Sunday, March 20, 2005
India-Pakistan : Second Test
To return to truly important matters : the Mighty Indians have done it again. The Indians handed Pakistan another defeat in the second Test at Eden Gardens. The win must come sweet for Ganguly in his home stadium, after talks of replacing him as captain.
In a second innings dominated by the Indian batsmen, the Indians declared at 407 to exactly match their first innings total. I wonder if this is going to be tagged as one of Ganguly's little superstitions. Ganguly has every right to be superstitious as countless other sportspeople have been before him, of course, as long as it doesn't directly impact team strategy. Ganguly has been a pretty shrewd, even inspired, judge of when to declare in the past, and I am not going to second-guess Ganguly on this decision. It's been Kumble and Dravid all over this match. Hurrah to the men in blue!
In a second innings dominated by the Indian batsmen, the Indians declared at 407 to exactly match their first innings total. I wonder if this is going to be tagged as one of Ganguly's little superstitions. Ganguly has every right to be superstitious as countless other sportspeople have been before him, of course, as long as it doesn't directly impact team strategy. Ganguly has been a pretty shrewd, even inspired, judge of when to declare in the past, and I am not going to second-guess Ganguly on this decision. It's been Kumble and Dravid all over this match. Hurrah to the men in blue!
