When hopes fell with wickets

Here comes the day everyone has been eagerly waiting for this year, India's first world cup match against the so called under dogs Bangladesh. Everyone expected India to win with a big margin here and there were no doubts of India not advancing to Super 8. The match started and India wickets started to fall like the recent fall in BSE. With every fall, whenever the new batsman came in, people had hopes that this one will last and then it was all the same sad story. First match gone and we were all caugh on camera burning effigies of Indian players for their dismal performance.

Second match we face Bermuda. Suddently every player in the Indian cricket team turns aggresive against the minnows and give the first timers a hard day on the field. India posted the highest ever score in World Cup history and Bermuda were beaten by a big margin.

Third match, the one that will decide India's future in this world cup. Thanks to early wickets we are able to restrict Sri Lanka to a decent today of 250 runs. But the all the aggresiveness shown in batting the other day was all gone. Everyone looked like he was trying his best not to stay on the wicket. I was then when hopes fell with wickets. The result we lost the crucial one.

Today is the all again an all-important match for the Indians. Not because our infamous heros we again on the field today but because it was the minnows against the minnows, Bangladesh Vs Bermuda. In case Bermuda wins this one Indian team is into the Super 8.

But after all this dismal performance in the tournament so far, does the Indian cricket team deserve a place in the Super 8. Looks like they are following our close neighbors, the Pakis and planning to come back home with them by the same flight :-).