Journalism of Courage
There were some special moments in the past week at the World Cup. A look at some of them.
Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene bid adieu to the World Cup and their ODI careers as Sri Lanka crashed out of the World Cup against South Africa on Wednesday. (Source: Reuters)
Quentin De Kock finally got his World Cup back on track with a well paced unbeaten 78. (Source: Reuters)
Rubel Hossain stirred up some controversy on Thursday as he caused a scene by giving Virat Kohli a send-off. Kohli, as it turned out, did not react to it when Rubel was out (Source: AP)
Rohit Sharma was the man of the moment and the match as his magical 137 against Bangladesh ensured India progressed to the semi-finals. (Source: Reuters)
In the third quarter-final, Australia won against Pakistan and that match saw something that will be remembered for long. Wahab Riaz's spell to Shane Watson was one of the best in recent times. (Source: Reuters)
Shane Watson survived that spell from Wahab Riaz and took his team past Pakistan and into the semi-final with a 65* (Source: AP)
'It is the ODI innings by a New Zealand player' - Stephen Fleming describing Martin Guptill's 237* against West Indies. (Source: Reuters)
Guptill's double ton was the second one in the competition so far, the only other player to have done so, Chis Gayle couldn't pull off another miraculous knock as the West Indies were forced to give up their World Cup ambitions. (Source: AP)
