SCORNED AT SYDNEY - WHACKED AT WACA

SCORNED AT SYDNEY - WHACKED AT WACA


Thanks to the Indian cricket team! The cricket fans in India has something to cheer about. History was in the making at Perth, when the Australian juggernaut was brought down to its knees by the mighty Indians and victory was all the more sweet considering that arm twisting tactics and much saber rattling involved in the field and off the field.
The current India-Australia series Down Under has seen it all, from aggression to derision, official incompetence to bravado, and charges and counter-charges, proved or otherwise.
Indian moral had hit rock bottom after the humiliation in Sydney (read Bucknor) and rock bottom has a good side – the only way out is up and like a phoenix India emerged from the Ashes to beat a much touted Australian team comprehensively and a much complacent Aussie attack who boasted of Tait as the wrecker in Chief and he was a wreck by the end of the day.

Very Very Special Laxman, they cower at the thought of the previous treatment and praise him like a deity stood like a tower and Aussies were denied the record for most number of consecutive wins in Test match by India, previously at Calcutta and now at Perth

Suddenly, Ricky Ponting's Midas touch has become a thick outside edge. Suddenly, he has become a little susceptible in all his cricketing endeavors. Suddenly, the game has become to him as Ishant Sharma was on Saturday, unexpectedly vexatious and in the end, too much. You deserve it Aussies. Thunder down under!
The way the Indian team recovered from it all, most from the off-field fiascos is a testament to their strength of character and inherent Indian-ness, coming through even at the worst of times.
The fortress was attacked in Sydney and the barricades finally fell in Perth, even as Australia despairs, world cricket is rejoicing at the discovery of a team who not only do not fear Australia but actually fancy their chances against them.

CHAK DE INDIA – CHAK DE!

Regards

Thomas Alexander