" RESURGENT " TEAM INDIA

                                              
                                                      " RESURGENT "  TEAM  INDIA

India's 3-1 series win over England in  OD I's  brought the smiles back
on the faces of Indian players as well as the die hard fans .
This win can be considered  as a moral  victory  of  the team because nothing was going india's way before the start of the series.
 After starting off well in the test series and a historic win
at the " LORDS"   India suddenly lost their way to a
disastrous 1-3 loss against the home team.

                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                         
Playing  against a 'number 5' team does not seems difficult ,
but India had issues to settle down. in-spite of the world's best batting line up ,
 Indian batsmen struggled against English bowling attack in the last three tests.
Their disappointing performance lowered the moral of the whole team.
 Especially the top order collapse was a big concern. It also raised questions over
 the world cup preparations to be held in Australia and New Zealand next year.


Former captains like Gavaskar  and  Ganguly wanted strong decisions from BCCI
towards the team management.BCCI managed to appoint Ravi Shastri  "The Man In-Charge".
Inclusion of fresh  legs like  suresh Raina and  Ambati  Rayadu also set the tone for team India .
The team was low in confidence and needed some magical touch to bounce back.
 Shastri's experienced tips and Suresh Raina's confident and inspiring  75 balls century
(12 fours ,3 sixes ) in second ODI  helped to boost a new energy in the Indian dressing room.
The failure of  opener shikhar dhawan and virat kohli and Rohit Sharma's finger  injury
troubled India's chances of winning the  series.
But M S Dhoni's  decision to put Ajinkya Rahane on the opening slot turned things back in India's favor.


With Rahane playing well at the other end eased  the pressure on  Dhawan  and he could managed to get his form back as the series progressed. The another  player who showed a great character was Ambati Rayadu . He gave strength to the middle order with Raina and Dhoni and emerged as the biggest contendor at number 4 position.

The Indian spinners (R.Ashwin  and Sir Jadeja) which proved totally ineffective in the test  series played vital role in this victory by picking wickets at crucial occasions. Raina and Rayadu also did their best as part timers .

Overall it was a team victory which helped India to reach the number 1 position in the ODI rankings. Also it  revitalized the world cup  hopes .

                                              by   blogger AJEET