What the hell has happened to team India. History was again repeating itself when India yet again lost a crucial final . Not many days ago the bitterness of the Kitply cup final was so fresh in the minds of Indian people and now loss
of the Asia cup
final.
It has given enough reason to the selectors of team India to revamp it’s criteria for selecting the right team. As I am writing this with so much of anguish inside me, if right now I get a chance to be in the dressing room I would seriously give a hard kick to all the players . Now guys it’s the high time , how many finals this team wants to loose. I will give you a interesting bit of information which I came across when I was watching the match. Since 1999 India has played 22 finals in which India have won only 2 finals, they have lost 18 finals and 2 were shared. After hearing this, I was fuming like anything. It seems when Indian team reach the finals they just simply couldn’t able to handle the pressure of the final game.
When the match started between the Sri Lanka and India , I was confident that India will cruise easily and win the Asia cup. My confidence grew up several folds when I saw India bowled out the Lankans for the petite score of 273 on a flat wicket. Considering that in this tournament team making 300+ plus wasn’t safe at all, and now India has bowled them on 273, it would be easier for the india to chase this score . I thought it would be a piece of cake for india because batting of India was the only saving grace in this tournament. But Sri Lanka had some other plans for team India, the mysterious bowler Ajantha Mendis did the trick for the lankans. This guy is totally unfazed by the pressure of final, playing his first game against India he proved lethal for the Indian strong batting line up. He just has the experience of seven odd matches and this guy is progressing in leaps and bounds. At the end of the match his magical bowling figures was 8 overs- 13 runs- 6 wickets. Indian team bundled out for 173 runs in 39.3 overs.
India believed they stood a chance but clearly the match belonged to Ajantha Mendis who proved that he is spinner that's here to stay for a very very long time. India will vouch for that. Mendis won the man of the match as well as the man of the tournament award for his 17 wickets in the Asia cup.
When the match started between the Sri Lanka and India , I was confident that India will cruise easily and win the Asia cup. My confidence grew up several folds when I saw India bowled out the Lankans for the petite score of 273 on a flat wicket. Considering that in this tournament team making 300+ plus wasn’t safe at all, and now India has bowled them on 273, it would be easier for the india to chase this score . I thought it would be a piece of cake for india because batting of India was the only saving grace in this tournament. But Sri Lanka had some other plans for team India, the mysterious bowler Ajantha Mendis did the trick for the lankans. This guy is totally unfazed by the pressure of final, playing his first game against India he proved lethal for the Indian strong batting line up. He just has the experience of seven odd matches and this guy is progressing in leaps and bounds. At the end of the match his magical bowling figures was 8 overs- 13 runs- 6 wickets. Indian team bundled out for 173 runs in 39.3 overs.
India believed they stood a chance but clearly the match belonged to Ajantha Mendis who proved that he is spinner that's here to stay for a very very long time. India will vouch for that. Mendis won the man of the match as well as the man of the tournament award for his 17 wickets in the Asia cup.
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