Bangladesh defeated India within the 2007 World Cup (Photo: AFP)
Indian workforce has to face Bangladesh in Pune immediately. The Indian workforce has gained all its three matches to date. He has defeated Australia, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Bangladesh workforce has gained just one out of three matches to date. India is at second place within the factors desk with 6 factors whereas Bangladesh is at sixth place with 2 factors. Broadly talking, these are the factors which clearly say that India has the higher hand in immediately’s match. But the recollections of the upset that Bangladesh triggered within the World Cup 16 years in the past haunts Indian followers.
Anyway, within the first two weeks of this World Cup, two huge upsets have occurred. Afghanistan defeated the England workforce. Just a couple of hours later, the Netherlands workforce defeated South Africa. In such a scenario, the issues of Indian followers additionally enhance. Bangladesh defeated India within the 2007 World Cup. Due to that defeat, the Indian workforce needed to be eradicated from the primary spherical of the World Cup. That defeat was shameful. No one can overlook the photograph of gamers like Sachin, Sehwag, Dravid with unhappy faces within the pavilion. Let us remind you that the 2007 World Cup was performed in West Indies. However, since 2007, Bangladesh has by no means been capable of obtain this feat once more.
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No one will overlook the defeat of 2007
The date was 17 March 2007. India gained the toss and determined to bat first. Rahul Dravid was the captain of the workforce. Greg Chappell was the coach of the workforce. India received its first blow within the third over itself. Virender Sehwag was out after scoring simply 2 runs. After this there was a flurry of wickets. Robin Uthappa was additionally out within the seventh over and Sachin Tendulkar was out within the fifteenth over. When Sachin Tendulkar was out, India’s rating was 40 runs for 3 wickets. This was a really unhealthy begin. There was a partnership of about 80 runs between Yuvraj Singh and Saurabh Ganguly however the story received worse as quickly as Yuvi was out within the forty third over and Ganguly was out within the forty fourth over. From India’s aspect, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh and Ajit Agarkar couldn’t even open their account. Apart from this, Virender Sehwag, Robin Uthappa and Sachin Tendulkar didn’t attain double figures. Munaf Patel and Zaheer Khan added 15 runs every to take India to 191 runs with nice issue. The goal of 192 runs was not troublesome for Bangladesh. He batted with persistence and gained by dropping 5 wickets. That was a darkish day within the historical past of Indian cricket.
India misplaced not inside the sphere however exterior
Actually, there’s a bitter reality about this defeat. You keep in mind that interval of 2007. I used to be protecting that World Cup. If you speak to any journalist of that period, this story will change into clear. No one can separate politics in cricket. This was the interval when the ambiance within the Indian workforce was not good. Everyone will bear in mind the controversy between Sourav Ganguly and Greg Chappell. That controversy is counted among the many greatest controversies of Indian cricket. Due to this, Sourav Ganguly needed to sit out of the Indian workforce for a very long time. Sourav Ganguly had been the captain of the Indian workforce earlier than that. He was a strong participant. No one had even dreamed that Sourav may very well be thrown out. But it occurred. Just earlier than the World Cup, the Indian workforce was enjoying a collection in opposition to South Africa. At that point Dilip Vengsarkar was the chief selector of the workforce. Dilip Vengsarkar made a comeback in Sourav Ganguly’s workforce. Rahul Dravid was the captain at the moment. In truth, Sourav Ganguly had a giant contribution within the victory within the Johannesburg Test match on that tour. But amidst all this incident there was plenty of stress within the workforce. Small teams of gamers have been fashioned. The unity that’s required was not seen within the workforce.
‘Sipanthi’ was among the many gamers relating to grandfather
Remember the 2007 workforce. There have been gamers like Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh in that workforce. The function of Sourav Ganguly was crucial within the profession of those gamers. Sourav Ganguly fought with the selectors and received Harbhajan Singh a spot within the collection in opposition to Australia. India gained the historic take a look at match in the identical collection. In which Bhajji had a hat-trick. Bhajji turned a star from there itself. It was Sourav Ganguly who eliminated Sehwag from the center order and gave him the duty of opening. After that Virender Sehwag’s stature had change into completely different. When there was a dispute between Greg Chappell and Sourav, these gamers will need to have felt unhealthy someplace. No one ever stated these items brazenly. But in the event you take a look at the statements of gamers like Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh relating to Greg Chappell, you’ll perceive that there was an environment of insecurity in Team India in and across the 2007 World Cup. India performed that World Cup in such an environment of stress. Everyone remembers the end result. It is sweet that Indian cricket has now utterly come out of that atmosphere.
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