Today is very important day as we are going to watch Indian
team in action on Headingly cricket ground in Leeds. Our Goal for this journey
from Singapore to London was to Support Team India. We are going to view the
match on the ground and support our team. It is less important match as we have
already qualified for the semi-final. But if we win this match and Australia
lose today’s match to South Africa, we will be reaching the top of the Points
table and would face New Zealand instead of England in Semi – final.
The Hotel in which we are staying appears to be full of
Indians. We found the Restaurant room for Breakfast in the hotel full of
Indians. When we were leaving for the match, we saw two big buses waiting for
the passengers (all Indians) to take them to Cricket ground. Two groups had
come and stayed in the hotel yesterday. It appears to be conducted tour by some
tour operator.
We took taxi and went to the ground. We had to walk some
distance to reach the stadium. On the way we purchased caps and Indian flags.
We had two seats in one block and other two in different block. So, Anupam and
Aviv went to XH block while we went to H Block. We heard the National Anthem of
both, India and Sri Lanka, while we were moving towards our seats.
The match started at 10:30 am. We reached our seats just
few minutes before the match started. Sri Lanka started batting. Indian bowlers
and fielders gave very impressive performance. Sri Lanka could muster only 264/7
despite century by Angerlo Mathews.
The Indian reply was very strong. Rohit Sharma hit his
fifth century in this World Cup. This is a record, as till now only Sangakkara
from Sri Lanka had hit 4 Centuries in one World Cup. Rohit Sharma was very
solid in his batting. KL Rahul did not lag and scored a century. Both the
openers scored centuries and the Sri Lankan attack looked ordinary. Pant could
not score much. Kohli and Pandya were at the crease when India reached 265 for
3 and won the match.
Australia and South Africa match sprung a surprise with
South Africa winning the match. So, India reaches the top of the table and
Australia is at No. 2, England at No. 3 and New Zealand at No. 4. So, on 9th
July, it would be India vs, New Zealand. On 11th July, it would be
England vs. Australia.
We returned to hotel after the match and slept after early
dinner.
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