When I was six days old, or 13 days old (depending on which version of the story I was told), I was taken to my first cricket ground.
Seth Raistrick Reserve. Off Sydney Rd. Campbellfield. Victoria. Australia.
The ground had no sightscreens, seemed…
There is thinking different, and there is being different. Ashwin was smart enough to be the first one, and courageous enough to do the second.
Steve Smith allowed KL Rahul to be the hero, and then snatched it away. It was another day in the haunted legacy of KL Rahul.
India lost wickets through half-volleys on the pads, a throwdown wide of the wicket, and a push at a soccer ball.
What Rohit Sharma did today has an extraordinarily long history. Teams go up north, see grass and bowl. And usually, Australia wins.