Holi is very special for Team India, Team India painted in the color of victory in 2 matches

Team India got two special victories on Holi

New Delhi. The whole country is celebrating the festival of Holi today. The day of Holi brings happiness for everyone. Team India is also not untouched by this. Today, on the day of Holi, we tell you about that match which laid the foundation for Team India to win the World Cup again after 28 years. After the match, Team India entered the knockout stage and then died after winning the World Cup. In the year 2011, the World Cup was organized in the Indian subcontinent and on the day of Holi i.e. March 20, Team India faced the West Indies. in their last match of the league stage Team India By winning, he made it to the quarterfinals.

Team India won the toss and batted first in this match and Yuvraj handled the innings after the quick wicket fell from above. In this match Yuvi scored a century and the team scored 268 runs. In response, the Windies had a decent start, but in the middle overs, Team India took wickets and West Indies were bundled out for 188 runs. In bowling too, Yuvi took 2 wickets and he was chosen as the player of the match.

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The color of victory on Holi continued till the final

Drenched in the colors of Holi and victory, Team India then reached Ahmedabad where they faced Australia in the quarterfinals. In this match, Ricky Ponting scored a century and gave India a target of 260 runs, chasing which Team India fumbled, but the unbeaten 74-run partnership between Yuvraj and Raina helped Team India reach the target.

Now it was Mohali’s turn where Team India defeated Pakistan in a historic match. Sachin Tendulkar’s innings of 85 runs overshadowed Pakistan and the team made it to the final to be held in Mumbai. Chasing 275 against Sri Lanka in that match, Gambhir scored 97 and Dhoni scored an unbeaten 91. Dhoni created history with the helicopter shot and the team became champions again. But it started on March 20, the day of Holi itself.

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2015 World Cup also won on the day of Holi

Even in the year 2015, Team India came on the field on the day of Holi i.e. 6th March, this time also it faced the challenge of West Indies and this time also Team India celebrated the victory by applying Vijay Tilak with red colour. In this league stage match, this time West Indies won the toss and decided to bat first. Mohammed Shami proved this decision of West Indies wrong on the fast pitch of Perth. Shami gave the West Indies three shocks in the beginning in such a way that they could not recover. West Indies wickets kept falling continuously. After the amazing work of the fast bowlers, the work of sending the tail batsmen to the pavilion was done by the spinners. The team got all out after scoring 182 runs in 45 overs.

Jason Holder was the top scorer for the West Indies. Chasing 183 runs, the start of Team India was not good. Within 20 runs, 2 batsmen of Team India were sent back to the pavilion by Jerome Taylor. Virat handled one end after this but he could not go beyond 33 runs. When Rahane was dismissed for 14 and Raina for 22, the fans began to feel that the team might disintegrate under pressure. But Captain Dhoni took the lead.

Due to Dhoni’s unbeaten 45 and Ashwin’s 16 runs, Team India won this match by 4 wickets. Mohammed Shami, who took 3 wickets for 35 runs in 8 overs, was adjudged Player of the Match. This was the second time when Team India tasted victory in a World Cup on the day of Holi. This was Team India’s 8th consecutive win in the World Cup. Earlier, Team India had touched the milestone of 8 consecutive victories in the 2003 World Cup. This time the match is not on Holi but on its next day and a lot is at stake. Let’s hope that after playing Holi, the festival of colors, this time also Team India will be seen in the colors of victory against Australia.