Dhoni and Kohli share respect: years of harmony ahead, writes Ravi Shastri
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Most thought India could go all the way. It was a 300-plus team with the bat. Bowlers left nothing standing on the table. Fielders looked good enough to get 10 run-outs.
Let’s pause. Isn’t this the same team which had lost in Tests and triseries? Which had been on tour for almost half the year. Which was without its Test captain in first and last gambit. Which hardly had anyone with 50 Tests. Which wasn’t long in years. Which had scars of England. Which had blank pages for history. Which…never mind.
These were not two teams. One which lost everything. From one which won everything. Their yardstick was different. They wanted to see the Australians in the eye. Not for once take a backward step.
Improve in skills. Get better in mind. Bond stronger every next day. They ended up ticking all these boxes. And that’s why the team which took the field in Sydney had your support.
You trusted them to defend the title. They trusted themselves.
In my view, this tour to Australia was an unqualified success. I’m not biased; I would’ve said the same behind a microphone.
If India was bad, they wouldn’t have 400-plus in each of the four Tests. They would have looked to shut the shop in Adelaide rather than go for that 360-plus target. They would have buckled after hours in sun against a relentless team. In four back-to-back Tests inside a month. There are more instances of finding an all-white penguin in Antarctica than winning visitors in Australia.
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