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mcgillianaireIndia deservedly lost the 1st Test in Melbourne, should've drawn the 2nd Test at Sydney, outbowled Australia in the 3rd at Perth and thanks to a 5th Day Sehwag century saved the 4th Test at Adelaide. It would've been nice to have a 5th Test in this series, and in all future Indo-Australian encounters. We certainly haven't heard the last of the Harbhajan episode at Sydney, but besides the acrimony in that match, it has been a well-fought and entertaining series. India became the first team to beat Australia at home since they did it themselves at Adelaide in 2003 but were unable to emulate their previous achievement by drawing the series. They did manage to scuttle another Australian attempt to win 17 Tests on the trot. Adam Gilchrist, the world's greatest keeper-batsman has retired from Test cricket and he will be sorely missed. Though it must be noted that in the last 2 years, he only averaged ~31 (I think!). Can Haddin fill the gap?
We now move onto the T20 and ODIs. India will be sending home Dravid (who's now injured anyway), Ganguly, Laxman and Kumble. Rohit Sharma, Robin Utthapa, Sreesanth and Piyush Chawla come in. The infusion of youth will come handy in the shorter format where India's fielding has left much to be desired. India will want to maintain their 100% winning record against the Aussies in the shortest format of the game, but it remains to be seen if they can put up a decent fight against World Cup finalists, Australia and Sri Lanka. Despite producing some of the most prolific run scorers in the 50-over game, India's record as a team is nothing short of pathetic. Come on you Men In Blue!
It could be an interesting month of cricket. Australia will probably win another series and the two subcontinental teams will return home empty-handed (having both lost their Test series). Another series Down Under with nothing to show for it. Or is there?
We now move onto the T20 and ODIs. India will be sending home Dravid (who's now injured anyway), Ganguly, Laxman and Kumble. Rohit Sharma, Robin Utthapa, Sreesanth and Piyush Chawla come in. The infusion of youth will come handy in the shorter format where India's fielding has left much to be desired. India will want to maintain their 100% winning record against the Aussies in the shortest format of the game, but it remains to be seen if they can put up a decent fight against World Cup finalists, Australia and Sri Lanka. Despite producing some of the most prolific run scorers in the 50-over game, India's record as a team is nothing short of pathetic. Come on you Men In Blue!
It could be an interesting month of cricket. Australia will probably win another series and the two subcontinental teams will return home empty-handed (having both lost their Test series). Another series Down Under with nothing to show for it. Or is there?
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Date: 2008-01-29 06:21 pm (UTC)We collapse often against Indian spin in India, which should give India at least one win and probably two. We might win one Test, but I'd be surprised if we win two. I'll be happy with a drawn series, but that's unlikely with four Tests.