Sorry South Africa!We love you but we can't let you win...

Well,the title should say it all,regarding what the content of this post is going to be like.Still,if you're looking forward to reading it,let me warn you that this one's going to boast of three things,cricket,CRICKET and ONLY CRICKET...

The past week has been nothing short of amazing for Indian cricket.First,a win against Pakistan,coming back from a nothing situation to squeeze out the match in a bowl out,that was on 14th of Sept.Then, a run feast against England on Wednesday which marked the return of Virender Sehwag...have to applaud the man for the way he came back to answer his critics.
And then,last night,it was the turn of the Proteas to feel the music!It was the most special victory as it came thrugh channels which haven't been the forte of any of the Indian sides till now...Fielding!The openers started decently,fell early and then India were reeling at 31 for 3.In comes the debutant who's been waiting on the frignes for ages-Rohit Sharma and,together with the not so fluent Dhoni,took us to a total of 153,completing his half century in style,hitting a six off the last ball of the innings.I always felt a total above 150 could get tricky for them as was apparent from the bounce of the Durban pitch.That was the reason I overcame Sagar's taunt(kya dekhne jaayega?over me 25-25 runs jaayenge)to catch their reply from the very first ball itself.R P Singh's sensational second over of the innings produced two wickets,the second of them accounting for Greame Smith with an airborne Dinesh Karthick diving full length to his left at second slip to take a blinder.Rohit Sharma produced another sensational run out to put India firmly on the course and later, as it turned out to be,South Africa couldnt even qualify for the semi finals and they deserved it too,given the over confidence their captain exuded before the start of the match..

We've got a bigger hurdle to cross tomorrow,Australia,at Durban itself and India'll need all the departements to click simultaneously,which hasn't been done in this tournament so far..but yesterday's match has given us a million hopes.I'm not counting them out as our batting has been in fine form.Fielding and bowling were problem areas but barring Sreesanth,both the areas came good yesterday.May be tomorrow all the things......
Chak de India!!!