| The disheartening exit of team India from the very | | | | Indian cricket has managed to evolve over the ages |
| first round of World Cup 2007 had been a major | | | | and now has a marked place of its own in world |
| setback for not only the players, selectors and | | | | cricket. Some of the Indian players hold high rank |
| coach, but also for the millions of fans of Indian | | | | among international players and have created and |
| cricket team. The low morals were reflected in the | | | | broken many world records. The latest format to be |
| ensuing games which the team played and it seemed | | | | played out in cricket is the Twenty20 form of the |
| especially sad to see a team perform badly in spite | | | | game and it has seen the emergence of new |
| of boasting of world class players like Sachin | | | | cricketing heroes in the Indian cricket scene. The |
| Tendulkar. However, team India is known to bounce | | | | series saw some power packed performances from |
| back into the game at the most unexpected | | | | the younger generation of players while the seniors |
| moments and the world witnessed a similar revival of | | | | took a backseat in a very long while. It was |
| the team in the ICC World Twenty20 championship. | | | | encouraging to see team India show a definite streak |
| The Indian team claimed its position as the world | | | | of aggressiveness which had earlier been seriously |
| champions by defeating Pakistan in the final nerve | | | | lacking form the earlier games, except perhaps under |
| wrecking match played between the titans. | | | | the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly. |
| Indian cricket is now once again in the limelight. As a | | | | Perhaps for this very reason it is crucial to keep |
| team, India truly lives up to the true spirit of the | | | | reinventing the game and giving younger players a |
| game through its unpredictable performance on field. | | | | chance to make a mark on the field. It not only adds |
| You win some and you lose some -that's Indian | | | | to the spirit of the game but is also a welcome |
| cricket for you. Now would it not get unbearably | | | | change from the age old style of playing cricket. |
| boring to watch a match where you already | | | | Limited twenty overs in a game format have added |
| expected a team to win and it actually wins? With | | | | the much needed spark and excitement that makes |
| India, you never know where you stand. In one | | | | cricket interesting even for the disinterested Indian. |
| game the team might play remarkably well with the | | | | The online websites dedicated to the game of |
| fielders performing brilliantly, while in the very next | | | | cricket have made keeping in touch with the game |
| game a famed batsman may get out for a duck. The | | | | even easier. Now live scores, cricket records, player |
| sheer unpredictability, I feel, adds to the charm of | | | | wallpaper and match updates are just a click away. |
| watching the cricketers in action. Every ball could turn | | | | So next time you can simply click to connect with |
| the game and every swing of the bat could tilt the | | | | cricket. |
| match the other way. | | | | |