Today- 28 February 2012- would be remembered in the annals of cricket for the 86 ball unbeaten 133 runs scored by Indian rookie Virat Kohli. This clearly overshadowed a magnificent unbeaten 160 by explosive Sri Lankan opener Tilakratne Dilshan. Not only he went on to win the match for India but also achieved the much needed extra point by scoring the required 321 runs in 40 overs, which seemed almost impossible at one point! So Indians are still on the course and who knows what would happen next!
Something is rotten in the Indian cricket team- that seems to be the common refrain. A shameful comprehensive defeat to the Aussies, in the recently concluded test series and then standing on the brink of elimination from the tri-nation one-day series set the perfect foil for a no-hold bar unleash, besides the spirit of an encaged tiger was also raring to go! The prince –Virat Kohli- was constantly plagued by self-doubt, more so when his place in the ‘ Indian Test Team’ was not cemented and his temperament was questioned. The constant worry for him was “to be, or not to be”! I guess; now, no longer that is the question and a wonderful summer- IPL 5- is beckoning this new star and also the Indian team.
MSD! if I wear you I’d seize the moment and redeem myself, would you?
2 comments:
Not only he went on to win the match for India but also achieved the much needed extra point by helping India score the required 321 runs in 40 overs, which seemed almost impossible at one point!
India could not go to the finals here neither in the following Asia cup in Bangladesh. Yet Virat Kohli's swashbuckling 183 against the arch rival Pakistan on 18 March 2012 has already earned him the sobriquet- Mr Consistent! Which was reserved for Mr. Rahul Dravid till recently!
How soon things change ... its reminds "Everything shall pass away"
But so long as Sehwag, Gambhir, Dhoni, Yuvraj, Yousuf, Virat and Sachchin Tendulkar - the greatest batsman India has ever produced- are around lets enjoy their game!
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