Cricket: Heroes' welcome for India.MAHENDRA DHONI
Dhoni or Doni(Dhivehi: ދޯނި ),(pronounced Dōni)is a multi-purpose sail boat with a motor or lateen sails that is used in the Maldives. will fly home to India ready for a hero's welcome after firmly establishing Twenty20 cricket as a game for the future on the fervent subcontinent sub·con·ti·nent n. 1. A large landmass, such as India, that is part of a continent but is considered either geographically or politically as an independent entity. 2. . The India captain flies home with the rest of his victorious team having secured an unlikely triumph in the inaugural ICC ICC See: International Chamber of Commerce World Twenty20 tournament, having overcome several obstacles to beat arch-rivals Pakistan in yesterday's final. Before the start of the two-week tournament, India had played only one Twenty20 international as a team, they had arrived there with no preparation and they conducted their campaign without the advantage of a coach. But they gelled as a team and beat Pakistan by five runs in the thrilling final at the Wanderers, and Dhoni is now expecting an explosion of interest in the format as a result of their success. "It will catch up in India because they love fours and sixes and excitement," said Dhoni. "There hasn't been that much of Twenty20 cricket in India Cricket is the unofficial national sport of India, and its development has been closely tied up with the history of the country, mirroring many of the political and cultural developments around issues such as race, caste, religion and nationality. so far. "We've had a domestic circuit but not many people come to watch the domestic matches, but I'm sure it will catch up and be huge in India after this." India reached a competitive but not daunting daunt tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin total of 157 for five after winning the toss with opener Gautam Gambhir Gautam Gambhir pronunciation (born 14 October 1981, in Delhi) is an Indian opening batsman. He has been a member of the Indian national cricket team since 2003 (ODIs) and 2004 (Tests). hitting 75 off 54 balls, but Pakistan never recovered from losing four wickets inside the first nine overs and were dismissed for 152 with three balls a pawnbroker's sign or shop. See also: Ball remaining. Dhoni stressed: "There was a determination among us. We were not expected to do well because we had not done well in the last World Cup and that was a key point. "We also enjoyed this format of the game because nothing much was expected from us, so we didn't have added pressure or added responsibility on anyone - the guys really enjoyed it and played it match by match." He added: "Enjoying cricket is very important and that's what the side is doing. "We have confidence in each other, we were backing in everyone and they were enjoying each other's performance." |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion