The title seems weird, but not far from realistic. As we all know the matches starts early as per IST we had to wake up at 5 am in the winter cold Weather(except Perth test). Almost watched all the matches under my blanket so this title. Talking about the India's tour of Australia, Team India never looked good in the four Tests. We lost the Momentum from the 1st day of Melbourne Test. Our openers failed to give us good start. Sehwag and Gambhir's poor form was huge disapointment for India. The Wall Rahul Dravid Struggled to save his stumps as he was bowled 6 times in a series. Although Sachin was getting good starts couldn't convert them to hundred. The man who always perform well against Australia VVS Laxman couldn't stand up to the exceptations. Well talking about Skipper Dhoni, once again he failed to impress in Tests. Although Virat Kohli scored a Century in last Test it was too late. Our batsmen did not showed any resiliency through out the series.
Bowlers
Taking about bowling department Yadav & Zaher bowled really well, but can't say the same for others. India certainly missing a bowler like Anil Kumble. Who can bowl wicket to wicket consistently. Ironicaly Ashwin was better with the bat rather than bowl. Ishant Sharma never looked like wicket taking bowler. He bowled too short. India didn't played as a team through out the series. Couldn't perform under pressure. Ironically so far it's been hibernating tour for India. No one showed resilience to fight back.
What's next?
After the two consecutive Whitewash defeats in overseas, people forcing Senior players to retire. easier said than done. They are facing Criticism. Well we didn't even find a replacement for Sourav Ganguly after his retirement. The big question is who will replace Dravid, Laxman or Sachin's spot? Will India able to win a Test matches in overseas without them? Well time will tell we should wait and watch.
