India were not the better team in the test but could still have saved the match on Day 5. Dhoni, RP used their pads unncessarily. Yuvi was out of his depth. Others fought gamely and a couple of the top batsmen were hard done by.
The controversy is unnecessary regarding umpiring. It was poor, but not malicious. We may feel sorry about the quality of umpiring but we should not hate the umpires and try to crush them under our feet. A draw would have been a fair result but I also feel that with the draw, Indian team would still have raised a ruckus over the umpiring and tried to gloss over their own batting deficiencies.
The rascism issue has gotten out of hand with tour cancellation a reality but here, i cannot blame India for protesting the fine on Bhaji w/o necessary and sufficient evidence.
RE:Be careful!!!
by neil varghese on Jan 08, 2008 12:03 PM Permalink
Yes we agree Australia plays (not played in Sydney) better cricket than India these days. In Sydney Pointing & company was irritated to accept the fact that they were missing out the record set by Steve Waugh's team. The result is history............
RE:Be careful!!!
by RAJA DURAI on Jan 08, 2008 11:44 AM Permalink
give 7 outs when none was out and do not give outs for those out what do you expect then
RE:RE:Be careful!!!
by Yogesh Upadhyaya on Jan 08, 2008 12:01 PM Permalink
Understand something - India as team has less quality batsmen then Australia 4. In most matches not more than 2 will get goign in an innigs. And if both are wrongly given out then the innings performance will suffer. It is not about ANY tow batsmen given out but THE two batsmen given out. Umpiring "errors" matter. Nobody is making the case that India is as a good a team as Australian in general. But a better team does not always win. Because on a day, the other team may play better.
