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dravid is out..187 .. 5 wickets down.... australia heading for the cup..... it seems all over for india......
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Relax guys :) Ths result was a foregone conclusion... It was left to be seen how bad the result could have gotten ! Ind has been beaten by the Best team in the world and thats all counts !
No need to curse the bowling right now :) All those can be done when they get back home !
But magnificient batting by Ponting ! Simply amazing !
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If India deserves to be champion, they just have to do the same what Australians did in their last 11 overs. Autralia scored 10 runs per over in their last 11 overs. Why not India in their last 11 overs?? Only drawback is, India's solid batsmen have been stck out.

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"Sadly our bowlers had an off day"...he's taking it a bit easy I think. Anyway India tried, but the better team in this case won.
taken from indiatimes
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll....1194359

We were tense and nervous: Sourav

TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 2003 11:22:50 PM ]

JOHANNESBURG: "Sadly our bowlers had an off day," said a disappointed Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly after Australia trounced India by 125 runs to win the 2003 Cricket World Cup at The Wanderers on Sunday.

The Indian skipper however praised the efforts of his team and especially his fast bowlers.

“Fine, they had an off day, but they have bowled outstandingly in this tournament and I am proud of the entire team.’’

The Indian skipper also had a word of praise for Australia, who won the World Cup for a record third time. “They are a great side and they played like real champions today. We wanted to take the Cup back home but we lost to a great team. Still we can hold our heads high for our performance.’’

Ricky Ponting, who only assumed the role of the Australian captaincy last year won the Man- of-the-match award for his belligerent unbeaten knock of 140 off 121 deliveries.

South African great Graeme Pollock presented the award to Ponting as the presentation ceremony was rushed through due to fears of a downpour.

“It was nice,’’ is how he described his innings. “It was probably overdue as I didn’t get too many runs in the league stages. So it was good that I saved myself for the final.’’

Ponting also paid rich tributes to his team-mates. “We have played outstanding cricket right through the tournament and to win it unbeaten is something great,’’ he said.

“Our plan was to bat first and put enough runs on the board. The wicket did seam around a bit initially but all we wanted to do was hang around and retain enough wickets to have a go in the end. We scored 359, which I thought was a great great effort.’’

There was some consolation for the Indians though, as star batsman Sachin Tendulkar bagged the Man-of-the-tournament award.

He scored 673 runs in 11 matches and he won a golden bat from legendary West Indian all-rounder Sir Garfield Sobers.

Tendulkar echoed the views of his skipper and said that the bowlers had a bad day.

“Yes we didn’t start well at all. There was a lot of pressure on the bowlers and they were very tense and their nervousness showed.

But like Sourav said, they have done very well right through the tournament and we should be proud of them.’’

He also expressed satisfaction over his form despite scoring just four runs and he was happy that he was back to opening the innings.

'‘I am happy to open the innings. I have been doing that for the last eight or nine years.’’

In a bizarre twist, India were given a glimmer of hope when storm clouds gathered over Johannesburg and Sehwag and Ganguly began to bat with almost feverish haste.

Ganguly, calculating that quick runs on the board could possibly give India the match if the Duckworth-Lewis system for rain-shortened matches was called into operation, walked down the pitch to hit McGrath for a sliced six over point.

He raced to 24 from 25 balls before he was caught off Lee and Ponting, making similar calculations, called up left-arm spinners Brad Hogg and Darren Lehman in an effort to complete the 25 overs necessary before a result can be declared.

A heavy rainstorm stopped play to the joy of the large India contingent, hoping against hope that play would be abandoned before 25 overs were bowled which would have meant the match being replayed on Monday.

But the ground was soon bathed in bright sunshine and the match resumed after only 25 minutes.
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Disappointing loss, but it was still a good run for India. At least we lost to the best team, and though the score shows a loss by 125 runs, we were still in the game up to around 30 overs. The pace bowlers really let us down today; every dog has their day, and today definitely wasn't theirs. The team still managed to make huge strides during the competition and have improved significantly (specially the way they came back from the first 2 matches). They've proved to the world, and more importantly to themselves, that they are capable of competing with the heavyweights outside Asia. A real testament to the newfound spirit in the Indian team was even after Tendulkar and Ganguly falling and chasing a score of 359, the Australians didn't look too confident about victory. It was only after Sehwag fell that an Australian victory seemed certain.

But overall a very successful tournament. We are runner-ups to the best team in the world, and basically everyone considers India to be in the top 3 now. The bowlers made huge strides, despite the setbacks at the final. And the batsmen know that though Tendulkar is the crown jewel, there are enough batsmen to pick up the slack.

Overall, the team has nothing to be ashamed of and the fans can hold their heads high. We'll be back in 4 years! And if you're still bummed, at least we SHALLACKED Pakistan :D .
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India did well but still with lost with a 125 run margin.. Anyway looking forward to 2007 in the windies.. Hopefullly pakistan will have sorted their shit out and be a more productive side.. The aussies will have dropped some major players and india will definately be a much stronger side by then especially since yuvraj, kaeef, zaeer khan are all new comers.. they will only improve in time and will definately be quality crickets in four years time.. my money on it now.. India for the world cup in 2007...!!
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India did well but still lost with a 125 run margin..

The 125 run margin is actually quite misleading. India was well on its way to make over 300 if only they were not required to make 360. It was the gigantic target of 360 which was the cause of defeat and India being bundled out for 235.

The fact is that Australia are a superior team and the best in the world right now. Keeping that in mind, once the poor Indian bowling (poor on the day) gave the Australians the opportunity to get off to a flying start there was no way a team as good as them was going to be stopped from a big total and 360 is actually much more than just a big total, it is I think in the top 6 - 7 all time highest scores in all One Day Internationals. India lost the finals not because of its batting but rather due to very poor bowling by India and also an extra ordinary batting performance by Australia on the day. All in all by their performance, Australia proved that they are real champions and were the most deserving of the World Cup.

Having said this, I also think that India was definately the 2nd best team in the World Cup and the two best teams competed in the finals. Also I am sure that if India and Australia were to play a 3 match series in neutral conditions (the World Cup in South Africa does qualify as neutral conditions), Australia would not be able to beat India 3 - 0
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Sanjay wrote:
faddy wrote:
India did well but still lost with a 125 run margin..

India lost the finals not because of its batting but rather due to very poor bowling by India and also an extra ordinary batting performance by Australia on the day.

India lost the finals due to a poor bowling performance and a POORER batting performance. India's inherent strength has ALWAYS been batting and that did not show anywhere in the final scores achieved. I think we lost it when Sehwag was run out. Till then even the Aussies were not sure if they had the game in their pocket because of the run rate being maintained. Ganguly's was the softest of dismissals ever and the less spoken about Tendulkar the better. I would rather he not have scored ANY runs against lesser teams and saved himself for this day.....I know, I know we were probably in the finals because of his other winning performances but really, if he's the genius he's made out to be, then Mar 23 was the day for him to have fired.....the time Tendulkar got out, there was a loud thud in my house.....it was Tendulkar falling from the mantle of GOD in my eyes.....a sad day for me indeed :(
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Actually, Indian scoring rate for the first 35 overs was no worse than Australia's first 35 overs. Difference was that Indian batsmen kept on getting stuck out.

It was the last 10 overs when Austalia basically exploded with more than double the run rate. In the last 10 overs, Australians were not affraid of getting stuck out as they had amassed enough runs already.

In the case of India at 35 overs, most of the good batsmen were already stuck out and we never got a chance to see if they could have matched Australia's 11 runs per over, run average in the last 10 overs.

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Sanjay
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Scoring 360 runs batting first is a lot easier than chasing a target of 360. Infact no team has ever scored 360 batting second against any bowling attack and for you guys to expect it to be done against the current Australian bowling attack is expecting way too much from anyone. The fact of the matter is that the match was already lost long before India went out to bat.
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.......or you guys to expect it to be done against the current Australian bowling attack is expecting way too much from anyone.

Nope....never did expect us to chase 360 but never did expect us to throw in the towel at 235 either......the way our batting strengths have been tom-tommed, the least the batsmen could have done was reached 300....i would have had no gila-shikwa...there would have been a lot of pride that we gave chase honorably and lost to a better team.....at current form, Australia occupies places 1 through 10 and India and the rest follow at a pathetic 11 onwards.....that sir is simply the fact......amazingly i dont hear a single person from the Indian team saying sure we need to improve, in our fielding, in our strategies etc....once again we are content in resting on the faulty laurel of having made it to the finals....that in my opinion is the difference between a loser and a champion.....Buchanan the Aussie coach still says they have room to improve (and truly they do for they were given scares by lesser teams like England and New Zealand)....those then in a nutshell are the learnings of this World Cup....we the losers are satisfied with what we have whereas the winners simply continue to hunger for more....how ironic !!!
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Nope....never did expect us to chase 360 but never did expect us to throw in the towel at 235 either......the way our batting strengths have been tom-tommed, the least the batsmen could have done was reached 300....i would have had no gila-shikwa...there would have been a lot of pride that we gave chase honorably and lost to a better team.....

I share your sentiments completely and personally I would habe been a lot more satisfied if we had atleast gotten to 300. BUt you must realize that one of the major reasons we folded up at 235 is because of attempting to chase a huge target of 360. Quite honestly my opinion based on what I saw of the Indian batting and the Australian bowling on the day, I am sure India would have reached 300 batting first and even if they were chasing around 300.
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Got this in an email, and thought it was quite amusing.

Why India lost the World Cup?

Sure we had an off-day and everything, but really, it was all in the name.

6 teams made it to super 6's, but the ones that managed to make it to the semis, all had their names ending with an 'A'. (Kenya, Australia, India, SriLanka). New Zealand and Zimbabwe didn't make it.

Now the ones that made it to the finals had their names ending with an 'IA'. (Australia, India)

As for the final outcome, kisne World Cup 'lia'? Australia

kisne World Cup 'dia'? India

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INDIA WORLD CHAMPIONS! Cricket World Cup 2003.
It might be by default, but India could still win World Cup 2003. Australian pace bowler Brett Lee and wicket-keeper Adam Gilchrist have tested drug-positive following random tests conducted by the ICC.

According to Lee, ‘‘These are serious charges and I would not like to say anything till I am convinced about the authenticity of the findings.’’ Going by the ASDA rule book, the players have 24 hours to appeal to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. At the same time, the ACB is open to forfeiting Australia’s right to the World Cup if the ICC demands such a step.

‘‘We don’t want the world to say that Australia cheats to win,’’ says ACB chairman Dick Pound. While Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly could not be contacted for comment, there is reason to believe that the dream of his team —and that of a billion Indians — could still be fulfilled.

Details here --> Aussie cricketers flunk drug test.
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It's still 4 mins to April 1 on the East Coast here. So kinda early, but I'm not falling for it like last year.
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