Wake-up call for India
In his blog on the Times of India 's website, Avijit Ghosh says Indian fans should thank Australia for doling out a thumping that will force the India team to confront harsh realities
Dustin Silgardo
25-Feb-2013
In his blog on the Times of India's website, Avijit Ghosh says Indian fans should thank Australia for doling out a thumping that will force the India team to confront harsh realities. The series, he says, will settle the debate on whether ageing players should be allowed to continue, make the selectors consider dropping the opening pair, and perhaps even the ineffective Ishant Sharma.
Let us accept that Tendulkar’s form too is a major issue. What do you do with a player who plays badly but cannot be dropped? Tendulkar started the series better than his colleagues but faded away in the last two Tests. His fans will say, he still has the best average in the team. But the truth is that he has not played a single innings that makes any difference to the team’s fortunes for eight straight Test matches away from home. Tendulkar doesn’t look out of form but he seems to have lost the ability to play big knocks.
Dustin Silgardo is a former sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo