Mr.M.S.Dhoni and his company deserves our heartiest congratulations for levelling the series in odd circumstances as they were not given ample time to aclimatize or practice in a new situation. To add to their woes, the host did not show sportsman spirit as they batted the whole second innings not giving India feel the newly laid pitch.
Second, three main players, Yuvraj, Gautam and Harbhajan were declared unfit. Zaheer's replacement Sree Sant was also sent back adding another name in the injury list.
Third, rain marred the day and inclement weather made the batting difficult. So, Dhoni's reputation of not losing a test match was at stake. Under the circumstances, he regrouped his team and managed a draw in the second reminding the host his team is No. One in the ranking. As a result, in the third test such a facile victory did not come as surprise. Many pundits reading 53 /3 felt critical but without looking through the value of the wickets. The first four wickets were of Sehwag (most prized one), Vijay, out of form Dravid (Who could not score even a half century), and night wathman Sharma.
Tendulkar and Lakshman showed their class and facilitated India to win the test easily. The debutant Raina maintained his style and form. Bowlers woke up from their slumber and showed the way of regaining form and confidence. The fielding was also not bad as not a single catch was dropped nor a chance was missed.
One weakness of Indian side again surfaced that her bowlers failed to get tailenders out quickly and allowed Mendis to score 78. To sum up, the match was played in friendly spirit without any controversy. The standard of umpiring was more or less flawless. Every one may expect such exciting matches to enhance the popularity of test matches.
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