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Some interesting and random sub-plots from the warm up game.
What looked like a cake walk turned into choke walk for the Aussies.
The match looked all but over at Australia 118 / 1 in the 22 over.
But as was quoted by Yogi Berra, "It ain't over until it is over !".
13 people played for India on Sunday the 13th February.
One bad-boy [Sreesanth] welcomed another bad boy [Ponting] in a manner that suited both.
Australia couldn't warm up enough in the cold wintry Bangalore evening and collapsed like Pakistan. The Pakistani Umpire must have felt at home.
Krejza continues to pick the wicket of Sehwag when he least looks like doing anything on field.
Raina and Yuvi continue to compete with each other and we still don't know who is behind.
Chawla has at least for the time being, proved me wrong and put Yuvi and Raina in serious trouble.
If pitches continue to behave this way throughout the Cup, it might be 2 + 2 + part-timers for India. Nehra and Sree will have to fill in the second seamer's slot.
Yusuf Pathan will retire with more sixes than fours, singles or twos at the end of his career.
It looked as if Johnson had started the walk back even before Bhajji bowled the ball. He was very close to the boundary line when Dhoni removed the bails.
Ponting's slog sweep was neither a slog nor a sweep. It almost looked like a swog sleep or whatever.
Michael Clarke makes a better Captain than a batsman if that is any consolation.
Virat Kohli is good. But he still isn't Dravid or Laxman. Neither in the slips nor with the clips [of the hips].
Munaf Patel did a huge favor to us. We knew he'd be cannon-fodder on Indian pitches. Thankfully he proved that well before the curtain-raiser.
Mitchell Johnson again bowled twice as many wides as all the Indian bowlers together.
Australia bowled more than 4 additional overs thanks to wides.
In fact not only Johnson but Hastings, Lee and Dussey out-wide-balled India.
And to think I was one of the very few Indians who didn't get to bowl today because Aussies folded up in 38 overs.
Ashwin and Nehra won the match for India. The 44 runs the No. 10 / 11 scored was the difference.
Australia's part-time spinners appear to be better than the main spinner.
India's lower order looks better than the middle order [which is still in South Africa].
And finally, a sensational scoop, breaking news and revelation all put together...
Sachin and Zaheer are India's secret weapons being hidden from the opponents.
S-Pun Doctor
