It Was One Of India’s Greatest Wins Ever (The Q/F)

The quarterfinal tie between India and Australia was a thriller of a match. It was one of India’s best wins ever. Beating Australia in a World Cup knockout was always going to be tough because the Australians have very good big match temperament. They always raise their game to a higher level in important matches. They have shown it in World Cup 2003 final, the second final of the VB Series 2004 and at numerous occasions in the past. When they are playing an important match they rise to extraordinary level and put in all their life into it. They play like tigers. But this time India undid them. They outplayed them in all the departments. First they did a brilliant job by restricting them to 260. Australians are not easy to restrict around 250 in big matches like this. It always takes enormous effort on part of the bowlers and fielders to stop the run flow. And that is what India did exactly. They bowled and fielded aggressively and showed the killer instinct. After that India did even better with the bat by batting dominantly throughout their innings. Tendulkar and Sehwag did a brilliant job by giving India a good start. Sehwag missed a big score but by the time he was out India had build a solid foundation to work on. Tendulkar went on to hit a half-century and scored 53. It was his 95^th half-ton. He really is a master batsman. He needs just two more hundreds to complete a half-century of hundreds in ODIs. If he achieves this feat he will become a figure in eternity. He already has a place there but this accomplishment will take him a step higher in that zone. There are two matches to go now to win the trophy. India needs to put all their life in the ties to sweep them. After beating Australia I think it should not be difficult for India to beat South Africa or England. India are already on their march to the championship. The only need now is to put in a little more energy in their efforts. The results are sure to fruit. All the best India. You are about to create history.