In changing times, Sachin puts things in perspective

"Sachin Tendulkar throws up a couple of extremely valid points in his interview to The Hindu a couple of days ago. And, as he often does with the bat, surprises us with a third," writes Harsha Bhogle in the Indian Express.

He thought Australia went on the defensive very quickly and points out how a deep point appeared almost inevitably after an aggressive shot. There was a hint of that during the Ashes series as well and it raises an interesting issue about teams like Australia that win, if not all, at least most of the time. Just as teams that don’t win often enough find themselves lost when victory is sighted, teams that win all the time can find themselves searching for ideas when a relatively new situation presents itself. It has long been my view that Australia are awesome when they are front runners, a great and often elusive quality in itself, but get a bit confused when they fall behind.