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Summit clash: On India, Australia and the world cup cricket final

India will need to be at its best against Australia in the final

The World Cup caravan (convoy, procession, assemblage, group) finally returns to Ahmedabad, where it commenced (शुरू करना, आरम्भ करना) its journey on October 5. This Sunday, a packed (crowded, full, filled) Narendra Modi Stadium will witness (गवाह) the summit clash between India and Australia. The host (a place that holds/conducts an event) is in prime form, having notched (achieve, secure, score) 10 wins on the trot, including a fine victory over doughty (determined, fearless, spirited) New Zealand in the semifinal at Mumbai. Meanwhile, Australia started on the wrong foot (to make a wrong start; to start something badly) with two losses before winning eight consecutive (लगातार) games. With Australia having won cricket’s premier (प्रमुख, मुख्य) championship on five occasions (अवसर), Pat Cummins and his men must live up to a hallowed (पवित्र) legacy (विरासत). Their semifinal against South Africa had the thrills associated with low-scoring humdingers (outstanding thing (of its type)) at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens. The last time India and Australia clashed (संघर्ष करना) in a World Cup final, it was in the 2003 edition at Johannesburg in South Africa, and Ricky Ponting’s men won by 125 runs. Two decades (दशक) later, Rahul Dravid, a key player involved in that iconic (प्रतिष्ठित) match, is now the Indian team’s coach. The former India captain will surely infuse (fill, add, introduce, implant/impart) pragmatism (व्यावहारिकता, यथार्थवाद) without toning down the adrenaline (a hormone/substance that is released in the body of a person who is feeling a strong emotion (such as excitement, fear, or anger) and it increases your heart rate, elevates your blood pressure and boosts energy supplies) surge (sudden increase or rise of something) within the dressing room. Back then, Zaheer Khan got locked in a war of words (a situation in which two people argue or criticize each other because they strongly disagree about a particular issue) with Matthew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist, lost his focus, and soon the contest nestled (settle, lie within; cuddle (up)) inside the rival’s (प्रतिद्वंद्वी) pocket.

This time around (it means it has happened before or it happening now), Dravid and captain Rohit Sharma swear by the philosophy (दर्शन) of taking it one match at a time. World Cup finals are massive sporting engagements (clash, encounter, shoot-out, action), where the best either find extra reserves (accumulation, stock, supply (of something); substitute, stand-in) of strength or watch their legs turn into jelly. If India sticks to its consistent methods, executed (क्रियान्वित करना, प्रबंध करना) well so far (until now, up to this point, thus far, hitherto) in this championship, it should start as the favourite. Rohit Sharma’s ballistic (fast and furious; energetic, intense) starts, Shubman Gill’s poise (balance, equilibrium; composure, self-control, presence of mind, assurance), Virat Kohli’s prolific (producing in abundance; highly productive, fertile, creative, fruitful, generative, abundant, inventive) run (a continuous series of performances; form), and the combined yield (benefit, advantage, reward, gain, dividend, return) of Shreyas Iyer, K.L. Rahul and Suryakumar Yadav, have ensured that rivals have no relief on the field. A bowling attack helmed (संचालन करना) by Jasprit Bumrah has prised (to get, extract, obtain something (with difficulty); to use force to open something) open the opposition’s top order before the spinners stepped in (become/get involved, act, take action, intervene) and strangled (restrict, control, prevent, stop, crush, destroy, restrain) the middle order in the middle game. Kohli, with 711 runs, is the leading batter in this World Cup, and Mohammed Shami leads the bowlers’ pack (group) with 23 scalps (wicket). Still, Australia will remain a combative (aggressive, threatening, intimidating, badass) unit, scrapping (lose, throw away, remove, eliminate, dismiss, destroy) hard, never ceding an inch. Even though all its batting stars have not performed as smoothly as the Indians, Glenn Maxwell’s stunning (remarkable, extraordinary, incredible, impressive, outstanding, phenomenal, mind-blowing) unbeaten ((in cricket) not dismissed, not out) 201 against Afghanistan indicated at the magic and mayhem (attack, onslaught, savagery, destruction) within the Australian changeroom (dressing room, changing room, fitting room, and greenroom). A fine seam (fast and swing) attack and an effective (successful, impressive, helpful) spinner in Adam Zampa, will pose a challenge, which India has to tackle well, if it is to hold up ((in sports) show a trophy by holding it above one’s head) the Cup for the third time.

Courtesy: The Hindu

Important Word List With Meaning

1.commence (verb)

Hindi Meaning - शुरू करना, आरम्भ करना
English Meaning - begin, start, inaugurate, launch into, embark on, set about.

2.witness (verb)

Hindi Meaning - गवाह
English Meaning - see, watch.

3.consecutive (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - लगातार
English Meaning - successive, subsequent, continuous.

4.premier (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - प्रमुख, मुख्य
English Meaning - top, highest, top-tier, main.

5.occasion (noun)

Hindi Meaning - अवसर
English Meaning - time, episode.

6.hallowed (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - पवित्र
English Meaning - revered, reverenced, venerated, honoured, sacrosanct, worshipped, divine, inviolable, holy, sacred.

7.legacy (noun)

Hindi Meaning - विरासत
English Meaning - something received from a predecessor or from the past.

8.clash (verb)

Hindi Meaning - संघर्ष करना
English Meaning - (in sports) play a match against.

9.decade (noun)

Hindi Meaning - दशक
English Meaning - a period of ten years.

10.iconic (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - प्रतिष्ठित
English Meaning - popular, famous, prominent, notable, great; glorious, renowned, remarkable.

11.pragmatism (noun)

Hindi Meaning - व्यावहारिकता, यथार्थवाद
English Meaning - common sense, realism, matter-of-factness.

12.rival (noun)

Hindi Meaning - प्रतिद्वंद्वी
English Meaning - opponent, competitor, contestant.

13.philosophy (noun)

Hindi Meaning - दर्शन
English Meaning - idea, belief, thinking, viewpoint.

14.execute (verb)

Hindi Meaning - क्रियान्वित करना, प्रबंध करना
English Meaning - carry out, perform, implement, accomplish.

15.helm (verb)

Hindi Meaning - संचालन करना
English Meaning - lead, steer, manage, be in charge of.

16.summit clash (noun)

English Meaning - final match.

17.at its best (phrase)

English Meaning - at the highest standard of quality possible; in one’s best/prime form.

18.caravan (noun)

English Meaning - convoy, procession, assemblage, group.

19.packed (adjective)

English Meaning - crowded, full, filled.

20.host (noun)

English Meaning - a place that holds/conducts an event.

21.notch (verb)

English Meaning - achieve, secure, score.

22.on the trot (phrase)

English Meaning - in succession, one after the other, in a row, consecutively, successively.

23.fine (adjective)

English Meaning - excellent, outstanding, magnificent, superb, top-notch.

24.doughty (adjective)

English Meaning - determined, fearless, spirited.

25.on the wrong foot (phrase)

English Meaning - to make a wrong start; to start something badly.

26.live up to (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - satisfy, fulfil, achieve, meet.

27.humdinger (noun)

English Meaning - outstanding thing (of its type).

28.infuse (verb)

English Meaning - fill, add, introduce, implant/impart.

29.tone down (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - moderate, temper, mitigate, decrease, lessen.

30.adrenaline (noun)

English Meaning - a hormone/substance that is released in the body of a person who is feeling a strong emotion (such as excitement, fear, or anger) and it increases your heart rate, elevates your blood pressure and boosts energy supplies.

31.surge (noun)

English Meaning - sudden increase or rise of something.

32.be locked in (a fight/dispute/argument) (phrase)

English Meaning - to be involved in (a fight/dispute/argument).

33.war of words (phrase)

English Meaning - a situation in which two people argue or criticize each other because they strongly disagree about a particular issue.

34.nestle (verb)

English Meaning - settle, lie within; cuddle (up).

35.this time around (phrase)

English Meaning - it means it has happened before or it happening now.

36.swear by something (phrase)

English Meaning - to think strongly that something is productive or beneficial.

37.one at a time (phrase)

English Meaning - Individually or separately, as opposed to collectively or as a whole.

38.engagement (noun)

English Meaning - clash, encounter, shoot-out, action.

39.reserve (noun)

English Meaning - accumulation, stock, supply (of something); substitute, stand-in.

40.turn to jelly (phrase)

English Meaning - to suddenly feel/become very weak as you are nervous or frightened.

41.stick to (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - comply with, abide by, hold to, adhere to, act in accordance with, conform to.

42.so far (phrase)

English Meaning - until now, up to this point, thus far, hitherto.

43.ballistic (adjective)

English Meaning - fast and furious; energetic, intense.

44.poise (noun)

English Meaning - balance, equilibrium; composure, self-control, presence of mind, assurance.

45.prolific (adjective)

English Meaning - producing in abundance; highly productive, fertile, creative, fruitful, generative, abundant, inventive.

46.run (noun)

English Meaning - a continuous series of performances; form.

47.yield (noun)

English Meaning - benefit, advantage, reward, gain, dividend, return.

48.prise (verb)

English Meaning - to get, extract, obtain something (with difficulty); to use force to open something.

49.step in (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - become/get involved, act, take action, intervene.

50.strangle (verb)

English Meaning - restrict, control, prevent, stop, crush, destroy, restrain.

51.pack (noun)

English Meaning - group.

52.scalp (noun)

English Meaning - wicket.

53.combative (adjective)

English Meaning - aggressive, threatening, intimidating, badass.

54.scrap (verb)

English Meaning - lose, throw away, remove, eliminate, dismiss, destroy.

55.cede (verb)

English Meaning - give up, renounce, surrender, concede, relinquish, yield.

56.stunning (adjective)

English Meaning - remarkable, extraordinary, incredible, impressive, outstanding, phenomenal, mind-blowing.

57.unbeaten (adjective)

English Meaning - (in cricket) not dismissed, not out.

58.mayhem (noun)

English Meaning - attack, onslaught, savagery, destruction.

59.changeroom (noun)

English Meaning - dressing room, changing room, fitting room, and greenroom.

60.seam (adjective)

English Meaning - fast and swing.

61.effective (adjective)

English Meaning - successful, impressive, helpful

62.pose (verb)

English Meaning - present, constitute, cause, produce, give rise to (a problem/danger).

63.hold up (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - (in sports) show a trophy by holding it above one’s head.