Our boys sing the song Hum Kisise Kam Nahin… as they lift the coveted ‘Border-Gavaskar Trophy’
By V.N. Prasad
Bruised and Battered, Cheteshwar Pujara stood like the ‘Rock of Gibraltar’ between the OZs and the ‘BG Trophy’ at the Gabba; as our young team lifted the coveted Trophy. Chasing 328 on the 5th day at the Gabba and against the pace battery of Cummins, Hazlewood, Starc and Green & the teaser Lyon was not a mean achievement considering the fact that we were a depleted side.
KUDOs to our young team for breaking the 32-year-old jinx at the Gabba. The journey from ‘36 Adelaide Town’ to ‘Hum Kisise Kam Nahin’ at the Gabba, was full of question marks. Galore of dropped catches, absence of monumental batting knocks (except one century by Rahane), yet lifting the trophy was indeed a “Bollywood like” thriller. OZs were not any far behind. The dictum “Catches Win Matches” was thrown to the winds. Skipper Tim Paine was ‘Painfully’ deficient behind th