Visitors have planned their tour well
The loss of the toss hit the Indians hard. What made it harder was the total of 474 amassed by the Aussies, writes Kris Srikkant.
That incompetent batting and substandard umpiring do not go well together, was a harsh fact that the Indians found out in Bangalore. This is a world famous batting line-up but they did no credit to their hard-earned reputation by going down dismally twice in one Test.
That the many decisions that went against their batsmen as well as some for the Australian batsmen did not help either is something, that unfortunately, will not be recorded in the books.
On a pitch made for them, the loss of the toss hit the Indians hard. What made it harder was their letting the Aussies get away from a position of 150-odd for five to as big a total as 474. The Indian bowling was very good till lunch on day one but thereafter right till lunch on day 2, it was all about Gilchrist and the extremely talented Michael Clarke.
What a knock the young man played on his debut. I was particularly impressed by the way he moved his feet and the ease with which he executed his strokes.
Credit must be given where its due and the Australian bowlers deserve a lot of it. The visitors have obviously planned their tour well. No room was given to the Indian batsmen, who love any width on offer, and the number of victims bowled or caught leg before, is a good indicator of the accuracy maintained by McGrath and company.
