Two Defeats -- One heartwarming , the other heart breaking
Cricket An Indian team Cricket tour of Australia is always interesting and engrossing for many reasons. The atmosphere , the stadiums ( the Adelaide Stadium was not the one I know – total change ) , the crowd , the pitches, the commentary and its quality and assessment , getting up early to match the Aussie time zone and finally the intensity of the battle . The first test at Adelaide started with the background of losing a young , upcoming player to the Sport itself. Not one of those things that happen regularly but it was sad to see Phil Hughes die , hit by the Cricket ball. One hopes that this would be the last of its kind. With Dhoni not available , we had a young captain who was willing to take risks.. The team had a wrist spinner in the playing XI and the decision to go with Four Bowlers may be a good one. ( Anyway our bowlers get whacked all over and so what will one more bowler bring in – better to have...