Adelaide - The Last Nail in the Coffin! Indians Are Going To Be Buried and Buried Deep!

India Vs Australia 4th Test, Adelaide.

At the end of Day 4 of the 4^th test at Adelaide, the score board read India 166/6 in 56 over(s). All the much celebrated batsmen of the Indian team, so called champions of the World Cup 2011 sat in the pavilion probably sipping the evening tea. They had failed yet again and their performance was much on the expected lines.

Australia needs just 4 more wickets to complete the whitewash. They would complete all formalities required for the same on day 5, may be in less than 4 hours tomorrow. Barring Virat Kohli’s century in the 1^st innings (116 runs off 213 balls) and Virender Sehwag’s half century in the 2^nd innings (62 runs off 53 balls), none of the other Indian batsmen performance is worthy of discussion.

Virat’s effort definitely deserves applause; it was his maiden 100 in a test match. More importantly this young land played with all his heart, aggression mixed with caution, he played like a matured cricketer. It was sad that he couldn’t find a worthy partner as wickets kept tumbling at one end as he tried to steady the ship at the other end. Sehwag might have scored a quick fire half century, but it was a shame to see him bat the way he did. It might have been an unselfish innings but it was irresponsible show off.  

Poor Batting By Indian Team Continues.

When the 2^nd innings began, what Indians should have ideally done, was something they didn’t throughout the series. The need of the hour was to keep wickets and play sensibly, build a strong opening partnership.  But guess these are the terms which likes of Gambhir and Sehwag don’t understand. And soon after Sehwag departed, the famous Indian parade of batsmen departing one after another followed.  

Tomorrow’s play is mere formality, India has already lost the series and with the unavoidable loss in the 4^th test, Australia is all set to win the series 4-0. The last nail in the coffin would be hit tomorrow and Indians are going to be buried and buried deep at Adelaide. This would be India’s 8^th consecutive defeat in a test match overseas. I would conclude by quoting something that I read in a news article which I read sometime on www.indianexpress.com “Indian batsmen are like faithful husbands, they perform only at home.”*

P.S: * You may read the article I quoted from by clicking the link http://www.indianexpress.com/news/indian-batsmen-are-like-faithful-husbands-they-perform-only-at-home/896126/

28 January 2012, 23:34


I was really not inclined to write a whole post on Indian cricket teams performance on the last day. The results where very much on the lines of what I wrote yesterday. Indians quickly lost the remaining 4 wickets very early on the 5th day. In the end Indian team was bundled out at 201. India finished their 2nd Innings with a score of 201/10 (69.4 Overs) and finally Australia won the match by 298 runs.


My tweet in the morning said it all : 

"Finally an end to a miserable Test series! Australia played fantastic cricket, deserving victory! Indian performance was Dismal!"