The washout of a match!

Today saw the Indians and the Aussies going head to head at Nagpur, the city of oranges. The Aussies batted first setting up a high total of 318, quite a formidable feat. But then, they were helped in this by a bit of shoddy Indian bowling, which was simply not up to the mark. What is more, in the very last overs, they managed to give the Aussies about 50 runs and more. This is not what one expects from the Indian super bowlers and naturally the home crowd were disappointed, to say the least.
When the Indians started their innings, both Tendulkar and Ganguly managed to put on a sterling partnership and managed to get the Indian score total above 100. Then Tendulkar was caught in the deep end going for a boundary. However, Ganguly managed to stay on and partnered with two more batsmen before getting out himself at 86. I must say that Ganguly's performance has improved a lot since I last saw him - the selectors would have been blind not to have seen that today in the field.
After Ganguly was gone, the momentum went with him. Dravid did not do much and soon he was out as well. Just when all hope seemed to be lost in the Indian dresing room, in came Dhoni and Robin Uthappa,and they both put on quite a good patnership. There was also a bit of misfielding by Lee, missing out on an easy catch and I am sure that the Aussie skipper would have quite a few choice words to say to him. Anyway Dhoni and Uthappa's efforts went to naught and soon it was time for the last over to be bowled.
All in all, I have to say that the Indian team and the Aussie team put on quite a good show. It is a shame that not much came out of it. It kind of reminds one of the 'charge of the light brigade'. Brave and defiant to the very end,that about sums it all up for today's match against the Aussies. The Indian skipper should remember that if it had not been for some serious shoddy bowling on the part of the Indian spinners especially during the end of the Aussie innings, they may have well won the match with a few balls to spare. Now the Indians have lost the series to the Aussies at home, and one can only hope that the Indian team will be all eager to settle the score once they get to down under to play another series against the Aussies and win it.After all, the law of averages is bound to catch up, and India has been pretty Down Under against the Aussie ODI bandwagon !

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