What was the difference between the India of the 1st Test against Sri Lanka and the India of the 2nd Test?
OK, I will wait while you compare the two scorecards.
The only difference was Mishra and Sharma went out, and Ojha and Sreesanth came in.
The batting pretty much clicked in both matches, but the main difference was the bowling.
It bears repeating. Batsmen do not win matches. Bowlers do.
From 1990 to 2000, recall how many matches did India win when Kumble (or Harbhajan) were on fire. How many did they win when neither clicked?
As a nation, we are too obsessed with the big-hitters and ton-makers. Spare a thought for the hard workers who convert the zero in a Test series to natural numbers.
