'Definitely' bigger than the Ashes

Simon Katich says Test series between India and Australia are "definitely" bigger than the Ashes. Sai Mohan interviews Katich, currently in India leading the A team, and he talks about his experience of their last Test series in India in 2004 on cricketnirvana.com.

On Sourav Ganguly missing the Nagpur Test:

Oh we thought it worked towards our benefit. We smelled a rift in the enemy camp and it was good for us. We saw some grass on the pitch and loved it. We carried a lot of confidence after the comprehensive victory in Bangalore. We were going into Nagpur knowing that we could strike the rod when it was hot. However we were beware that the Indians have a fantastic batting line-up and we could not have made the mistake on underestimating them. So I would say the feeling in the camp was brilliant and we surely did party hard after clinching the Nagpur Test. It was one of the happiest moments in our cricketing lives, to know that we had done something that our predecessors had not achieved.

On Adam Gilchrist's captaincy:

Oh! Adam Gilchrist's captaincy on that tour was simply fabulous. The manner in which he tackled the spinners and handled the bowlers was amazing. John Buchanan made a lot of useful contributions too. We used to sit and chalk out plans on how to dismiss VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid and touchwood all of them worked to our advantage.