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Today, India and Bangladesh are facing each other on the ground in Pune. Bangladesh has won the toss and decided to bat first. This is the fourth match between the two teams in the ICC tournament. After seeing the confusion between Afghanistan and Netherlands before this match, now Bangladesh is also looking for a way to win against India.
The Indian team has won all their three matches so far. Team India has defeated Australia, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Bangladesh team has won only one out of three matches so far. India is second in the points table with 6 points while Bangladesh is sixth with 2 points. Broadly speaking, these are the parameters that clearly say that India has the upper hand in today’s match. But memories of Bangladesh’s World Cup upset 16 years ago haunt Indian fans.
Anyway, there have been two major upsets in the first two weeks of this World Cup. Afghanistan defeated the England team. A few hours later, the Netherlands team defeated South Africa. In such a situation, the worries of Indian fans have also increased. Bangladesh defeated India in the 2007 World Cup. Due to that defeat, the Indian team had to be eliminated from the first round of the World Cup. This defeat was embarrassing. No one can forget the photo of players like Sachin, Sehwag, Dravid with sad faces in the pavilion. Let us remind you that the 2007 World Cup was played in the West Indies. However, since 2007, Bangladesh has never achieved this feat again.
No one will forget the defeat of 2007
It was 17 March 2007 when India won the toss and decided to bat first. Rahul Dravid used to be the captain of the team. Greg Chappell coached the team. India got its first blow in the third over. Virender Sehwag got out after scoring only 2 runs. After this there was a flurry of wickets. Robin Uthappa was also dismissed in the seventh over and Sachin Tendulkar was dismissed in the 15th over. When Sachin Tendulkar got out, India’s score was 40 for 3. It was a very bad start.
Yuvraj Singh and Saurabh Ganguly put on a partnership of nearly 80 runs but the story took a turn for the worse as Yuv got out in the 43rd over and Ganguly got out in the 44th over. On behalf of India, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh and Ajit Agarkar could not even open their account. Apart from this, Virender Sehwag, Robin Uthappa and Sachin Tendulkar also could not reach double figures. Munaf Patel and Zaheer Khan added 15 runs each to take India to 191 runs with great difficulty. A target of 192 runs was not difficult for Bangladesh. They batted patiently and won by losing 5 wickets. It was a dark day in the history of Indian cricket.
India lost not inside the field but outside
Actually there is a bitter truth to this defeat. You remember that period in 2007. No one can separate politics in cricket. This was the period when the atmosphere in the Indian team was not good. Everyone will remember the controversy between Sourav Ganguly and Greg Chappell. That controversy is counted among the biggest controversies in Indian cricket. Due to this, Sourav Ganguly had to sit out of the Indian team for a long time. Before this, Sourav Ganguly has been the captain of the Indian team. He was a strong player. No one ever dreamed that Saurav could be kicked out but it happened.
Just before the World Cup, the Indian team was playing a series against South Africa. At that time, Duleep Vengsarkar was the chief selector of the team. Dilip Vengsarkar returns to Sourav Ganguly’s team. Rahul Dravid was the captain at that time. In fact, Sourav Ganguly had a big contribution in the victory in the Johannesburg Test match on that tour. But amid all this incident there was a lot of tension in the team. Small groups of players were formed. The unity that is required was not visible in the team.
There was Sipanthi among the players about Dada
Remember the 2007 team. That team had players like Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh. The role of Sourav Ganguly was very important in the career of these players. Sourav Ganguly tussled with the selectors to give Harbhajan Singh a place in the series against Australia. India won the historic Test match in the same series. In which Bhajji scored a hat-trick. Bhaji became a star from there. It was Sourav Ganguly who removed Sehwag from the middle order and gave him the opening responsibility.
After this, Virender Sehwag’s stature was different. When there was a fight between Greg Chappell and Sourav, these players must have felt bad somewhere. No one has ever said these things openly. But if you look at the statements of players like Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh about Greg Chappell, you will understand that there was an atmosphere of insecurity in Team India during and around the 2007 World Cup. India played the World Cup in such a tense atmosphere. Everyone remembers the result. It is a good thing that Indian cricket has now completely come out of that environment.
Input: Shavinder Kumar Singh
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