Glenn McGrath really sucks.
A look at his famous habit of predictions suggest that he has been failing miserably in past 2 years. He predicted 5-0 whitewashes for England twice in 2009 and then in 2010-11.
Both times Aussies lost the series.
He has predicted 2 things for this series:
1. India would lose 4-0
2. Tendulkar wont score 100th ton in SCG this time.
The onus is now on the Indians to prove this predictions wrong. The time has come up for the famed batting order to step up and deliver. They havent crossed 300 once in last 5 away tests and if they dont do it this time the chance of squaring test series is lost.
This part of world, you got to score runs. And India has capable batsmen of doing it. The time has come to the glorious batsmen to fire and prove the critics wrong.
The bowling isnt a weak link, but the batting is. India has capable bowlers who would run through the opposite batting lineup, but its the batsmen who are unable to put up fighting totals. 2 of 6 have to bat long and long. Score runs as they did in 2003-04.
And yes MS Dhoni needs to shut up and find ways to wipe out the tail. This habit is now sucking and leading to a habit of losing Tests from winning positions. From position, India was on day 2 in MCG, there was no business losing the test.
He has to deliver through bat and through captaincy -- aggressive at that.
If India does most of the above things right and the weather is right, then we are going to have a favorable result.
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