Saturday 8 March 2014
Sri Lanka wins Asia Cup but India is quietly happy
In cricket every victory is like a fuel that keeps the motor of team going by generating extra confidence to clear the coming miles. The Asia Cup tournament is just won by Sri Lanka, as I get the news from cricinfo live, who defeated Pakistan by margin of 5 wickets.
By going through the comments on article "Thirimanne ton takes SL to title" it is clear tat most Sri Lankan cricket team fans are happy and over the moon over the performance of their cricket team. The Pakistan cricket fans on the same forum seem to be happy for Sri Lankans as they are congratulating them more than what is required, at least it seems so. But what is amusing, or worrying if you are a true supporter of your cricket team, is the claims that some of the people are making that their team is best in the world exclusively on the basis of performance in Asia Cup. May I tell you that - the teams who did qualify for Asia Cup 2014 finals are far from the best.
When all eyes are on world cup 2015 giving too much importance on a regional tournament like Asia Cup is nothing more than throwing dust into one's own eye. At the present all teams in the world have their eyes fixed on ICC world cup 2015. Intelligent team managements, like India, South Africa, England, Australia, and New Zealand are fielding the players keeping in view the conditions that will greet the teams once the tournament starts down-under. This is where good teams make moves and don't mind getting out of useless tournaments like Asia Cup.
If one look back at India's squad that participated in Asia Cup one can clearly see that there was dearth of experience in the team with players like Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, and MS Dhoni missing, who otherwise are regular members of the team. India quite rightly used the tournament to find out which of the younger players have enough skills and quality in them which will serve them and who would fare well once the world cup cricket matches start. Sri Lanka and Paksitan, the two finalists, on the other hand kept playing the same old players. While it was Misbah Ul Huq, Shahid Afridi, and Saeed Ajmal who helped pakistan perform well throughout the tournament, Sri Lanka was again dependent on experienced duo of Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, along with bowler Lasith Malinga.
While Sri Lankans, and to some extent pakistani, cricket fans might enjoy the good performance in this tournament, there might be bad news coming their way in 1 year time. It is a huge possibility that both Pakistan and Sri Lanka would crash out of the world cup in first round itself. India is happy though as they have used this opportunity and found out which are the new players who are ready to accompany the established players, who have the capacity to perform under pressure, score runs and pick wickets, and hopefully win India the 2015 cricket world cup.
At the moment cricket fans from Sri Lanka and Pakistan are not hesitating to take a dig on Indians but times will surely change and they will surely eat their own words.
The players from Sri Lanka and Pakistan who will fail in next world cup are: Kusal Parera (a flat track slogger), Lahiru Thirimanne (doesn't know how to hold the cricket bat), Mahela Jaywardene (can't play on fast and bouncy pitches), Kumar Sangakkara (too much ego, should fail!), Shahid Afridi ( self destructive), Umar Gul (worst fast bowler in world), Umar Akmal (too much teeth but no runs).
It will be a huge fun when India will lift the world cup trophy in Australia. The blood pressure of cricket fans in Pakistan and Sri Lanka will be out of control and they might again spam the cricinfo live cricket website with hated comments towards the Indian cricket fans. But this is what Indians enjoy the most.
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| Shahid Afridi, down and out. Over dependence on experienced players means Sri Lanka and Pakistan has no chance of winning World Cup 2015. |
When all eyes are on world cup 2015 giving too much importance on a regional tournament like Asia Cup is nothing more than throwing dust into one's own eye. At the present all teams in the world have their eyes fixed on ICC world cup 2015. Intelligent team managements, like India, South Africa, England, Australia, and New Zealand are fielding the players keeping in view the conditions that will greet the teams once the tournament starts down-under. This is where good teams make moves and don't mind getting out of useless tournaments like Asia Cup.
If one look back at India's squad that participated in Asia Cup one can clearly see that there was dearth of experience in the team with players like Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, and MS Dhoni missing, who otherwise are regular members of the team. India quite rightly used the tournament to find out which of the younger players have enough skills and quality in them which will serve them and who would fare well once the world cup cricket matches start. Sri Lanka and Paksitan, the two finalists, on the other hand kept playing the same old players. While it was Misbah Ul Huq, Shahid Afridi, and Saeed Ajmal who helped pakistan perform well throughout the tournament, Sri Lanka was again dependent on experienced duo of Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, along with bowler Lasith Malinga.
While Sri Lankans, and to some extent pakistani, cricket fans might enjoy the good performance in this tournament, there might be bad news coming their way in 1 year time. It is a huge possibility that both Pakistan and Sri Lanka would crash out of the world cup in first round itself. India is happy though as they have used this opportunity and found out which are the new players who are ready to accompany the established players, who have the capacity to perform under pressure, score runs and pick wickets, and hopefully win India the 2015 cricket world cup.
At the moment cricket fans from Sri Lanka and Pakistan are not hesitating to take a dig on Indians but times will surely change and they will surely eat their own words.
The players from Sri Lanka and Pakistan who will fail in next world cup are: Kusal Parera (a flat track slogger), Lahiru Thirimanne (doesn't know how to hold the cricket bat), Mahela Jaywardene (can't play on fast and bouncy pitches), Kumar Sangakkara (too much ego, should fail!), Shahid Afridi ( self destructive), Umar Gul (worst fast bowler in world), Umar Akmal (too much teeth but no runs).
It will be a huge fun when India will lift the world cup trophy in Australia. The blood pressure of cricket fans in Pakistan and Sri Lanka will be out of control and they might again spam the cricinfo live cricket website with hated comments towards the Indian cricket fans. But this is what Indians enjoy the most.
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