In the recent match against Sri Lanka on 5-2-08 India were struggling with less than 100 runs with 4 wickets down, when Dhoni and Gambhir played a sensible knock and got India to a score of 267.
However it was Gambhir, not to take away anything from Dhoni, who was the man of the match. When Gambhir started off his international career no one doubted his talent. In fact he played a couple of good knocks and his stroke play was excellent. However the difference between Gambhir now and then is the maturity and temperament he has shown in the recent past and the hunger for making a big score. In the past Gambhir would throw away his wicket by playing a rash short here and there.
One could see the change in Gambhir since the Twenty 20 World Cup. Though Pathan deserved the man of the match award it could have been shared with Gambhir since his knock in the Twenty 20 Finals meant that India reached the score of 143 runs and had something on board to bowl out the Pakistan team.
In the recent match against Sri Lanka when India were struggling Gambhir tried hard to stay at the wicket. He made sure that he did not hit any rash short and try to stabilize. He was taking the singles and was quite determined to stay till the end. Only after the 40th over he started with his stroke play which is fantastic. At this stage the pressure was back on Sri Lanka. Gambhir and Dhoni got together to score more than hundred runs in the last 10 overs and thus India had put a good score. However the runs meant that the match was abandoned without a ball being bowled in the 2nd innings.
However India can feel happy that there are some good players in the side in Gambhir and Dhoni after this match.
However it was Gambhir, not to take away anything from Dhoni, who was the man of the match. When Gambhir started off his international career no one doubted his talent. In fact he played a couple of good knocks and his stroke play was excellent. However the difference between Gambhir now and then is the maturity and temperament he has shown in the recent past and the hunger for making a big score. In the past Gambhir would throw away his wicket by playing a rash short here and there.
One could see the change in Gambhir since the Twenty 20 World Cup. Though Pathan deserved the man of the match award it could have been shared with Gambhir since his knock in the Twenty 20 Finals meant that India reached the score of 143 runs and had something on board to bowl out the Pakistan team.
In the recent match against Sri Lanka when India were struggling Gambhir tried hard to stay at the wicket. He made sure that he did not hit any rash short and try to stabilize. He was taking the singles and was quite determined to stay till the end. Only after the 40th over he started with his stroke play which is fantastic. At this stage the pressure was back on Sri Lanka. Gambhir and Dhoni got together to score more than hundred runs in the last 10 overs and thus India had put a good score. However the runs meant that the match was abandoned without a ball being bowled in the 2nd innings.
However India can feel happy that there are some good players in the side in Gambhir and Dhoni after this match.
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