easier and expected. More so because Pakistan cricket is passing through crises. The biggest one being the fact that there is no International cricket in Pakistan. So Pakistan cricket is missing on matches, the home advantage and the confidence it brings, and the commercial aspect too.
The win, today, over SA was more convincing and record breaking too. We outplayed them in all the departments of the game. The icing on the cake was the two beautiful run outs. This match shows the motivation levels of the players at the moment.
My only message here would be, make hay while the sun shines. Let's pray the sun keeps shining till the finals
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