Conviction of Mind

It seems Dhoni has a special feeling towards the golden urn. Suddenly, all is well when it ends well. Dhoni had a dream run in World T20 to secure that he has world renowned leadership and the nerve within him to secure the gold. And then, much fame came to him as a captain of CSK (Chennai Super Kings) in IPL 3 and it moved leaps and bounds within India and won the cup for CSK against Sachin. People even accepted it with a smile. Then, even in Champions League gold followed him. Now, he was in with much renowned batting line-up as the favorites for the world cup 2011 and everyone chipped in bits and parts at some part of the game to MAKE IT HAPPEN. In the league games, there were some hiccups and they proved themselves champions after they beat all the much famed teams in Quarters to Finals. Some of the decisions were breath-taking and has to be taken at that level. Dhoni knows what he is doing when he took three seamers against Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Semi Finals and Finals of such...

Not very long back, It was Tendulkar who took India on his shoulders right through for more than 20 years. There was some days when Opposition team will get control over team India completely once Sachin Tendulkar gets out. But its never the case anymore. It doesn't mean we don't need the master anymore in our team. We do need him for his strokes and occasional mastery words. But our batting order has reached more resilient with him and looks good even without him as well. Its good for the future of the Indian cricket. Is it the time for Sachin to retire? Its never the time to retire for the master unless he himself calls it for. Its not for the media or Greg Chappell to predict but leave it to the great man. Let him play until he enjoys playing and he will call it a day when he think its right! Tendulkar has been part of 33 winnning matches in his 48 centuries. Even though, one would say, 13 on 48 centuries were on the losing cause, it was for establishing pride for the countr...

As predicted in my last post , India came out good and performed well in all its final three stages of the World Cup tournament. It was great to watch all of them chipping in at the right time and contributing for the success of the team. Even though the stats was against you when you were playing against Australia and Sri Lanka, it was really very important to be calm and composed and hit the right chords at the right time. Everyone came good and the best team exhibiting good command over all the other teams won the WORLD CUP that really counts... Happy for TEAM INDIA and proud to be an Indian.

In WC 2011, Just finished watching Sri Lanka Vs NewZealand and Srilanka was all over Newzealand and they were never in the game. Even though, Most of them expect Pakistan and Australia to be a close contest, I don't think it would be one. Lets wait and watch. By the way, I want to predict the results of WC 2011 Quarters- Group A Australia Sri Lanka NewZealand Pakistan England had all their nail-biting close matches and managed to pull off a draw against the mighty (:)) ) Indians and win against WI and SA and lost against two minnows they faced. Group B South Africa India England West Indies Results - India would win against West Indies. South Africa would win against Bangladesh. So, Now into the Quarter results to identify the Semi-Finalists. Australia vs WestIndies - Australia India Vs Newzealand - India England Vs Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka South Africa Vs Pakistan - South Africa Now the Semi-Finals to identify the Finalists. Australia Vs India - India (Of course, I am an Indian :) ) ...