Q: How can the second test top the first one?
A: It can’t.
But we all want to see if India can beat Australia again, and get the Bangalore monkey (no, not Symonds) off their backs. India has won only 6 Tests at Bangalore in 18 attempts, and none of those wins have come against Australia. Sachin and Sehwag average over 50 here (56.42 and 50.72 respectively for accuracy freaks), while Dravid ...
Obviously I’m doing India first. Since they won, not because I would have done it anyway even if Australia had won.
Right.
Two games that seemed to be heading for draws, sprung into action on their fourth and fifth days, and ended up with India chasing relatively similar targets in the fourth innings. Which they did, the first one via an outstanding rearguard partnership between VVS Laxman...
When India was playing the West Indies in the Group stages, we knew that they were going to play one of 2007’s finalists based on the result.
Four years ago, we would’ve picked the Lankans as our preferred opponent without thinking twice. When I say ’we’, I am obviously referring to Indian supporters, because neutrals would probably enjoy an India-Australia match more. Suc...
Finally, India came to the party as a team. The bowlers, fielders and batsmen all showed up and executed the script well. Munaf, Sehwag and Dhoni were compensated for with ease. Ashwin bowled like a frontline bowler. Zaheer and Harbhajan manned up and bowled the crucial overs. Yuvraj did his bowling part really well and Tendulkar and Kohli didn’t give it away.India will be concerned about Sehwag...
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