Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Ganguly and Dhoni blaze trail to stun Australia

Any doubts that Test cricket is in trouble were firmly rebutted yesterday. The evidence in the second match of the series at Mohali was incontrovertible. It seemed to have it all. All, that is, except a crowd. India, the most cricket-crazy nation on...
It seemed to have it all. All, that is, except a crowd. India, the most cricket-crazy nation on earth, were playing Australia, the world champions, and gradually exerting control. On the first day, national hero Sachin Tendulkar became the leading Test run-scorer of all time. Yesterday, former captain Sourav Ganguly constructed a calmly authoritative century and the new icon, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, blazed a wonderful trail.

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