WE ARE PROUD OF NEPALI CRICKET
 |
| Fans at T.U ground |
After a long period of time since Nepal played their last
game against India I am up to the above words that I have written as the
heading of this article. What a fight back from Nepali players. All those
spirit and positiveness that I talked in the previous articles were just
implemented with die hard attitude by our Heroes. The heroic of Rajesh Pulami
Magar with the bat when most needed was seen and not to forget his fielding and
bowling too. Although it was not enough for a win Against India but overall
this positiveness is going to be a very important asset for him and Nepal in
the upcoming world cup. Winning means not only being victorious but showing
your capabilities and giving 100% in what you do the best, so did our team with
fielding and bowling. It is not a word of sympathy for our lost in the series but
a true statement which must be accepted by all the well-wisher of cricket.
This tournament
had great teams full of internationally featured players. Our team was always
considered weak and was grouped against the two Asian giants India and
Pakistan. Although we have lost both the games but we didn’t let history of the
opponents suppress our bravery. They were given hard times by our bowlers and
equally backed up by some talented fielders as pradeep Aire, Sagar pun, and
Rahul Bishwakarma and many others. It is not that were very very poor in the
batting department and not that we were excellent but were very good than some
recent tournaments where a single batsmen held the tournament. This happens
with lot of teams. As for instance the currently held CB series featuring
Australia, India, Srilanka showed that legends may also have rough time no
matter how technically sound batsman you
are but it doesn’t mean that you can take lightly some of the heroics shown by
Virat Kohli and skipper M.S. Dhoni. Similar is the situation with Nepal we
can’t take spark away from Rajesh Pulami ,Rahul Bishwakarma and Avinash Karna.
WEAK MANAGEMENT AND RESOURCES SCARCITY
We did many wrong things that lead us to our downfall but it
doesn’t mean we were totally wrong. Conditions didn’t favor us a lot either. As
for instance, an untimely run out gave bunches of wickets to the Pakistani bowlers
during the batting collapse in the 2nd game. Similarly, poor weather
condition, untimely rain , damp pitch and heavy outfield were some factors
making our team’s heroic bowling performance
to overshadow by the so called poor performance. We were forced to lose
all the wickets within 91 runs. One of the most important things that I noticed
was all of the batsmen was out in the same fashion making me to inspect the
truth. I soon realized the pitch might had dual nature and dual paced. The
conditions mostly favored swing bowlers and pace bowlers with the overcast
conditions. These are not the excuses but if you analyse as a cricket thinker
and well-wisher you may soon realize what I am talking about. If you are
talking about such an important game for both the team all the factors must be
analysed properly. Now it also doesn’t mean that we lost the game without committing
any mistake. We were not upto the mark
against such a good team. We lacked research about key players of India. We
couldn’t gather their weakness and make it our strength, In this modern age
equipped with technology we could make their collection of shots and modes of
getting out in the recent matches. We could gather the you tube videos of
Indian captain Unmukt Chand. He is undoubtly a world class player and we should
show everyone that game demands patience but not history or past records does
it for your team Neither we had any
information about the strength and favourite short of any batsmen of both
Indian and Pakistani batsmen. We were very very defensive making them (Pakistanis)
chase a low target without any pressure.
It seems as if Prithu was giving priority in stopping boundaries. But what game
and situation demanded was wickets and we could get there only with the
attacking field setup. We needed slip and close in fielders to stop easy
singles but our game plan was just opposite of the situation. Without taking
any risk Pakistanis were able to clear the ropes and although took a lot of
time but steadily reached the target. This strategy wouldn’t work with the team
like Australia and England and I hope our captain would learn it fast. Next is
rotation policy in making batting order which is not followed at all. Look below the score and think what policy
would you adapt to make the mountain chase possible. Any clue Mr. Prithu
Baskota?? Watch next what your fellow friend and captain of India did
U-19 ASIA CUP FINAL SCORE CARD
 |
| Sagarmatha |
COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE
No one could separate the two teams talent in the upper
order .What I mean is that why Prithu Baskota couldn’t promote himself up in
the batting order???? India proved that they would remain the champions and
wouldn’t give up so easily so as Pakistan did. Their advantage was getting
exposed to the world class cricketers of world class team. The above result was
a tie in the finals of this year’s U-19 Asia cup final. Our captains duty was to lead from the front
and anchor the team but he didn’t trouble the scorers in both crucial matches.
It is not the blame but our weak points and if we are able to rectify it we
could beat team like Australia and England. I am very optimistic about our
progress and we can do it. Its all about using your brain and giving your heart
out while playing any sort of game. Do it for us and play
for our pride. We all love you and respect the labor you are putting
in the game both Prithu and Pubundu. So I like you to give all the best wishes and bid you all the luck and do
it for all the Nepalese and make the world view our name at the top of everyone
and everything. I will always pray for the success of Nepalese team.
*****BEST OF LUCK TO NEPALI CRICKET TEAM FOR U-19 WORLD CUP*****
aaa
No comments:
Post a Comment