If you people love cricket, you must have seen the promotional advt of India-Australia series featuring Vijay Raj, who explains why this series is always intense. In the end, he says, "Samajh lo ke kudarat ka karishma hai ye series..."
No doubt about it...India-Australia matches have always been intense & intriguing specially after the historic 2001 series. In most of the matches, Australia have maintained upper hand but facing to India was never a cake walk for them. The matches were always close and had nail-biting finish. India-Australia series has the same glamour as "The Ashes..." This time too the story won't be different. The bitterness of last series is still not been forgotten (Symonds-Harbhajan clash, Cheating in the second innings by Ponting, Australia Buckner..sorry Steve Buckner's hopeless umpiring in the Sydney test...) and whenever these two rivals have met, every now and then the glimpses of that event were experienced by India. Though Australia have not remained the mighty and that much venomous, the fighting & never-say-die attitude is still in their blood. Despite the main bowlers Johnson, Ryan Harris, D.Bollinger, Hauritz, and two key players out of action due to injury, Australia have enough fire-power in the form of Peter Siddle, Starc, and the new loaded weapon Pattinson to test the Indian batsmen's true skill on typical Australian hard, bouncy pitches...
No doubt about it...India-Australia matches have always been intense & intriguing specially after the historic 2001 series. In most of the matches, Australia have maintained upper hand but facing to India was never a cake walk for them. The matches were always close and had nail-biting finish. India-Australia series has the same glamour as "The Ashes..." This time too the story won't be different. The bitterness of last series is still not been forgotten (Symonds-Harbhajan clash, Cheating in the second innings by Ponting, Australia Buckner..sorry Steve Buckner's hopeless umpiring in the Sydney test...) and whenever these two rivals have met, every now and then the glimpses of that event were experienced by India. Though Australia have not remained the mighty and that much venomous, the fighting & never-say-die attitude is still in their blood. Despite the main bowlers Johnson, Ryan Harris, D.Bollinger, Hauritz, and two key players out of action due to injury, Australia have enough fire-power in the form of Peter Siddle, Starc, and the new loaded weapon Pattinson to test the Indian batsmen's true skill on typical Australian hard, bouncy pitches...
And in the batting, best player of spin Clarke, Mr. Cricket Hussey, ageing but still classy Ponting, veteran Haddin and the few gutsy newcomers have the ability to settle the required score on the board...
On the other side, India's famed batting line-up needs to handle the Australian pace heat, and the fitness of fast bowlers to handle the Australian heat to make this series lively one.. Plus they have to absorb the shocks of Mental Disintegration theory laid down by Steve Waugh.
Star Cricket has rightly described this series as "AGNEEPATH". And I don't think this series will be without any controversy or some on-field tussle… because 2+2 = 4, the Sun always rises to the east, King Cobra is venomous, and Australian's are sledgers...these are the universal truths.
First match will be starting on 26th of Dec. The Boxing Day (this is the day after Christmas on which the gift-boxes are kept at a common place for the poor people...the Box-opening Day).
So India, get ready to :
Feel the heat (Australia's weather),
Feel the power (Australia's Batting),
Feel the Punch (Australia's Bowling)….!
Ritesh R. Kadam
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