The new face of Indian cricket
A new-look Indian team has emerged in the format that’s been a hit the world over, says Somini Sengupta in the New York Times .
ESPNcricinfo staff
25-Feb-2013
A new-look Indian team has emerged in the format that’s been a hit the world over, says Somini Sengupta in the New York Times.
Not only was the game different, but the team was unlike those past. Its members played fast and furious. They danced victoriously on the cricket pitch. At news conferences, they spoke Hinglish, a mongrel of Hindi and English that has become the lingua franca of the young small-town Indian.
Although Pakistan may have lost the final, Kamran Abbasi in the Dawn says it was cricket that was the winner at the Wanderers. He also feels that it's a great start for the newcomers at the helm of the Pakistan team.
There is no shame in this defeat even though it might be at the hands of Pakistan’s biggest rivals. Malik and Lawson have revived Pakistan as a force in world cricket. It is an era begun with energy, passion, discipline and much excitement.
Mathew Varghese is sub-editor (stats) at Cricinfo