A spirited West Indies fresh from its victory in Bangladesh did frighten the Indians.However this was the Feroze Sah Kotla and for a changeIndia had the attack which is young and give us hope.When an Indian fast bowler matches the West Indian quick at the speed gun, it is heartening and the dropping of Harbhajan caused no problem at all.
It is the batting that unravelled in the first innings and refused to in the second.The pattern is at once good news in the short time frame with the Australian visit coming up and not so much good news in that the only gen next batsman to feature in this match failed in both innings.That for India to be competitive even against this West Indies side, we need the redoubtable trio of Dravid,Tendulkar and Laxman to bat well means that they are presently indispensable.
They could not save the series in England because selectors had not taken Yadav.Had Yadav with his ninety miles an hour bowling been available in England along with Aswin instead of Harbhajan,the team could have fought in a better way.
Which of course means that an in between generation has to be passed over for Kohli and Pujara to replace the seemingly irreplaceable.Moreover with a reduced work load and little ODI and Ranji Trophy, there is no reason these players may be around for three to four more years.after all army officers and policemen do not teire at forty and the do not do any less strenuous work.They become senior Officers and lead by sheer experience.
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