India powered itself to an impressive back to back win against Australia to clinch the CB ODI series. What makes this victory sweeter is that the invincibles have been defeated for two consecutive years, last year by England. Also this is the last time the series is held in the triangular form, so it is definitely a cup of woes for Ponting, who wrote a few days back that the Aussies will not need the third final. Neither do we.
Sachin's batting in the last 2 matches, brought back memories of the 1998 Sharjah matches on the 22nd and 24th April, when he hit back to back centuries to power India into the final and another one in the final to enable Azhar win the trophy against the Aussies. It would have been poetic if he had scored 9 more runs today to make it a complete deja vu.
I personally feel Sachin should pause his one day career on this high note to preserve himself for test cricket for another 3 years and come back into the one day squad just before World Cup 2011 to end his career as no one else has.
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
10 years on, some thing has not changed
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Its hard to believe that your two year educational stint at Bombay has come to a glorious end! Here's wishing you loads of good luck and a bright future
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