India Versus Australia - 2nd T20 Melbourne - India pulls of a comprehensive victory

India Versus Australia – 2^nd T20 Melbourne – India Pulls Of A Comprehensive Victory

India’s Good Performance Today:

It was a magnificent performance by the Indians today as they crushed the mighty Aussies by 8 wickets to match the series 1-1. It was truly an Indian’s day today. Now, India will move into the ODI series as a lot more confident Indian team that lacked the fighting spirit before this game. Team India would hope to continue the good form they have, after winning this match. The joy in the Indian team has no bounds as they won India by 8 wickets with Gautam Gambhir top scoring for India with a well made 56. However, Gautam made all the Indian fans to come to the edge of their chairs as India needed 1 of the last over. Gambhir gave three dot balls to make the contest as 1 to win from three balls. The batting of the Indians was very much better compared to the last match where they managed to score a paltry 140 with Dhoni top scoring with 48.

Dhoni sharing some light moments with Gauti

India’s Batting Performance:

Today, as I said, the Indians were a much better team compared to the past Indians till the last game. Team India didn’t get an opening start of 35 plus in the tour of Australia this year. But for the first time in this series, India had an opening partnership of 43 in this match. Sehwag played a good hand today, scoring 23 off just 14 balls. Kohli and Gambhir had a good partnership as it took the match away from Australia. It was a true match winning performance today by the Indians to crack a nice victory just before the commencement of the tri-series involving Australia, India and Sri Lanka. Now, what the Indians need to do is, they just need to take this performance to the tri-series and hope the bowling attack also comes good at the right time. The Indians need to keep their cool ahead in the tri-series and they need to put runs on the board in every game they play. So, good luck India!!!

Comparison Of The World Cup Final 2011 And This Match:

I now want to compare the India’s batting in the World Cup final last year with the present match. In the World Cup final, India had lost Sehwag early and was struggling at duck for one. Then India had a good partnership between Gambhir and Sachin, in which Sachin was out for 18. Then there was a great partnership between Gauti (Gambhir) and Kohli. After Kohli was out, caught brilliantly by Dilshan off his own bowling, there was a great surprise. Captain Dhoni walked out to the middle to partner with Gambhir. Coming back to the present match, nearly the same thing happened. Sehwag was out for 23 off 14. Then Kohli and Gambhir partnered to take the game away from Australia. After Kohli was out, came the captain to partner with Dhoni. And these two finished off the match in style. The only difference in the top order of India was they badly missed the service of the legendary Sachin Tendulkar. The Indians would hope to continue their good run in the tri-series also. Lets hope India does well.

Gambhir Deserves Man Of The Match:

A classical innings from the young man Gautam Gambhir as he played a great innings off 56 to take the game away from the Australians. The Australians lacked the fire power to defeat the Indians as they were hardly in the contest. Today, Ravindra Jadeja was awarded the Man Of the Match award for his 2 run outs and a wicket. No doubt, he impressed with his bowling and fielding. But the main reason for India’s triumph today was not because of Ravindra Jadeja but because of Gautam Gambhir. The match winner proved his match winning qualities in the World Cup finals itself and he proved it today also. He is a good cricketer who can be depended upon, in tough situations. But today there was a great shock. I don’t come to the point that Jadeja didn’t do anything for the team and he never deserves the Man Of the Match trophy. But I say that, Gambhir was the main reason in the triumph of India and in the process managed to level the series 1-1. It was a great performance, overall, by the Indians and a great end to the T20 series. Keep up the good performance in the upcoming tri-series also. Good luck team India!!!