Yesterday, I was watching the 1st match of the twenty20 world cup. Earlier, the opening ceremony was abandoned as bad weather delayed the start of the tournament. The game was played at LORD'S, England.
It was a shocker of a match for England fans in which the Dutch pulled out a last ball stunning win against England in the opening game of the 20-20 world cup. The Dutch recorded a sensational win to upset England's plans. Going forward, the England team would have to win the next match against Pakistan failing which it would be thrown out of this worldcup marking the major upset of this tournament.
England's Pietersen was out of the game which showed how lightly they had taken Netherland only because it was a minnow nation and since it did not even have test match playing status. But England collapsed under pressure as the Dutch went on to win this match. Splendid performance from Netherlands and the way they played, they deserved to win.
This match simply confirms the following observations made by almost everyone closely following the Twenty20 form of cricket.
1) The team which plays best on the match day wins. The past record of the teams playing doesn’t matter.
2) One player can take away the game since there is less time for the opposition to regain the momentum once lost.
Will the result of this match get to inspire the other minnows; will the defending champions India win against Bangladesh in today's match(to be played at 10.30pm IST) is yet to be seen!!
Below is the Video link of the after match moments and highlights including the last over of this fantastic match
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zODrolR8TVc
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