Tuesday, March 04, 2008

CB Series in perspective

India has done well in the CB Series 2007-08. This column was not so optimistic when last visiting this topic. Therefore dressed in sack clothes and smeared in ashes and tongue firmly in cheek we would like to remind the Indian team about the aftermath of the CB Series victory for the winner of last year ever since.
England won the series 2-0 and almost as dramatically. They struggled in the initial part but qualified over New Zealand for the finals. Their victory was some kind of solace after a five nil Ashes drubbing. Since then, England has had a mediocre World Cup, lost to the West Indies and India at home and New Zealand away. Their one and only victory was in the away series in Sri Lanka late last year.
Therefore while we must celebrate a well achieved victory, we must not get carried away.