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Saturday, January 30, 2010

IND-BD Test Series Review

India won the Test Series against BD 2-0. India was dominant to an extent but not to the level that they should have been against a weak BD side when compared to their respective standings in ICC Test Rankings. Sehwag's statements made before the start of the series made him sound arrogant and disrespectful but people forgot his non-nonchalant nature on and off the pitch facing a Brett Lee delivery or media's questions; Sehwag still doesn't care about what others think about him.
Sachin came back for the test series got the two centuries he needed to continue marching forward in tests against the cricketer of the decade Ricky Ponting. Gambhir continued his rich vein of form in tests but missed out on a great record to equal Don Bradman. Dravid, Laxman scored runs but I still think Yuvraj's place is up for grabs(Rohit Sharma or Badrinath, Murali Vijay should be considered). The bowling department is still weak and Zaheer was the pick of the series supported by Ishant Sharma.
Harbhajan, Ojha and Amit Sharma were mediocre, I guess they need helpful tracks to get wickets.

India is ahead in ICC Rankings but the series is against SA is very crucial not just because India is 1 and SA is 2 but also because India doesn't play too many tests after they play against SA to maintain the Numero UNO status. India already had a big blow in terms of the team selection to play against SA because Dravid got injured. SA always played well against India in India and I hope atleast India dominate SA this time in the test series.

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