At the end of 5th day of the 4th test match, the scorecard reads
India 441&295
Australia 355 &209
Result India won by 172 runs
Series India won 2-0
What a memorable sight!
India vs. Australia, 4th test match, is indeed a great match to remember. It was completely India’s, starting from day one. It was Laxman’s 100th test match, Saurav’s (Dada) last test match, Sachin (God) made his 40th century-first batsman to make 40 hundreds and Harbhajan (Bhajji) took his 300th test wicket (3rd Indian)! (So many individual records). And most importantly India registered an emphatic victory and also won the four test match series 2-0! This was Australia’s first series defeat since the 2005 Ashes tour of England. This win also pushes India to the second position in the latest ICC Test rankings and is only 13 points away from first. Don’t these make this match a memorable one?
In the Australian camp, everything went wrong. Critics all round the world will look at this series and wonder whether Australia has lost their aura. Questions have already started to rise about this un-Australian way of approach to the game. Cricket Australia (CA) has the reputation of kicking out players who don’t play well. So will this be Ponting’s last match? (I wish). We will have to wait and see. As Ian Chappell said, the upcoming New Zealand’s tour to Australia might help the criticisms to die out.
Anyways Indians played well and was rewarded. The Border-Gavaskar Trophy is now with the Indian team after they lost it four years back on the same Nagpur ground.
Yeah! We beat the Champions.
Now all are eagerly waiting for the England’s tour.
