There was a total team effort in winning this mega tournament.Indian
team did extremely well in all departments(batting,bowling,fielding) but
there are some players who did a marvelous job through the tournament
like Shikhar Dhawan,Rohit Sharma,Virat Kohli,Ravindra
Jadeja,Ravichandran Ashwin,Bhuvneshwar Kumar and M.S.Dhoni.The awardees
of the closing ceremony were:
Indian Cricket team has always been criticized for their poor
performance at overseas due to their poor skills of playing short pitch
balls.In overseas pitches of England,Australia,South Africa,West Indies
, there is always presence of good bounce and swing and to tackle
this,Indian team was not so favorite as other teams like SOUTH AFRICA
,ENGLAND,AUSTRALIA.
But this time Indian cricket team broke
all these superstitions and come like a Champion through out the
tournament.They remained unbeaten through out the tournament and played
dominant cricket.They easily won all the matches from practice match to
final match except critical match of final.
The total journey of Indian team was:
6-6-2013
South Africa
India won by 26 runs
11-6-2013
West Indies
India won by 8 wickets
15-6-2013
Pakistan
India won by 8 wickets
20-6-2013
Sri lanka
India won by 8 wickets
23-6-2013
England
India won by 5 runs
Man of the series Shikhar Dhawan (363 runs)
Man of golden ball Ravindra jadeja (12 wickets)
By
this victory Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has become the first
ever captain to win all major ICC trophies and it is also the major
achievement of Indian cricket.Through out the tournament Indian did a
splendid job and became the right contender to win ICC champions
trophy.We hope Indian team will also continue their journey in the
upcoming tournaments also.
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