Aussies, do not play india again if you have the 17 tests win in mind

Aussies, do not play India again if you have the 17 tests win in mind.

It will remain as history that India stopped the Aussies twice when they were supposed to win their 17th Test match. Once in India and once on their own soil.

All the 4 days of the match, Aussies never seemed to be have an upper hand except for the last hour of play. If Aussies showed the same courage and determination that they showed in the last one hour of play the whole of 4 days, they would have had their 17th Test win in their pocket.

Right from the time that they let the Indian batsmen score on the 1st day to the last min when their batsmen did not do their job for them; Aussies never played like they had won all the 16 tests they had played earlier to this.

Coming to Perth from Sydney which was one of the most unfair test match in the history of cricket, Indian cricket team was all pumped up. Wonder who actually helped the team to put in all the agony and pain on the field instead of just showing it off the field. Whoever it was; Hats off to him/her/them.

It was a team performance. The score card was distributed. No big hundred; 93 from Dravid being the highest score of a batsman in the match; no 5 wickets next to any bowler. Everybody chipped in. Be it runs or wickets.

Last but not the least. Coming to Perth from Sydney; it was good to see no sledging from both the teams; except for some stares that's always healthy. India showed character letting down the complaint on Hogg which was setting an example of modesty, sportsmanship and helding up the tradition of leave the things on the field on the field and move on.

India have everything to play for going to Adelide. The last test match that they played there; India wrapped up Steve Waugh led Australian team pretty comfortably. As in Kumble's words "It would be good if we can square the series".

If India win at Adelide; it will not be a mistake to tell that the Indians won the Gavaskar-Border trophy of 2007-08 2 (India) - 1 (Australia) (Keeping in mind that the Sydney test was one sided against the fairness of the game).