Desicritics Comments on Cricket: India are Twenty20 World Champions

Comment by Kartikeya

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:48:36 EDT

Its hard to say anything about ICL without seeing what they offer. ICC or BCCI are fundamentally different from ICL. So far, ICL is a number of press announcements and Kapil Dev's bad English.

Comment by Arun

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:36:20 EDT

not sure if this is the last we will see of similar house burning acts though.. if Dhoni & the rest of the cricketers have any sense, he will try n keep their address as secretive as they can, improbable as it might be. For there will be more 20-20's of the back of our victory, and we cant win each one. To the cricket crazy country, 3.5 hrs of action packed shallow entertainment containing cricket is one step better than what bollywood can provide, and to ruin this by a defeat against the bad guys is to invite the wrath of the nation :) most of it is to do our pysche, we are more interested in sitting in front of the TV and let someone win our battles for us.. if only most could go out and play the game for themselves...

Comment by Ledzius

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:19:36 EDT

This is what Pak captain Shoaib Malik had to say after the loss - "I thank the people of Pakistan and Muslims all over the world.." Sick. They have to bring their religion into everything. And by "Muslims all over the world", did he mean Indian Muslims too?

Comment by Aaman

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 01:14:34 EDT

Has the ICC succeeded in putting the ICL into the shadow?

Comment by PH

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:52:31 EDT

Kartikeya, Good piece. Sure was nice to see them win. And LOL @ (they should invent a 'Sreesanthometer' to measure his blow-hot-blow-cold efforts)

Comment by Chandra

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:46:18 EDT

What I am most happpy is the quality of fielding. After the distressing fielding in England that lost us the series, this was a happy way forward. I am also pleased with the good performance by Pathan and Harbhajan Singh. Over time we will know more about the true character of this team. That will also give us an insight into why the team failed to even qualify for the super-8s of the WC 2007. A Challenging series and 6 months await the team. Consistency is the key. rgds

Comment by lomi

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:14:29 EDT

And sorry before u guys start misinterpreting me. I mean strictly in odis and ofcourse T20s they are not gonna even make their debuts i suppose. As far as test scene goes we need them fr atleast 2 more years and then we can slowly get them out in abt 3 yrs time especially dravid and sachin. Dravid and sachin are 2 World class test players fr sure and their experience is neede more in test than youngsters atleast fr time being. I am sorry to say dads time is up in both formats and he is just gotta choose the tournament when he is gonna bid final goodbye and it wud be a better exit than to be dropped unceremeniously. I think aussie series 2007-2008 cud be perfect.

Comment by lomi

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:10:07 EDT

I think we can play 2 of our great 3 (sachin, dravid and dada) fr some time and slowly get them out of team in abt a years time either ceremeniously or unceremeniously whicheva way they choose. But I think its time fr them to go fr simple reason, they are not gonna be there fr 2011 WC and in my books tats bigger prize. This is like appetizers, we need biriyani (WC 2011). At the same time plz dont downplay these 3 achievement, they have done their bit and were touch unlucky not to win a WC in their careers but they are great players nevertheless. Unfortunately their time is up. Wat u say guys.

Comment by lomi

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:06:41 EDT

Wat a tournament and wat a match to finish it off. Dhoni deserves all the honors. Juz wonder wat will be goin thro sachin, dravid and ganguly, they mite just feel lil guilty of blockin these amazin youngsters. Though its still very early days fr dhonis new look side and we need time to analyze them. Its just a T20 tournament, one or two shots here and there and we wudnt have been winners. Therefore all cheers and kudos to this new young team but I believe don take them to top (especially su**** up media guys) just like u shdnt have dumped them like u did fr one bad loss to bang in WC 2007. India are deserved winners no doubt but remember its just a game. No need fr passions to run high as well. You dont need to use swear words againts pakis. They were deserved finalists as well.

Comment by Ledzius

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:59:15 EDT

shah rukh should have removed the shirt instead of Dhoni.. at least we would have got to see some six pack..

Comment by Aaman

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:31:48 EDT

I personally thought the match was somewhat sloppy, but I guess none of us know the true dynamics of Twenty20 yet. ~~Michael Jackson~~ Shah Rukh Khan cheered the team on, I note.

Comment by Zainub

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:30:13 EDT

Congratulations India, a great match to end a fascinating tournament. I'm proud of the way Misbah played, but the failure of the rest of the batsmen left him with too much to do in too little time. But great, great match, for which both teams should be credited.