Test Cricket at its Best and it is there to stay ! And India Celebrate a famous Overseas Series win
The Australia – India Cricket Test series played in the summer in Australia was a fascinating duel in the purest form of this game for the Border – Gavaskar trophy – The trophy is named after two legends of each country , Allan Border of Australia and Sunil Gavaskar for India. With the T20 gaining popularity , at times even the One day matches seemed to be a bore. And there were enough voices that said – Test Cricket is done and dusted , give it a decent funeral . But this series just turned Test cricket in to one of the most intense battles over the five days and with the competitiveness over which they were played , it brought back the thrill of the game over the longer version. The first test was a sort of a disaster for the Indian team if one would describe it . Having taken a first inning lead , one would have expected the team to set a target for the second inning for the Aussies and defend it . Bit a horror batting display led the team to recording