Great Victory - Team India creates history

Congratulations to Team India on their victory in the final test. They deserved it all from the very beginning of the test series. They always were better than the West Indians in both the first and second match. But they had to be satisfied with a draw. However their performance was very bad in the third match, when they were on the managed to save the match and draw it.

The final match was different. It was a complete low scorer. On the first day itself, the Team India's first innings was brought to an end. Captain's knock by Rahul Dravid and Anil Kumble saved the face in the first innings. Good performance by the Indian bowlers put India on top again. End of the second day, India was 6 wickets down. They started with a lead of 97 runs, but did not add much to the total. Again the end of day 2, on the crease were Dravid and Anil Kumble. But they could not repeat the feat of the first innings. India ended their second innings with a target of 269.

Now the focuse shifted to the Indian bowlers. They lived upto the expectations and restricted West Indians to a total of 219. India won the match by 49 runs.

The only difference was India had Rahul Dravid. He symbolizes his appellation "The Wall". He is dependable. He is a boon to Indian Cricket. India under his captaincy created history. They won a test series outside India after a gap of 20 years, in WI after 35 years. It is a very long period, more than three generations of cricketers. Many players changed, many captains and coaches changed but they all failed to make the country proud while playing overseas.

When team fails, it is Captain who is blamed. When team wins, the credit goes to the so called "team-play". But this time, it was proved wrong. India won and the credit goes and even went to Dravid, the captain. He performed and he was the difference between India and WI. He was aptly awarded Man-of-the-Match. He performed in all the matches, so the Man-of-the-Series was also awarded to him.

With this performance, Rahul Dravid created a special place for himself in the history of Indian Cricket. Many more players would come, equal number would go, many captains would come and go, coach would change many times. But this performance would never be erased. It would remain for ever.

First Innings:
India 200
WI 103

Second Innings:
India 171
WI 219