The Indian team for once decided to showcase both their bowling and batting talents in one match itself.I am not being sarcastic but it was one of the very few circumstances in which both the departments shone.India's prowess has always been its batting.We haven't shown ourselves to have a particularly strong bowling in the recent past which makes this effort all the more sweet.
After a very good bowling performance in the first innings,the batsmen did what was required of them,i.e.,put the match out of England's reach.Though England ran away with the first session of Day 4 plundering runs at will,the bowling after lunch was raised a few notches the LBW of Kevin Peterson being a fine example.Zaheer's impeccable line and late swing did England in and the tail was not allowed to wag,something that we have often allowed in the past .A sub 75 target was never going to be a diificult task on a pitch that had no devils in it and Karthik along with Jaffer saw to it India didn't lose early wickets while Ganguly and Dravid saw India home,fitting enough since both these great batsmen made their debut in England and this could well be their last tour of England.Overall a good effort by the whole team and a victory to savour.
A special note on Karthik: This guy has got a wonderful temparament to go along with his sound technique and is quite aggressive too.He has settled wonderfully into the role of an opener and if he continues like this,Sehwag may well be looking at a spot in the middle order when he returns.
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