Under such circumstances it was a very good performances by India. West Indies(WI) Captain Brian Lara complaint about the pitch to the groundman - Charlie. The losing team has only one thing to say - complaint about everything.
Dravid batted with technically correct drives which was a joy to watch whenever loose ball came his way, otherwise he was just a wall for WI. And the bowlers did well to wrap up the match. Remember WI were all out for a meagre 103 runs in the first innings. Who to blame except themselves?
Congrats to TEAM India.
Atlast they have done it. They should have won the series by atleast 3-0 or even 4-0. Twice weather create barricade for Indian victory and once Brian Lara.
Anyway congrats Team India.
well it's finally done. They've weathered the storm and brought home a trophy. bruised and battered yet an overseas trophy is always special.
Windies were never a menacing side but surely are difficult to beat at home. What should have been a drab one-sided contest turned out to be an extiting series with the windies fighting for survival in the first two with some help from the rain gods.
India was on the backfoot in the third and conceeded a lead of 200+, thanks to lara's captaincy and some late realisation that our middle order can bat we saved the game.
The final test was a horror which saw us reduced to 75/5, but what was even more shocking was the way the windies were shot out! IN what proved to be a very exciting match, the windies crumbled before a target of 270.
All said and done we finally ended the overseas drought and found the 'holy grail'
Ya finally we cud manage a series win in the carribian after a long wait. The performance of dravid was excellent and he played two excellent nocks on a bowler friendly wickets.Ofcource Brian had his complaints about the pitch.In some way lars's disappointment with the pitch was reasonable because generally in test matches pitch is always prepared keeping in mind home pteams strength and windies strength was their fast bowling and all they got for the final and crucial test was a pitch that started turning as early as second day's morning and india cashed in.My congratulations to Dravid and Greg for this victory.
Atlast, India won a test match abroad, after long 35 years. I think the Indian team have improved lot under Rahul Dravid's captancy and coach Chappel. Not forgetting the role played by Kumble and Srishanth. I think Kumble can do lots of things in future also.Although he has age more than 35 (I'm not sure) , he is still like an young player with no short of determination to win the game. I think overall performance of the team have improved under Rahul. What are your opinions ? Please share.
