If you are an Indian fan you will be upset with the result.But if you look at things in nuetral eye that was a fair result.India batted well,all the front line batsmen done well,but in the end fell short of atleast 30 runs.The collapse India had in the fag end of the innings raised the confidense of Englishmen.Till the end of 42nd over they had supremacy.Suddenly Ian Bell started to struggle against Piush Chawla,pressure was applied by Zaheer and he removed both Strause and Bell.Indian feilders and Bowlers who looked clueless started to apply themselves sensing a victory.It is amazing how the fall of a wicket effects the course of the match.Earlier when Stause was doing well Dhoni remained calm.Immediately on taking the power play there was a change and Dhoni tightened the screws.I should say THE GLORIOUS GAME OF CRICKET HAD WON IN THE END.Actually if we had a pace bowler in place of Piyush for the 49th over the result would have been in our favour.OK no problem,what a game we had.Up to 50th over India dominated ,then Englanf upto 42nd over then India upto 48th over.The decision declaring Ian Bell not out was crucial.Third umpire gave the decision infavour of the batsman based on the rules.But everybody in the stadium including the batsman thought it was out.Had it went in favour of India the result would have been reversed.We should take the positives out of this game.All the batsmen done well and they look in tremendous touch.Zaheer struck form,Munaf and Harbhajan O K.Problem is with fifth and sixth bowlers .One spot can be filled with part timers.But the other one ?Here Dhoni has problem.Nehra,Ashwin,Sreesanth or Piush.This match may be an eye opener for India.And this will make them more alert.
Other teams ?
My ranking as on today (please note the + and -ie positives and negatives)
South Africa (+more composed and balance than any other teams,negative past history in WC)
India(+Batting Line up,-Bowling)
Australia(+ terrific bowling side,-recent bad run,batsmen not in form or injured)
Pakistan (+talented and gifted players,-feilding,om some day they can loose even against Holand)
Srilanka(+ home ground advantage,-weak middle order)
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