Wednesday, September 19, 2007

India vs England, Group E

Still in shock? You are not the only one. Every single Indian is probably in some state of shock. What a whirlwind effort from Yuvraj Singh. Six sixes in six balls is more a toungue-twister than a fact. India won the toss and Mahi elected to bat first. Sehwag and Gambhir set the stage with an impressive first wicket stand of 136 runs. Cometh the man, cometh the moment. Yuvraj then took centre stage when he smashed Stuart Broad to all parts of the ground. The 19th over cost England 36 runs and was the deciding factor in India's win.

England's chase started off to a decent start, however Pathan, RP Singh and Harbhajan Singh have improved tremendously and seem to have grasped the type of bowling required to stop the runs from flowing like water coming from a collapse of the Hoover Dam.

Yuvraj was made man of the match, and rightly so. India will now face South Africa in another do or die battle as a loss would mean an exit home. A win would mean that New Zealand, South Africa and India would be in 2 wins each and the net run rate factor would come into play.

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