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Death of Gaddafi, a new dawn for Libya

The Libyan people were overjoyed when they heard the news of Muammar Gaddafi’s death, mainly because they were frustrated about the protracted war and the massive loss of life during the bloody eight-month uprising. However, the fact that Gaddafi was killed by one of the freedom fighters also disappointed the Libyan people. It had been expected that Gaddafi would be put on trial and respond to the charges against him. He was an invaluable source who could have provided information to the new Libyan government about which foreign countries supported him during his four decades in power. Unlike the situation in many other autocratic regimes, the death of Gaddafi cannot be regarded as the end of the battle to liberate the country. The tribes loyal to Gaddafi and his eldest son Saif al-Islam will most likely try to regroup and start a new battle against the government. This will have serious repercussions for Libya’s National Transitional Council. It also means that the traditional stronghold of Gaddafi loyalists in southern Libya cannot be regarded as fully liberated. The NTC will have to make a decision if the foreign forces do not disengage from the country. It was expected that NATO forces would cease their military operations as soon as the regime fell. However, the Western powers have begun talking about the instability and political turmoil in the country as a pretext to maintain a military presence in Libya. There is a plot to plunder the vast resources of Libya and to gain better control over regional developments. At this critical juncture, the fact that the revolution belongs to the people must be emphasized. And thus, the Libyan people must show their determination to neutralize this plot. Mohammad Ali Mohtadi is a journalist and Middle East expert based in Tehran.

India's domination of England in the ODI series was complete at the Eden Gardens here on Tuesday. By wrapping up the final match with a 95-run victory, the home team gave a perfect Deepavali present to the country.

Put in, India scored a challenging 271 for eight and stopped England at 176 in 37 overs. If skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni thrilled everyone with his batting pyrotechnics, the Indian spinners made sure the English was brought down to earth.

Good start

For a while it looked as if England would, after all, stop the Indian team's march towards complete annihilation when its opening pair of Alastair Cook and Craig Kieswetter produced the most telling association of the series. The 129 runs the two added looked the right launching pad in its quest for the lone victory after being in arrears 0-4.

But it was not to be.

Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja and off-break bowler R. Ashwin, bowling in tandem during the five-over Power Play, completely broke England's back picking up four wickets.

Later Suresh Raina and Manoj Tiwary also joined in stifling the English batsmen after India's new kid on the block, Varun Aaron, gave the breakthrough shattering the wicket of England captain Cook. Then the floodgates opened.

Ian Bell, searching for form and runs, was the next to go having no clue to the one that drifted away and Jonathan Trott guided a Jadeja turner to Virat Kohli in the slips. Jonathan Bairstow was taken at backward point by Ajinkya Rahane off Jadeja and Ravi Bopara was bowled.

A crowd of about 25,000, the lowest turnout for any India match at this historic venue, enjoyed every moment of the English discomfiture. Jadeja and Ashwin picked up four and three wickets respectively to complete the rout.

Significantly, England's 10 wickets fell for just 47 runs!

Earlier, India reached 271 for eight thanks mainly to captain Dhoni's unbeaten 75 off 69 balls. Rahane (42), Gautam Gambhir (38) and Raina (38) also contributed to enable India post a challenging total. Significantly, Dhoni has remained unbeaten in this series.

The opening-wicket partnership of 80 runs between Rahane and Gambhir set the tone for the rest of the innings. The visitors came back strongly in the bowling Power Play between the 16th and the 20th overs to completely dominate play by picking up three wickets conceding only 10 runs.

Useful partnerships

Thereafter, two useful partnerships, for the fourth wicket (43 off 52 balls) between Raina and Manoj Tiwary, coming into the playing XI in place of Parthiv Patel, and for the fifth wicket (39 off 57 balls) between Raina and Dhoni gave India the momentum to go past 200.

India enjoyed its best opening start with Gambhir, opening the innings for the first time in this series, and Rahane playing sensibly. The first five overs yielded just 23 runs as the two were circumspect in their approach.

Tim Bresnan and young Steve Finn opened the bowling and found there was some juice in the pitch. The duo went full throttle to generate good pace. The next five overs produced only 18 runs as India ended the first Power Play at 41 for no loss.

The two Indians laboured to score, but managed to get the occasional boundary to the delight of the crowd. The two brought up India's 50 off 66 balls and went on to put on 80 runs. Gambhir was the first to go playing on to Finn for 38 off 46 balls with the aid of four boundaries. Finn bowled an outstanding second spell in which he had two wickets conceding only 10 runs.

In-form Kohli came in and was surprised by Finn's reverse swing, which cut in to hit the off-stump when he shouldered arms. Rahane too left taken brilliantly by Kieswetter off Bresnan when the batsman played a loose shot outside the off-stump.

India slumped to 80 for three in the space of 10 balls.

Then came the two partnership and finally Dhoni unleashed himself in the end overs. India added 60 runs in the final five overs with Dhoni contributing the maximum.

Scoreboard

India: A. Rahane c Kieswetter b Bresnan 42 (61b, 6x4), G. Gambhir b Finn 38 (46b, 4x4), V. Kohli b Finn 0 (5b), M. Tiwary c Kieswetter b Meaker 24 (30b, 4x4), S. Raina (run out) 38 (46b, 5x4), M.S. Dhoni (not out) 75 (69b, 3x4, 4x6), R. Jadeja c Bell b Samit 21 (21b, 2x4), R. Ashwin c Bairstow b Samit 7 (10b), Praveen c Bairstow b Samit 16 (12b, 1x4, 1x6), Vinay Kumar (not out) 0 (0b); Extras (b-2, w-8) 10; Total (for eight wkts. in 50 overs): 271.

Power Plays: One (1-10) 41/0; Bowling (16-20): 10/3; Batting (36-40): 28/1.

Fall of wickets: 1-80 (Gambhir), 2-80 (Kohli), 3-80 (Rahane), 4-123 (Tiwary), 5-162 (Raina), 6-206 (Jadeja), 7-215 (Ashwin), 8-259 (Praveen).

England bowling: Bresnan 9-0-36-1, Finn 10-2-47-2, Meaker 10-0-65-1, Samit 9-0-57-3, Swann 8-0-45-0, Bopara 4-1-19-0.

England: C. Kieswetter lbw b Jadeja 63 (64b, 9x4, 1x6), A. Cook b Aaron 60 (61b, 8x4), J. Trott c Kohli b Jadeja 5 (10b), I. Bell c Dhoni b Ashwin 2 (6b), R. Bopara b Raina 4 (16b), J. Bairstow c Rahane b Jadeja 2 (7b), S. Patel c Dhoni b Jadeja 18 (33b, 2x4), T. Bresnan c Raina b Tiwary 0 (4b), G. Swann (not out) 10 (11b, 1x4, 1x6) S. Meaker lbw b Ashwin 1 (6b), S. Finn c Dhoni b Ashwin 2 (4b); Extras (b-4, w-5) 9; Total (in 37 overs) 176.

Power plays: One (1-10): 62/0; Bowling (22-26): 10/4; Batting (36-40) 9/3

Fall of wickets: 1-129 (Cook), 2-134 (Kieswetter), 3-137 (Bell), 4-137 (Trott), 5-141 (Bairstow), 6-155 (Bopara), 7-156 (Bresnan), 8-167 (Patel), 9-174 (Meaker).

India bowling: Praveen 5-0-34-0, Vinay Kumar 3-0-21-0, Ashwin 9-0-28-3, Tiwary 5-0-28-1, Jadeja 8-0-33-4, Aaron 3-0-19-1, Raina 4-0-9-1

Man of the Match: R. Jadeja.

Man of the Series: M.S. Dhoni.