I'm pretty sure India will win the fourth test and level the series. Usually I post anti-Indian post using this ID but I guess I am pathetic. India is a great nation. Indian people are great and Indian cricket team is the world's best team.
Hats off to Ponting and his men, their media and their commentators who appreciated India's win and did not whine about umpiring (though they could have after what happened to Hussie and Symonds) as the Indian did after the Sydney Test. Not one word as excuse but more words of praise for India -- the opponents who played better and won This shows the maturity of the team and the nation and the difference in class of what is developed and what is developing, perhaps..ever developing. Great Test Match
RE:Congratulations India. Greater spirit Aussies !
by Michael Ponnudurai on Jan 22, 2008 10:39 AM
Well, I take my words back not. I am an Australian and I saw Australian news media are trying to find holes in Indian win. I am so ashamed of it now. India lost Syndney test because of the cheting done my Australian captain and 10 bad decisons made by umpires. Indian team did not utter any word that can hurt cricket. Hats off to Kumble and his team!!! India is so developed now that BCCI has more money than all other cricket clubs combined. Only a rich board like BCCI and civilized country like India can have a great behaving team like India.
When a real team man and performer leads things can just become better !!! In 2002-03 Ganguly almost wrecked Kumble's carrer by sacking him.
When Lee was caught by Laxman, Ganguly stood in his place w/o appealing, though all players were rushing towards sehwag for celebration. Kumble shouted at Ganguly for being mute after the opposition player was out !!! Ganguly should be ousted out if he has such attitude towards team spirit . In fact team management has reported this incident plus pathetic fielding to BCCI big wigs and the punishment was obvious !!! TROW THIS SLOTH (so called TIGER) out of the team !!!!!!
RE:RE:India is funny
by kandavelan k on Jan 21, 2008 09:25 AM
well if the Indians also play cricket the way australians do then 16 would be a small number
RE:India is funny
by chris on Jan 21, 2008 10:15 AM
LOL what a bunch of sore losers. Umpires won 16 in a row for Australia they arn't better than India!!! Really!!! Cry cry cry lol
RE:India is funny
by raj on Jan 21, 2008 03:12 PM
well, its the aussie scribes who are the sore losers. the aussie team did well to win those 16, well, err at least 15 - forget the sydney one! but, indians did well to at least stop the run twice and broke a lot of records for australia :P australia is of course the best team, and THE team to beat, but, it took some time for the team to admit defeat, ponting kept saying it wasnt the swing that did them in, when in fact it was preceisely the swing bowling. he also said poor shot selection, and not good bowling which induced those poor shot selection. truth is somewhere in between, but ponting sure was pretty bitter and dint give kumbl and his men upfront what they deserved. sore losers ? aussie scribes for sure!
In the current series India played superior cricket than Australia. They only won the 1st test by merit. They might have impressed the stat gurus in the 2nd test but we all know how they won it. Morally it was India won the 2nd test, Australia won it immorally. Now in the 3rd test India totally outdid Australia in every aspect- be it behavior, sportsman spirit, game- everything. Australia can win only if they sledge and purchase the umpires.
RE:India definitely played superior cricket than Australia
by munno patel on Jan 20, 2008 07:25 PM
Every indian knows that the actual result is 2-1 in favor of india. We should count the 2nd test as our win even though the record shows otherwise. Screw the official result, we are 2-1 as far as india goes. This should demoralize australia because deep down they know that we won the 2nd test. I love it. Beating them in their own backyard is even sweeter.
it is pleasure to see tha t india has given the answer to aussies in a better manner than what we were talking sometime 10 days earlier.. it had been proved that we have d capability to beat aus in aus (if st.bucknor is not in d middle)...
India should come back even if we win the 4th Test. Remember the Aussies have wrongly accused an Indian as racists one should not forget this in the euphoria of a victory or two. This sereis could have been won by india 2-1 if not 3-1 the aussies have conspired to deny India this & ICC has supported the Aussies, the fact is that aussies are the most racists country in the world.
RE:Winning against Australia
by raj on Jan 21, 2008 03:13 PM
the aussie sribes dont think that way, they are pretty dissed and looking for excuses to throw some muck at the indian team.
This is a slap in the face of all those rediff users who posted messages saying that India's going to lose this time. You morons must learn from the Americans, the Japanese, and others, who never speak a thing negative about their country, no matter what.
RE:This is a slap in the face for ...
by suhas naik on Jan 20, 2008 01:31 PM
Let us be proud of our country. I am sure that India will win the 4th test as well.
Dear friends at last india have proved their strength but pls dont keep india in our heads.Although Aussies have lost the game they r still the orld champs we all knaow it very well again if india have to win we have to wait for another 2 to 3 tour because Australia losses once in a way same like India wins won in way .But we all want india to india win in the next match ope india will do it .
