Such was the enthusiasm& interest people expressed in Kochi on a day when England was
Beaten by India by a victory margin of 127 Runs.
India batting first ,after an initial setback from the openers,rose to the occasion
at the most appropriate juncture when runs required to be piled up quickly to post a
Challenging total on the score board became inevitable.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni leading from the front with tremendous & able support from
Virat Kohli,Yuvraaj Singh,Suresh Raina& Ravindra Jadeja could post a score of 285
needing England to make 286 From 50 overs.
England too started disaster fully loosing the wicket of Ian Bell very early.
Alistair Cook& Kevin Pietersen made a bold effort to take England ahead well but
briefly.Alistair Cook was the next to return to Pavilion !!
The Cookies started to crumble!
The Indian spinners & medium pacers ,for a change,shown they could do something too
when absolutely when thebsituation warranted.
The support from the crowd of Kochi was something never seen before in any of the
Indian venues as opined by Najyothsing Siddhu one of the commentators.he also opined
that it was time for Sreesanth the Golden boy of Maradu to return to Indian Cricket.
Perhaps he made such a remark after seeing Sreesanth balling in the nets as per request
from the Indian Skipper Dhoni.
Anyways,the defeat by 127 runs wes something Egland can not forget easily. Their
Challenge is likely to be many folded in the next 3 games to follow.
The cricket lovers could therefore expect a feast with all ingredients in the next 3
Matches.
Despite the need for including Cheteswar Poojara in the Playing eleven by the Coach &
Captain was obvious from the first RAJKOT starter,this wasn't done at Kochi.
Let us hope their eyes open at least at Ranchi on time to avert any more defeat from
England.this is necessary for India to return to the Glorious first rank from ICC
which they enjoyed until a few days back since the victory in the World Cup of 2011.
SreedharanMundanat
16th November2013
05-45Hrs
Please read the date of the blog as 16th January 2013 05-45hrs
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