Brett Lee Bowls it full,Yuvi hits it through the off side for four...Let alone those emotional scenes after winning the quarterfinals in aapnu amdavad, I still remember Laxman and Dravid tearing apart Australia's streak 16 of consecutive test victories in what looked like "It will be a next to miracle situation if India wins!" after India had been forced a follow-on in Kolkata and the scenes at Perth where India denied the Aussies their 17th,again!
There's always an air of awesomeness whenever India tours Australia.The lush green outfields,chin music,verbal battles,genuine swing on the ball,the unpredictable crowd,fantastic camera work and amount of technology used..can't get enough of it..
Over the last 10 years India has toured Australia twice n for me they have been he to of the very best tours we have had to Australia.A hard fought drawn series in 2003 and a series that could have been won had the umpires were not sleeping in that epic Sydney test(where I don't still understand why Symonds was given Man of the match instead of Steve bucknor).
This probably is the first time when India is touring the Australia as the favorites.And the simple reason for that is India still has the fire that almost burnt the Aussies in the previous 2 tours in the faces of Sachin,Dravid,Laxman,Zahir,Sehwag,Gambhir,Dhoni and Ishant.While Australia is busy filling in the voids left after the retirements of players like Hayden, Gilchrist, Brett Lee, Warne, Symonds, Mcgrath, Langer, Gillespie and so may more who made Australia the super power it was during those two tours. Jeez I should have used the word black hole instead of void.
If the Australians were the invincibles the last time we visited them,this time they are the team who have lost more matches than any other team apart from west indies and bangladesh after 2008.The worst thing for Australia right now is that the only player who was the part of the winning team in 2008 against us is Micheal Clarke.Though Ponting and Hussey are still there,they are not performing as they used to do back then.May be that's the reason most of the people are writing Aussies off but for me they are going to be the most dangerous players to look for if we want to come back with the border gavaskar trophy,because as they say "form is temporary,class is permanent." and the class is dangerous when it is fighting for the place in the side.
Whatever the outcome of this series may be,it promises to be a great entertainer as always.May be it would have been even better had Star cricket not chosen ganguly in place of Harsha bhogle,who would have added much more fun to the game with his amazing commentary.
With many records awaited to be made and many more about to be broken..its time to change your biological clock to Aussie times..!!
There's always an air of awesomeness whenever India tours Australia.The lush green outfields,chin music,verbal battles,genuine swing on the ball,the unpredictable crowd,fantastic camera work and amount of technology used..can't get enough of it..Over the last 10 years India has toured Australia twice n for me they have been he to of the very best tours we have had to Australia.A hard fought drawn series in 2003 and a series that could have been won had the umpires were not sleeping in that epic Sydney test(where I don't still understand why Symonds was given Man of the match instead of Steve bucknor).
This probably is the first time when India is touring the Australia as the favorites.And the simple reason for that is India still has the fire that almost burnt the Aussies in the previous 2 tours in the faces of Sachin,Dravid,Laxman,Zahir,Sehwag,Gambhir,Dhoni and Ishant.While Australia is busy filling in the voids left after the retirements of players like Hayden, Gilchrist, Brett Lee, Warne, Symonds, Mcgrath, Langer, Gillespie and so may more who made Australia the super power it was during those two tours. Jeez I should have used the word black hole instead of void.
If the Australians were the invincibles the last time we visited them,this time they are the team who have lost more matches than any other team apart from west indies and bangladesh after 2008.The worst thing for Australia right now is that the only player who was the part of the winning team in 2008 against us is Micheal Clarke.Though Ponting and Hussey are still there,they are not performing as they used to do back then.May be that's the reason most of the people are writing Aussies off but for me they are going to be the most dangerous players to look for if we want to come back with the border gavaskar trophy,because as they say "form is temporary,class is permanent." and the class is dangerous when it is fighting for the place in the side.
Whatever the outcome of this series may be,it promises to be a great entertainer as always.May be it would have been even better had Star cricket not chosen ganguly in place of Harsha bhogle,who would have added much more fun to the game with his amazing commentary.
With many records awaited to be made and many more about to be broken..its time to change your biological clock to Aussie times..!!
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