“Old fashioned cricket” still works and India proved this when
they crushed the Australian’s by 320 runs at Mohali.
Ricky Ponting stated before the start of the series that the
Aussies were going to play a brand of cricket - “aggressive and new
age”. Now at the halfway mark with the series standing at 1 - 0 to
India, Ponting might have to eat his words.
India started strongly with both Virender Sehwag and Gautam
Ghambir providing good starts, twice, and then the midddle
order did the rest.
Sachin Tendulkar became the highest run scorer in Test cricket
and Sourav Ganguly crossed the 7000 runs mark scoring a
century along the way.
Mahendra Dhoni’s contribution was invaluable, his two half
centuries helped put the game out of the Aussies reach and earned
him man-of- the-match.
When it was India’s turn to bowl a new hero they found in
debutant Amit Mishra. He became the sixth Indian to take five
wickets on debut.
The Australian batting failed, twice, in a beauty of a track.
The pressure of 469 runs in the 1st innings was mammoth. The
Indian bolwers did their job and kept a tight leash throughout. The
shot selection of some of the Aussie batsmen left a lot to be
desired.
The tables have turned. It’s Australia’s turn to come up with
the answer which eluded them in this match and get the formula
right for the next two Tests
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