Sunday 8 January 2012

India-Australia

Why does India blow it away every time there is a GOLDEN oppurtunity to win a test series down under??All started off in 2003-04 when we were leading the 4 match series 1-0. However that instance was forgivable since we didn't have the habit of winning back then and it was all thanks Saurav Ganguly we gained that aggressive attitude of ours. But then we had to throw away the 3rd test where with all due credit to the Aussies I still thought we could have done better there. The 4th and the final test was the biggest opportunity lost where despite of scoring over 700 runs in the first innings we couldn't manage to pull off a win and win the series 2-1 what should have been done easily if not for some defensive cricket. We didn't attack enough and let them score nearly 500 and then didn't enforce the follow-on. Didn't we trust our bowlers?Or did we simply not have it in us that we could do it?God knows alone why we are always jinxed in Australia. The 2008 tri-series win was a one-off thing though. Again in 2007-08 we did extremely badly to be trailing 0-2 after the first 2 tests(the 2nd test thanks to some shocking umpiring). It should have been 1-1 there and then having won the 3rd match and drawing the 4th, there would have been a series win there for us at 2-1 but that was not to be.

                  However, coming to the present now, the last tour for the biggies like Dravid, Sachin, Laxman(Maybe even Sehwag and Zaheer), I really thought we would do it this time but only these big guns can explain why we are again in the same situation and trailing 2-0 down after the first 2 test matches. Why do we repeat our errors again and again?Is it because we are too lazy to learn from our mistakes?Is it because we have had the same set of players for long now and need a revamp?All said and done we should and SHOULD have won the first test there is no logical explanation as to how we lost it after dominating for most part of the 4 days played..chasing a modest 290(What should have been an under-250) target we fell short by more than 100 runs. Two tests left and if India has any shame and self-respect left in them here is a chance to redeem themselves and square the test series which they are more than capable of doing and retaining the Border-Gavaskar trophy for the second time. I suggest some hard changes have to be made for that. Kohli is getting no where and should be replaced with Rohit. Dravid, Sachin and Laxman all the three should stay for they are the GREATS and have everything to prove in these remaining two games. Sehwag needs to buck up and score BIG. Gambhir needs to tighten up. Dhoni needs to learn a thing or two from Saurav Ganguly who could ghost-captain India from the commentator's box and get us these victories we badly need. COMMON guys we are not so bad as to lost to this Australian team down-under are we??U go Zaheer!Ishant get your act together and go for the kill you are letting them go lose. Ashwin needs to bowl more. Umesh you are awesome but raw..believe in yourself and let go of that nonchalance and over-confidence in you. You can indeed be the best but still aren't so here's your chance. As for the likes of Pattionson, Siddle and co..SCREW THEM coz u have handled much greater bowlers in the past and got the much better of them(Read Warne, Akram, Waqar, Mcgrath, Vaas, Pollock, Donald, Steyn the list goes on).
 Sehwag give us a 400 and prove why you are better than Michal Clarke. Rohit I feel sorry for you but here's your chance to justify you being touted as the next "Tendulkar". Guys do it for India if not for yourselves this is the last great oppurtunity you will ever get and God knows how Indian cricket will shape out in the future and whether we will ever again be in a position to challenge the mighty Aussies in their own Den. Cheers Team India cheers Dada you will always be our role-model for you achieved the "impossible" in 2003-04 down-under

 

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