India won a final and Asia MicroMax cup. Wow. Good one. Both are rarity. Asia Cup after 15 years when none of this players debuted for India and when Azharuddin was still the biggest name in Indian cricket. India won despite making a mess of final 10 overs scoring just 49 runs and losing 1 wkt. Scarier part of it is to have hit just one boundary. And who hit it ? Our hero Ravinder Jadeja.
Everybody got starts, none of them made big except Dinesh Bhai. The 66 he made were at right time. Today the Test selection is due and he would know that one innings of substance means his place for next series is secured. So wont be surprised if he makes the cut into the Test side as well as backup keeper. Not only Chennai-ites are fan of Dinesh Bhai, but also Chinese and Anon readers who don’t forget to shower their piece of praise in the comments section.
Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina got starts, none made big. 2 of this 3 would go out when Yuvraj and Sachin return. Amazing to see Jadeja being given chances after chances despite failing with the bat. He was a batsman who could bowl, now he is a bowler who never bats. He would continue to play and in all probability would be part of World Cup 15.
Bowling was good. Nehra, Praveen and Zaheer were among wickets. Fielding was decent too. Nehra showed glimpses of that memorable Durban night of World Cup 2003.
All in all good win for MSD who grabbed 3rd multinational trophy in as many years (CB in 2008, Compaq in 2009 and Asia Cup in 2010).
Hopefully World Cup in 2011.
1 Perspectives:
dinesh karthik is a good batsman. avg keeper maybe. but certainly a good batsman. deserves to be in the team. perhaps he got many chances, and didnt perform upto expectations. but i would certainly have him in the team. he has all the shots.
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