T20 World Cup-2010: A Cricket Failure?

The World T20 Cup-2010 has come to end with a historical win of England. Yes, England the land where Cricket was born. But it is shocking for most of the people that this is the first ever ICC title for England in the history of Cricket.

I personally believe England truly deserved to win this title. They have been far much superior than any other team in this tournament. Even Australia had seen some ups and downs. Especially the Semi-final against Pakistan has been termed as the Match of the Tournament. Where Michael Hussy took simply demolished the Pakistan bowling to take his team into the finals.

Many people asked whether Pakistan deserved a place in the Semi-finals. But the way Pakistan played in the Semi-final against Australia all these mouths are shut now. Pakistan was the first team in the World T20 Cup-2010 that troubled Australia. And Pakistan always won the match, had Hussy not showed his powerful display of batting.

The most disappointing efforts came from

 India. The champions of the First T20 World Cup, Team India could not deliver good cricket except against South Africa in their group match. India lost all 3 matches of the Super-8 round by showing poor cricket.

After humiliating exit of team India from World T20, questions have been raised whether the Indian Premiere League (IPL) has made positive impact on Indian Cricket or Negative?

South Africa confirmed their label as “Chokers” in this World Cup. Started off nicely but when it mattered most, they couldn’t deliver. Another disappointing end was faced by New Zealand. The Kiwi team looked very promising but just could not pull things up to reach Semi-Final stages.

I was most disappointed by the performance of Sri Lanka. They were one of my favorites to start off, but their performance has been very dismal. Although they qualified for Semis but were beaten very convincingly by England.

Overall, this year T20 World Cup was a good one. Although there were no Upsets, the competition was interesting and it attracted a lot of eyes.

To me the best match of the Tournament was the 2^nd Semi-Final between Pakistan and Australia. Both the teams played extremely well. The difference between the two teams was Michael Hussy.

Your Turn Now! Which One is Your Match of the Tournament? Are you Happy with results of the T20 World Cup-2010? Do you think England deserved the victory? Do you think T20 Cricket will Flourish at the Cost of Test Cricket? Or Anything Else…Tell in Your COMMENTS!