OZ NEITHERSURVIVE BURST fromB.KUMAR NOR THEIR OWN TIGER BY TAIL THEIR OWN TIGER BY TAIL?

The Australians could neither survive the initial burst from B.Kumar nor their own foursome Tigers by Tail allowing bthe the inevitable to fall in line. Finally India tasted yet another glorious Triumph against the Australians,rather a noble revenge to their debacle when India visited down under as their guests last year. Mitchel Starc& Xavier Doherty on a herculian task to prolong the game beyond Tea after the 9th Wicket fell at 179 were successful in doing so when they took the score to 223 addinng 44 precious runs for the 10th Wicket. But this act of survival instinct could not help OZ to avoid the inevitable They fixed a target of 133 runs A reasonably fair lead where the Indians can not take liberty to strike .As the pitch has turned into unpredictable at Mohali on the final day final session the probability of wickets falling like ripe mangoes in India can not be ignored The Indians have to take precaution not to allow the exit of more than 3 batsmen in this battle for triumph. Cricket is a Glorious Game of Uncertainty.this is equally applicable to Indians in India also 133 runs in the final session of 26 overs just under 5 runs per over does notappear to be so simple as it might look. An eventual Triumph here which has a bearing on the next& last Test to be played at Delhi from 22nd March2013 where a White cwash could be in the mind of the Indians The possibility of inflicting a Whitewash at Delhi seems to be in the offing despite the return of the wounded tigers Watson,Johnson,Pattinson,&Khwaja. India in the final session advanced positively but lost 3 wickets of Poojara,Vijay&Kohli.However they had an eye on the target &kept the rhythm to the advantage of India. Captain Dhoni&former Captain the great S.R.Tendulkar ironically joined to execute the kill using their bat fluently. More ironically, the winning shot should have come from the Blades of alltime great Sachin Tendulkar to the delight of the spectators &millions glued to the Television sets all over India&abroad.But the wish was not answered as Sachin met with an unfortunate Run out.Quite more ironically the winning shot came from the Captain's blade with 3 cosequitive 4s .India won by 6 wickets flashing smiles on the face of the Skipper Let us get ourselves convinced thatb at the fag end of carrier approaches such misfortunes do happen in the walk of life of Celebrities.This is what happened to Sachin now with the run out. Sachin has yet another role to play.This is the reason why he is still in the team.He is desirous of creating yet another final World record of appearing in 200 Test matches.He has 4 more matches to grab the target&the world record. Let us wish him all the sucess in everything he does & a long life to entertain us as a commentator or a coach if not as a player, All the Best to the Indian &Australian Teams at Delhi on 22nd March. SreedharanMundanat 18th March 2013 at16-45Hrs(IST)