Starts tonight US time. I'm quite excited as the last series Australia were missing Warner and Smith. Its really heating up between NZ and India as to wo qualifies for the WTC Final.
Kohli will only be playing the first game as he will be on paternity leave. Massive blow for India with the Final potentially hanging in the balance.
Bangladesh cricket fanatic, observer of all others.
Gill was playing some incredible shots, he looks a star of the future and probably now, Aussies needed him out desperately, unlucky for the young guy to get out on 91
Pujara is a gem, he's been hit on the body over ten times including two bad knocks to the head and one on the knuckle, still unmoved at this stage 30* off 141
Wow, that was honestly one of the best games of cricket I witnessed in a long time! Never expected them to chase a target this big. I felt dropping Pant for the first test was ridiculous, and he's proved me right.
Wow, that was honestly one of the best games of cricket I witnessed in a long time! Never expected them to chase a target this big. I felt dropping Pant for the first test was ridiculous, and he's proved me right.
I reckon Paine dropping him in both the 4th innings of the 3rd & 4th tests was more ridiculous and more costly
Australia consistently missed their chances throughout and India were more than good enough to punish them.
Tremendous resilience and charecter shown by this young team! It has to be said though that all the A team exposure, IPL exposure has helped the youngsters immensely.
Wonderful victory, nothing better than seeing Australia beaten at home. Can India now lay claim to having the best and deepest roster of quick bowlers? How many other test nations could lose so many bowlers and still compete?
My All-time Zimbabwe XI
Neil Johnson, Brendan Taylor, Murray Goodwin, Andy Flower (w), David Houghton, Sean Williams, Heath Streak (c), Andy Blignaut, Paul Strang, Eddo Brandes, Blessing Muzarabani
Sensational stuff. All throughout I watched large parts of this series which is not something I usually do unless Bangladesh or Zimbabwe play (both teams play so few Tests its not much of a time committment). But I've managed to catch the majority of this series. I wonder what would have happened if India had a full strength side. I reckon the Aussies were a bit complacent after Adelaide. Either that or India's A team is actually better than their national team :o considering India lost with Kohli, Shami, Umesh, and Bumrah in the side but won without them.
But Australia's batting was hella poor this entire series barring one or two decent knocks from Smith and Labuschange, and one from Green. You can't be giving wickets to guys like Shardul and Natarajan.
Bangladesh cricket fanatic, observer of all others.
I agree, Australia had a very weak batting line up, heavily reliant on Smith and Labuschagne. Considering the likes of Head, Wade, Burns, Harris, Green got a look in, it is quite hard on Khawaja, he would have probably done much better. Even Finch or Maxwell as test players might have done better.
We had total 11 test wickets amongst all 4 bowlers going into the last test, whole the Aussies had 1000+, still we won. A line up of Ponting, Clarke, Hayden, Gilchrist, Martyn would have scored 600/7 dec against this attack.
I don't mind it though, great win for us, something we fans will remember for a long long time.