Welcome to the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chepauk, ladies and gentlemen!
It's a new series, a new test, and a new round of engrossing duels between two good teams.
In what has been an appalling year and a half for the Indian cricket fan, right since August 2011, one hopes that the Indian team will turn the corner and come up trumps, against an Aussie side that is short on match experience in Indian conditions.
A tough test beckons the Aussies against an embattled Indian side, whose batsmen have been found wanting in the recent past.
The good thing for the Indians, though, is that the Aussie spin attack does not look anywhere near as formidable as the English one, which had Panesar and Swann.
The pace quartet of Pattinson, Starc, Henriques, and Siddle would still be a handful, even on Indian dustbowls.
I am glad that the Indians have made the right selections, with the long-due Gautam Gambhir being told to get back in form if intends to don national colors again.
Virender Sehwag must also have been sounded out, and one hopes it is not only his lenses which have been corrected this time, but also his attitude, which can be less cavalier, at least in the initial part of his innings.
India needs such outstanding talent to stay longer in the middle, and shine brighter instead of just glittering for a few moments before fading into oblivion and mediocrity.
Harbhajan Singh is another cricketer to watch out for, coming as he is on a second wind. There's much to look out for, as Chennai beckons us in the curtain raiser to a potentially exciting and well-contested series.
In the interest of Indian cricket, hopefully we are in for a good time...let the games begin!!
It's a new series, a new test, and a new round of engrossing duels between two good teams.
In what has been an appalling year and a half for the Indian cricket fan, right since August 2011, one hopes that the Indian team will turn the corner and come up trumps, against an Aussie side that is short on match experience in Indian conditions.
A tough test beckons the Aussies against an embattled Indian side, whose batsmen have been found wanting in the recent past.
The good thing for the Indians, though, is that the Aussie spin attack does not look anywhere near as formidable as the English one, which had Panesar and Swann.
The pace quartet of Pattinson, Starc, Henriques, and Siddle would still be a handful, even on Indian dustbowls.
I am glad that the Indians have made the right selections, with the long-due Gautam Gambhir being told to get back in form if intends to don national colors again.
Virender Sehwag must also have been sounded out, and one hopes it is not only his lenses which have been corrected this time, but also his attitude, which can be less cavalier, at least in the initial part of his innings.
India needs such outstanding talent to stay longer in the middle, and shine brighter instead of just glittering for a few moments before fading into oblivion and mediocrity.
Harbhajan Singh is another cricketer to watch out for, coming as he is on a second wind. There's much to look out for, as Chennai beckons us in the curtain raiser to a potentially exciting and well-contested series.
In the interest of Indian cricket, hopefully we are in for a good time...let the games begin!!
