The first part of the long
tour of Australia is done and dusted for the Indian team and it actually did
not go as bad as it could have been or as it was hoped to be. Four-Neil was the
predicted score line of the series, but, it happened to be two-Neil at the end.
With a little bit of luck, it could have been 1-1 or even 2-0 in the favour of
the visitors.
The Indians had to score
about 150 in Adelaide to win the game with 8 wickets in hand, while, in
Brisbane, they were leading by about 160 when Australia’s tail came in to bat.
But, on both the occasions, they lost. In Brisbane, it was their fault in the
sense that they over attacked the opposition tail-enders with the short balls.
They probably got a bit emotional there, trying to give it back to Mitchell
Johnson and all those sort of stuff. It backfired.
But, one thing that was
proved during the test series that this new generation of Indian players, they
have come to Australia with some steel and if they are to go down, they would
go down fighting. The opposition teams, be it Australia or someone else, will
have to earn their wins. These youngsters are not going to just get
steamrolled, certainly not batting-wise.
Bowling is not India’s forte
yes. It’s not that they just can’t bowl. They can of course. But, their bowling
is not able to win them games to be frank. If the World Cup is to be defended
by India successfully, a couple of their batsmen will have to score in excess
of 500 runs in the tournament and the men in blue have got such sort of batsmen
in their touring party who can be deadly lethal if the ball does not move that
much.
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