India does a Scorpion Act

Yesterday was the second day of the 4th test with Australia at Adelaide. We witnessed a spectacular batting performance by the Indian tail-enders. Led by the captain himself, Anil Kumble put on a mammoth ## runs 7th wicket partnership with Harbhajan Singh. What we got to see today is not something that happens very frequently. The Indian tail wagging to its very best and giving the Aussie bowling attack a real sting was really heart-warming!

India is playing their natural game, as they have played for all these years. But there is some difference in the way the Aussies are playing. They are now forced to play without their Bramhastra – or rather… their Cheat Code – SLEDGING. Since Ricky Ponting took over as captain from Steve Waugh, I don’t remember a single game where the Aussies were not involved in sledging. With the kind of performance that we are seeing on the field now, it is pretty clear that this Australian team are world champions, but only when they are actively involved in sledging. Without this cheat code, they are just another team… a team that can occasionally win… and not perform with utmost consistency as a champion team is expected to perform!

You can see that there are other sports too where the champions play the game with so much skill and so less mental apprehension of the opponent. I have never seen Roger Federer or Pete Sampras screaming at his opponent. And moreover cricket is supposed to be a Gentleman’s game. Why unnecessarily spoil the legend and bring in the violence and anger in the wrong sense. Rather give us a game that we can remember for a long time. Something that we can be proud of and show it to fans of other sports and say – this is what cricket is all about!!!

BTW, after reading the blog, if you are still not sure why I had named the blog as “India does a scorpion act”, it simply means that India’s tail stung the Australian bu**s like a SCORPION!