Indian fans praying for victory against Australia - ICC World Cup 2011 update
Indians, along with the players of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746, starting today at the Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad.
Mehndi Sheikh, the former Indian balling coach who trained http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Irfan-Pathan-c1601 and Yusuf Pathan, said that this is the first time the Indian nation is praying for their cricketers in a organized manner. According to a source, the fans are wishing that the legendary
Little Master, Sachin Tendulkar, scores his century in the knockout round and wicketkeeper and captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mahendra-Singh-Dhoni-c73820, makes the whole nation proud because this is a big day for Indians.
Enthusiasts and fans placed their bat and wickets on the pitch and offered various prayers according to their religion. Muslims offered Salat and prayed while Hindus performed their holy rituals like Bhajan Kirtan at the stadium ensuring India’s phenomenal
success in the ongoing tournament.
The10th edition of the ICC World Cup is taking place in the subcontinent which called home by several different religions. The Indian community has shown solidarity by performing the different rituals of the different religious groups in the country.
The quadrennial flagship event of cricket is co-hosted by India, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758, and Bangladesh.
India, termed as the favourites to win the tournament, played their first group match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751
on 22 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 was
defeated at the group stage. However, the last group match was India’s thumping victory against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 in which they beat the Windies by 80 runs.
The group stage has come to an end and the knockout stage is underway. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 won the first quarterfinal against West Indies by a thumping margin of 10 wickets. Today will be the second quarterfinal between India and Australia and fans are definitely praying
for a win that will lead to a semi-final against arch rivals Pakistan.
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