Yeah, India won the match by 6 runs, but it wasn’t exactly an amazing or exciting win. What really happened is that England basically gave India 64 extra runs — that’s a huge number, almost like handing them free runs without making them earn it.
If England’s bowlers had been a bit more careful and not bowled so many wide balls or no-balls, India might not have won at all. The game was that close — just a 6-run difference.
So, it feels more like England lost the game by messing up, rather than India winning it with great skill. A real thrilling win usually comes from a strong performance, but this one felt like India got lucky because of England’s mistakes.
Agree to a certain extent. How many catches and runouts missed by India? To be fair, both sides made lots of mistake for allowing the batsman to stay in the crease. Bottom line finishing (5th day) was exciting
ReplyDeleteThanks Anony for your comments. So we both agree India won by mistakes by both sides and NOT thrilling bowling/batting by Indians.
ReplyDeleteEvery loss by a team is often caused by some unwise steps, like dropping catches, leaking runs by no balls wides and byes besides batsmen getting out by rash batting.
ReplyDeleteWhatever the reason, the abrupt change of fortune by some exciting bowling was unexpected.
Thanks for your comments Mr. KP
DeleteThat's true. Only if one team loses the other can win. But I don't think that takes away the effort that India put in. There were good as well as poor performances on both sides. The result is a sum total of everything, the pluses and the minuses of both sides. This is true of all games.
ReplyDeleteI am glad that India has won, 6 runs or any other margin. And that the match was interesting.
ReplyDeleteI didn't see the match. I think, one cannot be proud of a victory because of opponent's mistakes. Anyways win is a win
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