Saturday, January 19, 2008

India Wins

India Wins

The match between india and Australia in perth is one of the greatest match played in the cricket history.india beat austraila by 72 runs in the third test of the series. This victory has halted aussies from creating the world record of 17 Test wins in a row.This was the first loss to aussies since fourth Ashes match at Trent Bridge in August 2005.and this victory had broke out celebrations through out india.

India notched only its fifth victory in 36 Tests in Australia after entering the match as an 8-1 outsider and having threatened to return home over a racism ban handed to spin bowler Harbhajan Singh. The touring team can now tie the series 2-2 by winning the final Test in Adelaide

This victory was due to the overall effect of the Indian team. It has also marked the comeback of http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/inline/content/image/218072.htmlVirender Sehwag and Irfan Pathan.pathan performed so well that he was declared as the man of the match.he took 5 wkts and scored 74 runs. There was also good contribution from other players dravid 93, sachins 72 runs in the first innings, laxmans 79 odd runs in the second innings had helped india to set the target of 413 runs for aussies to win.

Anil Kumble’s captiency is anither important thing for india’s victory.
He has good motivation for the team. This match was very special for him as he took his 600 wkts. He his the third person who had taken 600 wkts after sharne warne and murali.

The result of the test match may marked the beginning of the end of the Australia dominance in cricket. Or the beginning of the indaian dominance