India started on a poor note in the second ODI at Indore. After a crushing victory over in England in the first ODI, India has been a favorite for the second ODI.
With India at 29/3, all the expectations are on Yuvi now. If you can recall, Yuvraj Singh had scored hooping 138 not out, leading India to their crushing victory over England.
As you may know by know, I am a big fan of Kapil Dev Nikhanj, the legendary. He has been the only Indian captain to bring home World Cup. Indian Cricket has improved by a factor of magnitude after after the World Cup win. He has inspired hundreds of Indians to become cricketer and specifically pacemen.
Yesterday, when I was watching SaReGaMaPa on Zee TV, I was surprised to see that the whole episode was dedicated to promoting ICL. And to add to it, Greatest of great Indian legendary Kapil Dev was invited as a guest, with his ICL captains.
If you have ever listened to Kapil, each and every word from his mouth is a source of inspiration. He is never political. And he was the same yesterday, inspiring the budding singers in his own way. It was great to listen to him.
He was presented with a momento on the 25th anniversary of him leading the Indian win in Worldcup.
On a related note, he has been doing a great service in providing opportunity to little stars to be great cricketers via ICL. ICL season two is underway.
"Cricket South Africa have today informed us
they can't arrange the series as their players have had a long and
hectic tour of England which ended on a disappointing note for them,"
Shafqat Naghmi, the Pakistan board's chief operating officer, told Reuters.
Naghmi was also told by a CSA official that "South Africa's leading
players were not interested in playing in a series immediately after
their tour of England".
South Africa's coach Mickey Arthur had expressed concerns that fatigue
was hampering his team's progress after their 4-0 loss to England in
the recent one-day series and warned the administrators against
"flogging a dead horse".
Pakistan was trying to arrange a three way ODI series with Sri Lanka and South Africa in South Africa.
One more time India will have to wait for another Asia Cup championship to lift the first trophy. Mendis deprived India of another Asia Cup.
Chasing a score of 273, India looked poised for a comfortable victory in the Asia Cup Finals at Karachi.Looking at the past few matches at Karachi, no one would have expected the Karachi Pitch to turn.
For the first nine overs, with Sehwag's mayhem, India looked comfortable cruising towards victory. Tables turned when Sri Lankan captain truned to Ajantha Mendis. Cheerful Indian supporters calmed down. Mendis grabbed quick six wickets in his first 6 overs. India were 154 / 8 in the 32nd over.
India definitely can't win this Asia Cup. Better luck next time.
India enjoys a psychological edge
over Sri Lanka, whom they meet at the Manuka Oval on Tuesday. India
completed a much needed strong victory against Australia at the MCG, while Sri
Lanka suffered a 128-run defeat to the same opponents last week.
For the young Indian team, every game is proving to be a
profitable exercise. Bhajji believes the team has gained more confidence after
every win and the hunger is increasing each day.
"We have young guys who are all raring to go," he said. "We played very
well yesterday and we will stick to the same sort of the rhythm in the
next game and try to win every game from here onwards. Every game is different. It doesn't matter
what Sri Lanka did in the last game. It's going to be a good challenge
for both sides and we'll put up our best show."
However, Jayawardene, believes the competition
is wide open now and that it is an opportunity for Sri Lankan will even things
out by wining against India. "The challenge for them is to be consistent and the challenge for
us is to challenge ourselves."
