India winning and retaining the Border-Gavaskar trophy by defeating the Australians 2-0 has raised speculations and questions among cricket buffs that the Australian might is on the way of perishing.
Almost every newspaper, in India as well as Down Under published articles, expert reviews and comments on how the Indians pricked the Aussie balloon and almost everyone was synonymous with the opinion that the Aussies were falling like a pack of cards.
This is probably for the first time that the Australians have faced such a debacle and losing the series 0-2 was insult to injury. This insult, contradictory to rising questions about the dethronement of the Kangaroos is however an intimidation of the approaching Australian rebound.
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Kiwi skipper, Daniel Vettori has been quoted saying in a tabloid that he has forewarned his teammates about the Aussie vendetta which might be directed against his team.
Australia as a team, is well known for learning through its minutest faults. if the Indians were able to see the Achilles heel in their Herculean strength, then vice versa is 100% possible.
As opposed to this, not snatching any glory from the Indian victory, it can be said that the Indian performance in its home circuit has always been good. In the overseas tourneys, however India does falter. eg: when India toured Sri Lanka recently it ended up losing the series 1-2.
Another aspect about the Indians is the fact of their complacency. After every victory, somehow they tend to lose the next couple of matches because of their laid back attitude.
This attitude is not echoed by any other team most specifically, by the Australians. They take each match as a challenge and winning is their second name.
As the Aussies now regroup and think about their deficiencies against India, it seems not long before they come with a befitting reply. The reply and the consequences though, will be something more than the bargain.
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about 1 month ago
well - this wasnt a great time right
gills, marto, pigeon, warney, langs - (and Roy) is a lot to lose
hence - its not a completely unexp. result ?
about 1 month ago
i dont think there will be any backlash, its not like they played well and lost to be frustrated
thats just how good their team is this time
about 1 month ago
oh! i think u just love to under estimate team India..
U said India does well only at home and not abroad. u gave the example of srilanka... why not another?
coz India has done well in every other nation.....
its ok ....
Aus will bounce back thats for sure...
but there is a change of guard at the helm in cricket... check out my new article..
about 1 month ago
hie nihkil, i did read your article.....i gave the example of india and sri lanka because that was the immediate predecessor to this series.....
about 1 month ago
I agree with you Rohini. Australia will bounce back hard from this. If Ponting, Lee and Hayden had played a game in the 3 months before this series it would of helped. All were short on match fitness. Roy was missing and we had our 4th string spinner.
Inspite of what some think, no one from Oz (that knows anything about cricket) expected Australia to win this series. Interest was down at home.
Australia will bounce back like we have so many times before, and dominate. The new talent like Marsh and David Hussey as well as a much improved Tait and Bracken, to name just a few, are all waiting in the wings. Ponting will rebuild again. There is nothing to be concerned about for Australia.
from about 1 month ago
mate, if the trio of haydos, punter and brett lee were short on match practice, and hence played poorly, then their form should have consistlently pickeup up during the course of the series right? As they kept getting more and more match practice?
Ponting got from brilliant at Bangalore, to absolute abysmal at Kanpur, Lee steadily faded away as the series progressed, and Hayden, well, apart from Delhi, he was a baggage for the team really!
from about 1 month ago
well not really Anon, Lee showed little to no form as a result of not playing and carrying the baggage of his wife leaving him, ponting was out of form the whole series, he gritted out one hundred , but struggled even in that innings. Hayden never had a chance, he had about 6 months out of the game , poor decisions, and a complete lack of form.
India played very well, espeshily Sharma. Still Australia should be totally confident in beating india next time they meet, as i have seen nothing in that series Australia cant overcome. As i said, its nothing to worrey about.
about 1 month ago
thats exactly my point.....even tough i am not an australian fan, i have observed that the australians have the grit in them to turn disadvantage into advantage... whereas india most of the time loses out due to complacency as mentioned above....
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