Don't blame Ashwin, He played really well!!!

Day before yesterday we saw scintillating form of REAL cricket. In a cricket crazy country, we are as always not happy with the draw test match. It was really mind boggling to see when two teams play nearly 350 Overs of cricket and still end up in tie. This happen in life also when we see something unexpected but why do we get so upset with the things which we cannot control.

Like the cricket match between India and West Indies, where two teams played the highest form of the cricket that is to offer. WI as expected had put a superb fight, as they were down and out in first two test matches. Even after lead of 100 runs in the first inning they gave up the match by collapsing in the next inning. India as usual played their best cricket in the second inning. Second match almost got ended in the first inning itself when WI collapsed in dramatic circumstances but they gave the fight in the next inning. But all that gone in vain as lead was too much to handle.

First two matches surely set the tone for third test in wankhede. We all were expecting the collapse from Carrebian cricketers, as they also did not had the services of India Harassing Shivanarayan Chanderpaul in their ranks. Contrary to the script they had put nearly 600 score on the pitch, which was seemed as dead pitch. India looked uninterested in the match result but in. Sachin did not disappointed them and almost wrote the perfect script by crossing 90 runs but rush of blood my maestro got him out.

After that Indians were on the way of WI Collapse, the just married man showed his newly wedded wife that she has married to an all-rounder and not to just an off spinner. R. Ashwin scored a surprising hundred and did not disappoint the crowd which gathered to see Sachin's Ton. He also avoided the embarrassing follow-on and gave respectability to India’s Total.

India bowlers who toiled very hard in the first inning showed that how menacing could be the 5th day pitch and wrapped the WI’s inning in 140+ score. This gave a real hope to the Indians that they could still get the clean sweep and they did state in that fashion. Everyone wanted Sachin’s batting to click but WI kept on coming with discipline line and length. India kept on loosing wickets in regular intervals and thus the hope of winning the match.

It did looked like India winning the match even after losing 8 wickets and 3 runs need of 6 balls but Aron threw few dots and Ashwin assured that India wont loose the match. The accuracy of Fidel Edwards played off and Match was tied on the last ball as Ashwin did not go for 2nd run which was never there.
On that evening even though India did not lose the match, the scenes on the ground and outside looked contrary to it. Everyone was blaming R. ashwin for the loss, but they forget about the top 7 batsmen in the Indian team. No one played the inning which was needed where Ashwin showed the courage to stick to the wicket and made sure that India do not end up on losing side.

This test match was surely will be remembered by the tie achieved on the last ball but for me it was the performance of the spinners which stood apart. After a long time, I saw the 2 spinners bowling in tandem and playing havoc in the other teams ranks. R. Ashwin truly deserved the man of the match. I am now assured that Harbhajan singh's days are over and I really want that way. I have been really frustrated by the Bhajji's third rated bowling and really want to not to see him.