1-1 would have been fair

India's most controversial test series down under just got concluded. It was a great fight given by the spirited team lead from the front by Anil Kumble. The Sydney fiasco marked by very cruel umpiring decisions and some non-resolute batting from India on the last day cost the series. Ideally if the umpiring decisions were in favour of India then the we would have won the series but that is history now and you can keep on discussing for generations to come

From all quarters the Sydney test will not be remembered by many die hard fans of cricket in India and world over. The test got all its criticism from all experts from the cricketing world including the great cricket journalist Peter Roebuck from the Sydney Herald.

The series discovered the birth of Ishant Sharma a bright prospect for the future but the spin wing was very disappointing except for Kumble who bowled well in parts. In fact Sewhag bowled better than Bajji and could bother the batsman more than Bajji. What is wrong with Bajji ? One has to do a serious introspection get into the route cause of his poor bowling show. Baji may be a agressive cricketer but as a bowler the killer instinct and bite was missing. Sewag came back to form but it was the seasoned men in the middle which helped India getting good runs. Wasim Jaffer will be happy to forget this series. He will have to take fresh guard when the home series with Proteas begins in India. One also need to study why Dhoni failed ? Did he move away from his natural style of playing ? Or is the Aussies laid a trap for him ?

All said and done a good show by Jumbo's men. The BCCI should pick up some learning's from this tour. You need to plan a itinerary that suits India so that there is good match practice for the Indian team to acclimatise. I hope the BCCI will take a note of this for their next tour.