India won the 3rd and final cricket test match against Sri Lanka thanks to a very very special innings by the very very special Laxman. It is as good a win as we see in test matches. It feels good when your team wins under difficult situations, today was no different and Indians won when almost everybody had written them off. On a crumbling pitch Indians showed their metal and it took a brilliant innings from VVS Laxman and solid support from Sachin Tendulkar for them to pull this victory.
After a humiliating loss in the first test match, Indians came back strongly to draw the second test match and then they took the momentum forward in the third test match and won it to draw the series. Well this is what we expect from the No 1 test team which boosts of the worlds most formidable batting line up that includes the likes of Sachin, Dravid, Laxman, Sehwag, Gambhir, Yuvraj, Raina and Dhoni. The bowling department was the weak link with the likes of Zaheer and Nehra missing from it. But the end result was satisfactory. Well Done guys.
This win can easily be attributed to the valiant batting efforts of VVS Laxman, the way he played was simply superb and it looked like he was tailor made for the situation and every shot was measured and executed to perfection. He had a back ache and scores almost 50 runs with a runner. But this was one of the better innings I have seen under pressure, the innings he played against Australia while India was following on still remains his best innings ever. I guess the Lankans missed the experience of Murali in the spin department but nevertheless it was a superb batting effort from the Indians to pull it off.
After a humiliating loss in the first test match, Indians came back strongly to draw the second test match and then they took the momentum forward in the third test match and won it to draw the series. Well this is what we expect from the No 1 test team which boosts of the worlds most formidable batting line up that includes the likes of Sachin, Dravid, Laxman, Sehwag, Gambhir, Yuvraj, Raina and Dhoni. The bowling department was the weak link with the likes of Zaheer and Nehra missing from it. But the end result was satisfactory. Well Done guys.
This win can easily be attributed to the valiant batting efforts of VVS Laxman, the way he played was simply superb and it looked like he was tailor made for the situation and every shot was measured and executed to perfection. He had a back ache and scores almost 50 runs with a runner. But this was one of the better innings I have seen under pressure, the innings he played against Australia while India was following on still remains his best innings ever. I guess the Lankans missed the experience of Murali in the spin department but nevertheless it was a superb batting effort from the Indians to pull it off.
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