November 6, 2008

Nagpur Test, Day 1, Session 1

India made a mockery of a great start by Sehwag and the new kid on the block Murali Vijay by loosing 3 quick wkts in the last 30 minutes leading to the lunch. That in a way washes off the great work done by the openers and give Aussies a way to crawl back in the game after they seemed lost in the woods for first 90 minutes of play. And the wrecker in chief wasn’t Lee or Johnson, but the Tears in Heaven boy Jayson Krejza who got 2 surprising wkts of Dravid and Sehwag.

Ideally I would have loved to see Sehwag continuing his innings to convert to a big 100 along with Dravid, but the former captain seems to have lost it. A 0 isnt helping his matters anymore. I am not sure if this is the way he would like to go out. And I am also sure he is not contemplating retirement. That would be premature and devastating for India. A break after this test looms and he should play Ranji games to regain the rhythm and be back with the runs…

Vijay has had a decent debut and he would be a kid to watch out for, unfortunately no opener seems in the mood to retire or loss of form…So he might need to wait for his chances after Nagpur… Post lunch session we expect VVS and Sach to build up a good partnership and score runs so that we could put Aussies under some pressure. At 3/122, its advantage Australia…And too disgusting to see wkts going to Krejza…

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