As Dhoni scampered back for two to give India a crucial victory against Srilanka virtually assuring them of a place in the finals, it was fitting to see India's heroes of the series Dhoni and Ishant hugging each other to celebrate the victory. When Harbhajan Singh got out to a Malinga yorker in the second last over with 2 balls left in the over and 3 runs still to go, Ishant had to keep atleast one ball out because if he got out of the first ball, it wud have left Munaf against fiery Malinga and then only god could have saved India. These were exactly the instructions given by Dhoni to Ishant to keep out atleast one ball. But the stump microphone captured Ishant's reply which was: "Maar doonga fast bowler hai hum bhi dalte hain." Well this was an amazing reply and just showed how much confidence this kid has it in him. He did survive the 2 balls and Dhoni finished of the match in the next over.Dhoni finished with a superb 50* under pressure playing what can be called truly a captains knock.
Right through the series, Dhoni has been praised for his captaincy and keeping, but he has also been the highest run getter for India in the series. He has played cool, sensible cricket in almost every match. He hasnt had any failure till now and has played according to the situation everytime(almost everytime against his natural attacking instincts). He has taken the responsibility of a finisher in the side and his risk free cricket in crunch situations has been the highlight of the series. Even though Yuvraj was the highest scorer today(he was also backed by dhoni inspite of failures), it was Dhoni's knock which ensured India crossed the line safely. His 50 not out had no boundaries at all epitomizing the fact that he played risk free cricket and ran beautifully inspite of a slight strain. Dhoni has been a revelation in this series.
Likewise, India's bowing star has been Ishant Sharma who has come a long way in the past 2 months. His pace, accuracy,bounce and his consistency with line and lengh has troubled everybody. He has bowled splendidly well oozing confidence and has led the Indian attack brilliantly in only his first series. He hasnt bowled badly in even a single match.He has been the India's biggest find amongst the younsters and at 19 years of age, he may get even faster which is a great news for India.
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comes as no surprise that this combination is one of a 'keeper and a quickie... and both being comparatively new to international cricket (dhoni has played for 3 yrs and ishant for 3 months..) when compare to the greats like McGrath and Gilchrist... the duo seems destined to be here to stay...
Nice post, good choice of words, not sure I understood most of the matter, not being a cricket follower :)
But yes some suggestions:
- Do a second read of ur post before publishing it for spelling errors. It feels a bit disturbing to see spelling errors in midst of amazingly flowing writeup
- Spacing between the punctuations is also very important in any article
- G in God is always capital dear :)
So basically this comment comes in the generic category! Do keep in mind for the following posts :)
See what Kag has written. Very useful suggestions in deed. I have always said you have good flow and pleasing selection of words.The beauty of your blogs would be enhances with adherence to basic principles of grammar. SMS English is BEST AVOIDED EVEN IN SMSes as it ruins the very beauty of language and one also tends to forget the correct spellings and pronunciation.Your understanding of cricket and expression---very good. Keep on improving.
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