In the build-up to the Border Gavaskar Trophy, Australia had cried hoarse about the nature of the pitch that was on offer for the first Test at Jamtha. By the end of the first day’s play, they would have realized that more than the pitch, they are probably no longer the team they once used to be.
The word ‘mighty’ that so comfortably qualified Australian sides over the years might just have lost its way in the sands of time. What we get these days is a skeleton of a glorious past that invariably capitulates when somebody decides to take them head-on.
