Who do U Call a minnow !!!

March 17th, 2007 marked a day where the so-called giants in the cricketing arena were brought to face reality. India and Pakistan lost matches which were considered to be mere cake-walks; rather they slipped and ended humiliating only themselves.

Upsets of the World Cup

traces the list of world cup upsets in the history of the game. The game of cricket is very unpredictable where a team which looks extremely superior on paper losing in a manner, so humiliating. Bangladesh and Ireland have made a bold statement of their arrival to International cricket sending strong signals to other nations to take cue from them.
This takes significance as the top teams that had lost on March 17th were from cricket crazy nations of India and Pakistan. The pressure was always going to be on these teams as no-one expected the ‘minnows’ to win. The manner in which the 2 teams lost had lot in common.India and Pakistan were batting first in a pitch that was as listless as these teams. Both the teams faced a very energetic opposition who outclassed the opponent in every department, in particular fielding. The Indian team will hope that the similarity ends there and that they will not be joining Pakistan out of the World cup. The average 'unselfish' Indian fan will now end up praying for other teams as well,so that the equations are in India's favour.
Both India and Pakistan are definitely a better side but they paid the price for not taking the opposition seriously. Thanks to these neighbours from the Indian- sub continent and largely to their attitude, the underdogs had a field day and will probably move to the next round of competitive cricket.