Finally, in the final Test match of the series against England at Nagpur ,Luck smiled
on India,Players excelled,&Happiness returned to the faces of cricket fans all over
India when Capt Dhoni in the Company of Virat Kohli added 198 runs 2 short of 200
partnership of 200 to the overnight score of 87/4.They together continued to the final
session after Tea
Virat Kohli scored his second century in Test Cricket but fell unfotunately at 269/5in
the 117th over when Swann claimed a lucky breakthrough.
Ravindra Jadeja joined Dhoni& gave reasonably good support to his captain.He scored
12 runs after facing 31 balls.He fell at 288/6 in the 124th over yet another lucky
breakthrough for a tired Anderson.
England bowlers struggled to restrict India within 330 without allowing India to lead.
In the process when Aswin joined Dhoni it looked India was progressing fast to take
a lead today itself.Aswin added 7 runs &faced 27 balls.
Dhoni ,however, was very unlucky to give company to Kohli in his century when he
himself fell1 run short of 100when his counterpart Alistair Cook had broken his
his stumps by a direct throw when Dhoni tried to complete his ton from a quick
single.The score 295/7.Piyush Chawla joined Aswin in the middle. But departed
rapidly at297/8 at Stumps just after adding 1 run to his credit.
Hopefully tomorrow Aswin in the company of Ishant Sharma&Pragyan Ojha mightliquidate
the total of 330 of England by addibg 33 precious runs if not taking a reasonable score as he did at Kolkatta when a lead of 40 runs was established.
England had also 3 wickets of rheir stewarts before reaching 41 to win.
Dhoni though fell at 99,should be proud of taking India out of danger of defeat in
the company of Virat Kohli taking their partnership score to 198 for the 5th wicket.
The great performance of Dhoni not only helped India to safety but silenced his
drastic critics as well.
What surprises all cricket fans is the Mystery behind aiming severe criticizm to a
strong batsman like Dhoni with tremendous will power,who brought Laurels & Glory to
his Motherland when he won the World Cup on 2nd April2011 at the Wankhedes in the company of same Kohli,SRT&Yuvraaj Singh.
How these not so wise critics forget the good deed done by Dhoni within a period of
not even 2 years.Thankfulness&gratitude are vitues.Getting defeated in a couple of
matches is not a sin.Telling even a lie for a noble cause is not a sin but a virtue.
But levelling lies against an enthusiastic cricketer is certainly sin.His strong
critics should remember this for the sake of this Nation.
SreedharanMundanat
15th December19-15Hrs(IST)
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