India Wins Commonwealth Bank Series

Dismal performance, this is what I could say about how Australia played today in the Second final of the Commonwealth Bank series. It was a welcome change to see our opponents being in this kind of situation, as someone following cricket very closely, I remember only India being in the kind of situation Australia was in today.  As I was down with fever I was at home, so I had the oppurtunity to watch the entire match, ever since the match fixing episode came up, somehow I have been losing interest in cricket, but today I forced myself to see this match and I was not disappointed.

Always used to some brilliant individual performances and failing to win matches, nowadays its welcome relief to find our team playing well as a team. Looking back at this series, I cannot think of one individual who can be given credit for this victory. Its really nice to see that the team is not dependent on any individual. In each and every match one player or the other has clicked. Its very nice to see experiements being done and working well. Piyush Chawla, who did not play any match, directly played in both the finals, may be it was a ploy to hide him from the Aussies, but it worked quite well. When Ishant was not well for the second finals, there was not single negative comment that he would be missed, imagine the days when Tendulkar or Dravid or Ganguly missed a match. Also we have to remember that Ishant has been the spearhead of the Indian bowling in the series in Australia. Fortunately we did not miss him, the other guys took up the responsibilities on their shoulders. Due credit has to be given to the Selectors, having selected this young team and also to Dhoni, for having backed up all these guys very well. Looks like Indian cricket is heading towards the right direction, with U-19 World cup also with us, looks like we now have a good bench strength, once boasted by the mighty Australians.

Does it prove that is good to have a bunch of average people, who would complement each other in the team and win as a team, rather than having a couple of Superstars???