Champions Trophy 2013 Thread: The Reason why it is the best tournament victory for India 🇮🇳
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The Young Team:
With likes of Gambhir,Sehwag,Zaheer,Yuvraj,Harbhajan not in the team and Sachin Tendulkar retired from ODIs this was a very young team with MS, Karthik and Irrfan the seniors and youngsters like Virat,Bhuvi,Raina,Rohit,Ishant,Dhawan,Ashwin and Jaddu.
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The Fielding:
MS Dhoni wanted a good fielding team and I have never seen a better fielding team than this Indian team.
Suresh Raina took the highest number of catches in tournament (6).The slip fielding by him and Ash was great.Ash took 4 catches.
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The Opening Pair:
Dhawan came in great form from IPL and was in form of his life.He continued his form from Tests and IPL and eventually scored highest runs giving great starts with Rohit.He eventually scored 363 runs with two centuries.
Rohit promoted as opener did decent job.
The Dominance:
India won all the 7 matches (including 2 warmup games).With starting their campaign against Sri Lanka in warmup game and bundling AUS for 65 in second warmup game.Good opening stands,good middle order support and great bowling eventually lead India to final.
The bowling and Sir Jadeja:
With the attack consisting of youngsters like Umesh,Ishant,Bhuvi,Jadeja and Ashwin the Indian Bowling was top class throughout the tournament excluding the warmup game vs SL.
Sir Jadeja won the golden ball with 12 wkts
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THE FINAL:
PART 1:
RAIN,RAIN GO AWAY.
India was playing a Champions Trophy Final after 11 years and it was again the rain that was haunting them.We didn't want another shared trophy.Eventually it was decided that a 20 over game would be played.
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Part 2:
India eventually lost the toss and were put into bat by England.Rohit got out early and Shikhar who was looking good also got out soon.Karthik,Raina and Skipper Dhoni failed scoring 6,1 and 0 respectively
THIS WAS REALLY HAUNTING
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Part 3: Kohli and Jaddu fight back
Sir Jadeja and the vice skipper Kohli played important camoes and lead India to a decent total.
Kohli top scored with 43 playing one of the most underrated innings of his career.Jadeja scored 33.
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the early break through and stumping of IAN BELL by Dhoni:
Ashwin got us the first breakthrough getting skipper COOK.
One of my most fond memories is Dhoni stumping Ian Bell.Dhoni took fraction of seconds to stump him.Though a tough decision it was given out.
With England struggling already,Ravi Bopara and Eoin Morgan took the charge and scored quick taking on Ishant Sharma and hitting quick runs.
ISHANT WAS BECOMING A VILLIAN
THE 18TH OVER : With 22 required of 17 Ishant bowled 2 consecutive wides but eventually took the wicket of Morgan and Bopara on successive ball to bring India back in the game.Captain #MSDhoni field changes played a crucial part in it.
I still remember commentator saying-"Ishant the villian,Ishant the hero"
19th over by Jadeja:Jadeja clean bolwed Buttler on the second ball as England line up was collapsing.
#onefondmemory is Jadeja appealing for lbw of Bresnan who moved out of Crease.Umpire didn't accept the appeal but meanwhile Rohit Sharma ran him out.
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LAST OVER:It was 15 required of 6 and eventually 6 of last ball.Ashwin was bowling the last ball and my gut feeling was we will win but if he hits even blindly and if its a six then match is gone.Ashwin bowled and I remember the words of HARSHA"Tredwell misses ,Dhoni misses"
"But it doesn't matter ,India wins the champions trophy ,its the only trophy he didn't have now he has got it"
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THE SKIPPER
It was great captaincy by skipper #MSDhoni probably the best ever he did coz he made great field placements,kept his calm and his decision of having good fielders helped bowlers take wickets at crucial time.Defending 129 was never easy in ICC FINAL.
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And the celebrations began:
The Trophy,The Golden Bat and the Golden ball
leaving with some best moments from 2013 Champions Trophy
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