My Life as it is…

This post has come a little late….but its worth it !

The Indian team beat Australia 2-0 in the best of three finals of the Commonwealth Bank Series down under. The Australian captian Ricky Ponting had made this statement before the finals:

” The series would be over in two matches”

Needless to say, that he was vindicated. The Indian team beat the Australians in all departments of the game, as they lifted the trophy at the Gabba, Brisbane. In the first final, the Indian team beat Australia comprehensively by 6 wickets and 25 balls to spare. The second final saw a flip flop in both the team’s fortunes, but it was India who bowled out Australia and clinched the match by winning it by 9 runs. Thus the scoreline read 2-0 in favour of India. Thus the whitewash was completed.

This re-iterates team India’s stand, that the Aussies are beatable..and that they had won the Sydney test by unfair means. For more information about what had happened in the Sydney test match earlier on the tour..go to this link:

The India-Australia Sydney test match..Aussies resort to cheating.

When the Aussies were forced to play fair, the results are there for all of us to see. I believe that after this beating by India in their home grounds, the Aussie team will learn that matches are not won by just chirping on the feild…but are won by performing on the field. The Aussies showcased their unsportsman-like behaviour throughout the tour, and they were given a befitting reply in the CB series. Even during the series, Australian Matthew Hayden had called an Indian player “an obnoxious weed” on live radio, which was deemed to be an extremley racist and an offensive remark. Needless to say, that the same Indian spinner aka Harbhajan Singh dismissed Hayden in both the finals !

This series was a happy ending for the Indians…and was essentially a victory of good over evil. This series win has knocked the Aussies off their perch. Now that they have been shown the mirror,  hopefully they will play in the spirit of the game.