Kumble ka kotla

Perfect start to kumble’s captaincy by wining the 1^st test against the old time arch rivals Pakistan. It was the test where pendulum swung on both the sides, but finally Indian made the best out of it, by taking the initiative of picking early wicket in the second innings of middle order Pakistan batting lineup.this match was quite important for two important players of the side. First kumble for his debut as captain for India where this game is no bigger than the god, and then the demigod figure for Indian cricket amchi Tendulkar who crossed the Allan Border milestone for getting maximum runs in the test cricket, is now behind my all time favourite prince of Trinidad Brian Lara. This test match was interestingly poised till the fall of Dravid wicket but then the good partnership between the Sachin and Ganguly sealed the victory on our side. Pakistan team body languages haven’t been great this season losing both ODI and test series against the RSA in home, and then ODI to the Indians.

What I felt in this series was the tenacity between the two sides. I no longer felt the excitement which these two sides have brought to the game. My mind still wonders for the fire power of Waqar and Wasim.Even Boria Mojumdhar article in TOI speaks to this loss of interest battle between the two sides.

Any way coming onto the series between the Aussies and Sri-Lankans.Series started with lots talk between Murali and Warne and then verbal onslaught between the former Srilankan captain Marvan and SL cricket board. Aussies was again rubbing salt on the others wound, won both the test matches quite comfortably. I wanted to see murali getting past warn’e milestone in Hobert which favours spin blowing. But as usual Aussies live up to their words that they will not allow murali to cross this milestone in their home soil. Murali now have to wait for the home series against England to achieve the same. But it was great to watch sangakara blitz innings of 194.

Finally a sigh of relief for me that brian lara has signed the deal with ICL and will be playing in the ICL league matches. He will be captaining the Mumbai champs. I would love to watch one of these matches. Lara will defiantly produce some gem of innings which we have been looking in the hindsight.

It will now be quite hard for the Pakistan to bounce back in the series. I still feel the trump card for the Pakistan will be Daniesh Kenaria. He really has shown some great quality spin bowling against the Indian batsmen. One battle that I am really looking forward to see is the tussle between Sachin and Daniesh. It will be interesting to see how Sachin will play against him.