Saturday, January 03, 2004
When it rains, it pours
Sachin Tendulkar had been having the worst form of his career pretty much until the day before yesterday. I figured he would be back, but could not have imagined the manner in which he got back among the runs. 241 not out, contributing to India's largest ever total in test cricket (only the second team to score 700 runs in Australia). And heck, it could have gone on for a lot longer if it weren't for Sourav Ganguly's overly kind declaration. Now, as I blog this, the Aussies are 6 wickets down facing an attack that is missing almost all of its main strike bowlers.
This is very interesting. When the Indian team left for this tour, noone including fans like me gave them the slightest chance of putting up a real fight against the best team in the world, especially on their home turf. Now, we have a situation when the Indian batsmen have been so fantastic the famed Aussie attack can't even bowl them out. It's a strange, strange, strange world. And I am not complaining :)
This is very interesting. When the Indian team left for this tour, noone including fans like me gave them the slightest chance of putting up a real fight against the best team in the world, especially on their home turf. Now, we have a situation when the Indian batsmen have been so fantastic the famed Aussie attack can't even bowl them out. It's a strange, strange, strange world. And I am not complaining :)
