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[Deep Dey]

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Discuss here about India's Tour of Australia(Test Series Only)
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Well,we waited for this series for long and finally the moment has come before this historic series gets underway at MCG on 26th Dec,2011.
India have never won a series in Australia although their 1st tour down under came way back in 1947-48.While India had their moments to win a series in India especially in 1977-78 series when Kerry Packer's involvement with the game divided the Australian Cricket into pieces. No one can forget Bob Simpson's returning to cricket at the age of 41 after retirement and captaining his side,along with scoring 539 runs in the series because the main Australian Players had joined hands with Kerry Packer and hence they were left out by ACB.But Australia still manged to win the series 3-2.
If 1977-78 was historic,1980-81 series is remembered for Gavaskar's walking off the field along with Chetan Chauhan in protest of Umpire's decision.
1990-91 tour down under saw Sachin Tendulkar making his mark on Kangaroos soil with hundred's at Adelaide and Perth.
In 1999-00 series,Australia demolished the Indians and white washed them by 3-0 in spite of Tendulkar's and VVS Laxman's heroics at MCG and SCG respectively.
In 2003-04 series,Australia had no answer to stop Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman.Dravid piled up 700+ runs,while Laxman was not to behind.It was also remembered for Steve Waugh's historic farewell at SCG when his team mates gave him a grand farewell by lifting him on their shoulders and circling the entire SCG with loud applause from SCG crowd.In spite of Dravid and Laxman's heroics and Ganguly,Tendulkar's hundred's at Gabba and SCG respectively, india still failed to win the series and drew 1-1.
2007-08 series was marred by controversy at SCG test which took an huge impact on the game.At one stage india threatened to boycott the series.
Eventually,through compromises the matter was settled down.India lost 2-1.
Still the official's of that test match believes that Justice was not done.
Now, its 2011.Everything has changed since then.MS Dhoni saw his rise to glory.While Tendulkar,Dravid,Laxman have also saw their fate going up and down.India won the World Cup, 2011.Australia lost a home series for the 1st time in 16 yrs.Australia lost Ashes twice and 1st time at home since 1986-87.Ricky Ponting saw his fall from grace.Michael Clarke became the new captain of Australia.Australia registered their lowest score in more than 100 yrs when they were bowled out for 47.They lost a to kiwis at home for the 1st time since 1985.
India won't forget what happened in England earlier this year when they were white washed 4-0.They have shown significant improvement since then.
On the other hand,Australia hampered by injuries to their strike bowlers,poor form of veteran players,unsettled team and the list goes on..........
In short,This is India's best chance to win a series down under and they are clear favorites.But we know how Australia strike back whenever they are in great adversity.In Nathan Bracken's Words"When Travesty Prevailed,someone always stood up"


Battle To Preserve The Legacy
VS

AgneePath Series
May Cricket be the Ultimate Winner

[Deep Dey]

India tour of Australia, Australia vs India
2nd T20I, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Fri 03, 2012

Australia Won the Toss and elected to bat first.


Australia 131 (19.4/20 ov)

India 87/1 (12.3/20 ov)

India require another 45 runs with 9 wickets and 45 balls remaining


Gambhir 38*
Kohli 23*

[Viresh]

Today's Attendance:62500+

[Deep Dey]

Few Thousand people may have left after disappointing Australian batting

[Aqi]

Video in my Sig

[Deep Dey]

In Spite of 62000 + crowd, the ground looks empty, see so many seats still empty.

I wonder what had happened in 1961 when MCG hosted the biggest crowd in history of cricket of some 91000+

[Nick]

Kohli gne for 31

[Viresh]

Wade gets his first catch in T20I

[Deep Dey]

Kohli gne for 31

Kohli gets his highest T20 score

[Deep Dey]

lol lol MSD coming to bat at 4 when India already winning

[Nick]

TODAY KOHLI WIL SCORE CENTury 4 WAR

[Nick]

lol lol MSD coming to bat at 4 when India already winning

THATS WHY DHOBI IS A SELFISH DEVIL...

[Deep Dey]

India tour of Australia, Australia vs India
2nd T20I, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Fri 03, 2012


Australia 131 (19.4/20 ov)

India 102/2 (14.6/20 ov)

India require another 30 runs with 8 wickets and 30 balls remaining


India making the match tough for themselves

[Aqi]

dhobi sux

[Deep Dey]

Finally India winning after 18 Int matches away from home

[Deep Dey]

India tour of Australia, Australia vs India
2nd T20I, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Fri 03, 2012

Australia Won the Toss and elected to bat first.

Australia Team: David Warner, Matthew Wade(Wk), Aaron Finch, David Hussey,George Bailey(capt), Mitchell Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Clint Mckay, Brad Hogg, Brett Lee, Xavier Doherty.

India Team: Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Rahul Sharma, Praveen Kumar, Vinay Kumar.

Match Summary
1st Innings
Australia (131/10 in 19.4 overs)
Aaron Finch(36) || Matthew Wade(32)
Praveen Kumar(2/21) || Rahul Sharma(2/29)

India (135/2 in 19.4 overs)
Gautam Gambhir(56*) || Virat Kohli(31)
Brad Hogg(1/19) || Mitchell Marsh(1/30)

India won by 8 wickets (with 2 balls to spare)

2 match T20 series drawn 1-1

[Deep Dey]

Australia moves to 5th spot in ICC latest T20I Rankings with 110 Rating Pts while India moves to 6th spot with 108 Rating Pts.
Australia got -5 Rating Pts while India got +9 Rating Pts after 2nd T20I between Australia and India at Melbourne.

As a result, South Africa moves to 4th spot and Pakistan moves to 7th spot in the rankings.

[Deep Dey]

Player of the match
:Ravinder Jadeja (India)

[Deep Dey]

Ravinder Jadeja nervous at presentation as he is struggling to speak English

[MI]

India Won

[MI]

Gambhir Scored a 50

[Deep Dey]

Admin Lock This thread later
It is already 64 pages

Will Make New one for One Series

[MI]

Let it Be 68

[Deep Dey]

Let it Be 68

One Day SERIES is of another 1 month.

It won't fit in 4 pages

[MI]

I guess Evn De new thread will Become 60 Pages soon

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