Rockhopper Room 19: Rohan I.'s Post

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Rohan I.'s Post

Cricket World Cup 2011

by: Rohan.I

The 2011 cricket world cup started February 19, 2011. In this world cup 14 national cricket teams will compete against each other to make it into the finals and win. These 14 teams will play One Day International cricket, short for ( ODI ). This tournament is the worlds forth largest and forth most viewed. For the last three years the fierce Australia team has won the world cup. This year they were knocked out in the quarter-finals by India. To qualify for the quarter-finals, you must be one of the top 4 teams in each group. After 42 matches of fascinating cricket, the group stage of the the 2011 world cup ended with Pakistan winning group A and South Africa winning group B. The knockout stage now started. The knockout stage is played by a single-elimination style which means if you loose you’re team is out of the tournament. The teams that qualified for the quarter-finals were Pakistan, New Zealand, India, South Africa, England, Australia, Sri Lanka, and West Indies. Out of these teams India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and New Zealand survived the quarter-finals. It was down to the semi-finals. The first match of the semi-finals was Sri Lanka vs New Zealand. This match was very close and intense, but Sri Lanka went on to win. The score was 220/5 to 217/10. The next semi-finals match is India vs Pakistan. This is definitely a game you would not want to miss. I am voting for India. The odds are that India are going to win, so let’s keep are hopes high! The winner of this match be against Sri Lanka in the finals. On this final match the winner will take home the trophy.

New Update: India has won the match!

They will take on Sri Lanka in the final match on April 2 in Mumbai, India.

Man of match: Sachin Tendulkar

Best bowler: Ashish Nehra

( For more info go to www.cricinfo.com or www.rediff.com )

What is your favorite cricket team and which team do you want to win the World Cup?

6 comments:

Niraj B. said...: My favorite cricket team is India. India beat Sri Lanka in the final by 6 wickets! I was really happy when they did.

Nice Post Rohan!; April 27, 2011 at 11:42 AM
Shaan said...: My favorite team is India. Even though the match starts at 2 a.m. , I stayed up the whole time to watch the game which was 9 hours long! India won with a score of 277/5 but the team they played, Sri Lanka, had a score of 274/6. It was a pretty close game but I am still glad that India won.; April 27, 2011 at 4:29 PM
Rohan R said...: My favorite Cricket team is the India team. I wanted them to win the Cricket World Cup, and they did. The Indian Team should be really lucky that they got Sachin Tendulkar on their team.; April 27, 2011 at 4:39 PM
Harsh said...: INDIA WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was a great match, and when Sehwag and Tendulkar got out, I thought it was hopeless. Then, Gambhir hit 97 runs and solidified the team. He was about to get 100 runs, but he played a rash shot and was bowled out. But Yuvraj Singh and Dhoni played well, and India won the match with a big sixer.
Sri Lanka, the opposing team, put up a great fight, but India won in the end. You know, if India lost, it would be because Shreeshanth gave so many runs and took no wickets.; April 27, 2011 at 7:53 PM
Morgan K. said...: I don't really know about Cricket, but so far my favorite team is India. I really hope that they will win against Sri Lanka in Mumbai, India. Hopes up!!!!; May 4, 2011 at 8:03 PM
Kelly M. said...: GO INDIA!!! Even though I am not an expert on cricket, I am definitely rooting for India. If only I woke up a 2:00 to watch the game. I hope India wins the world cup in the future too!; May 5, 2011 at 9:40 PM