There can be various reasons for this shift and the 2 that immediately come to my mind are India's historic victory in that 2001 series and the fact that since 2002, no other country has won even a single test match in Australia, while India has won 2!!! This rivalry shift is not limited to India only, and in Australia too, people now consider Border-Gavaskar trophy almost as big as Ashes. They have their own reasons for this: India has twice broke their record winning streak (and both times it was remarkable wins against all odds), Steve Waugh called India the final frontier, Ricky Ponting has been an utter failure with bat in India (scored next to nothing in 2001, and played only 1 match in 2004 - which apparently was the only match they lost) and even the great Shane Warne had nightmares about bowling to Indian batters, FOR Crictime Server 2 . Almost every cricket fan in Australia is looking forward to this forthcoming series, all of my colleagues at work are t
Dear Sachin No doubt you have done immense service to cricket in general and Indian cricket in particular. But, can you just stop thinking about yourself, thinking selfishly and for a moment consider what a “rationale” Indian fan would think then you would definitely agree to some of the things I am going to say in the article / letter. Why spoil the combination Let us take a look at the current Indian team composition. And more importantly the performance of the openers. I don’t need to throw data at you but you know that off late the Indian team openers have done a tremendous job and it is showing up in the results off late. As is always mentioned, why fix what ain’t broken Sachin. If not in opening position, where else will you fit I still remember the tantrum you threw when you were removed from the opening position before the previous world cup. You generally do not indulge into media speeches and leaks but when you are really really pissed off, you cannot hold back (poor poor