India, Aus lock horns in battle of egos
Friday, May 7, 2010
6:04 AM
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India will start its Super 8 campaign with the match against Australia tonight. Both teams will lock horns and eye for an outright victory to try and make a dash to semi-final berth. The match is sure to spring surprises and will be a tense affair. India has proven its dominance in T20 format of the game in recent years. Australia, who has had a patchy run in last couple of years looks to be on a mission. Surprisingly, Australia has not indulged in mind games in run up to World T20. They have been uncharacteristically quite but have given focussed performance in their matches against Pakistan and Bangladesh. Clarke did revert to old habbit of barking before the match stating they they will try to bounce India out of the match. However, Australians have lacked bite in this format of the game and on big stage.
On paper, India is considered stronger and better than Australia in T20 cricket. But cricket is a game of uncertainty and T20 is completely unpredictable.
While India won the first edition of ICC Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa, it failed to reach the semifinals in the second edition in England.
On the other hand, Australia never reached the semifinals of T20 World Cup. It crashed out in Super 8 in the first edition. The Aussies could not even qualify for the Super 8 in the second edition.
India received a jolt by losing pacer Praveen Kumar ahead of their Super 8 matches. The team will rely on Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni on batting.
Harbhajan Singh, Ashish Nehra and Zaheer Khan will be the bowlers to watch for in bowling. Australia will rely on Shane Watson, David Hussey, Mike Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Dirk Nannes and David Warner.
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Murali Vijay, Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan,Harbhajan Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Ranganath Vinay Kumar, Dinesh Karthik, Rohit Sharma, Piyush Chawla.
Australia: Michael Clarke, Cameron White, Daniel Christian, Brad Haddin, Nathan Hauritz, David Hussey, Mike Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Ryan Harris, Dirk Nannes, Tim Paine, Steven Smith, Shaun Tait, David Warner, Shane Watson.
On paper, India is considered stronger and better than Australia in T20 cricket. But cricket is a game of uncertainty and T20 is completely unpredictable.
While India won the first edition of ICC Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa, it failed to reach the semifinals in the second edition in England.
On the other hand, Australia never reached the semifinals of T20 World Cup. It crashed out in Super 8 in the first edition. The Aussies could not even qualify for the Super 8 in the second edition.
India received a jolt by losing pacer Praveen Kumar ahead of their Super 8 matches. The team will rely on Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni on batting.
Harbhajan Singh, Ashish Nehra and Zaheer Khan will be the bowlers to watch for in bowling. Australia will rely on Shane Watson, David Hussey, Mike Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Dirk Nannes and David Warner.
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Murali Vijay, Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan,Harbhajan Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Ranganath Vinay Kumar, Dinesh Karthik, Rohit Sharma, Piyush Chawla.
Australia: Michael Clarke, Cameron White, Daniel Christian, Brad Haddin, Nathan Hauritz, David Hussey, Mike Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Ryan Harris, Dirk Nannes, Tim Paine, Steven Smith, Shaun Tait, David Warner, Shane Watson.
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