TEAM INDIA IN AUSRALIA

This time the tour of Ustralia began with an unusual routine.the said to be THRIMURTYs & Few good Players were sent to Australia earlier than Usual with a view to getting them used to Australian Pitches. When the First Test at Melbourne started at Melbourne it looked as if the Idea of sending Players had worked well in favour of India.the bowlers did a good Job initially restricting the Australians to a modest Total on Board.then the start from the Indians in the first Innings made an impression that the Test had turned in favour of India!.but Alas!at the crucial point of the Game the Indian Batsmen including the veteran THRIMURTHIs showed their true color as it used to be in the past.net outcome was that India could not even overcome resistance from Australia& could not take a lead on a modest score from them. Final result was miserable .Attest match which was in our Grip gradually slipped from the Hands of Team India .Australia as usual won again a Test Match started on a Boxing Day sticking to their usual Convention! The loss for India was not merely Miserable but turned out to be an Opportunity Lost to post a win on a Boxing Day Test following a dream shattering to win a first ever Test series in Australia as well.!!! This loss again posed as bigger loss when the second Test at Sydney also lost ruling out the chances of recapturing the Lost glory of the First Rank in Test cricket.the First Rank was lost to England with yet another Miserable tour of that country earlier. But this loss was loss in default which had some indirect relation to Weather also which favored the Hosts in the form of Rain. Any way what all happened can not be Unhappened!!What is done can not be undone!! Now the chief of Selector Shri Sreekanth has come out with an explanation saying that no one should blame Dhoni for the miserable outcome at Australia& it was basically the mistakes of all Batsmen in general.He also said the Team India would come back to win Tests at Perth& the last Test at Adlaide. Sorry I am or I was until yesterday a strong Supporter of Team India who won the World Cup on 2nd April 2011 at Wankhedes the home ground of SachinTendulkar& which I believed as my Home Ground too in the past!!!. Now I am forced to comment on the claims of the chief Selector Sreekanth on two aspects.1) for his Optimistic belief&2)on his failure to include Irfan Pathan an all rounder in the Team for Tests in Australia after having brought him back in the Team against West Indies when he showed his calibre to the satisfaction of everyone. Fist of all no one as far as I know had Blamed Dhoni.but everyone would be tempted to blame Shri. Sreekanth.for not including Irfan Pathan in the Team he was the Best for Australia both with Bat & Ball.Why was he not included?Have you any explanation to offer Mr.Sreekanth for your miserable Lapse? Why did you give an opportunity to make delibrate and disappointing remarks from your Partner the Veteran Sunil Gavaskar to the effect that this Indian Team could never win a series at Australia?have you any explanation with you to offer in this regard?If so please come forward with it. At the same time Congratulations to you for finding out a Player like ASWIN who is the best until now in this Indian Team with both Bat & Ball.He is yet another ALL ROUNDER in the making for India.But where is the time to regain the lost glory of the First Rank in TEST CRICKET for TEAM INDIA when both SA& now Aussies are advancing to the Rank rapidly?you alone has an Answer to offer.Congratulations to Aswin not alone for his performance but also for showing tremendous Sportsman spirit in playing for his Motherland even by skipping his Honeymoon! SreedharanMundanat ,