November 10, 2008

India Beat Australia (2 - 0) & Bengal Tiger Retired

India beat Australia by 172 runs in 4th Test, win series 2-0. MS Dhoni gave Sourav Ganguly a gift to remember by making him "captain" during the last stages of the match as Australia slumped to a 172-run defeat.

Australia lost their wickets at regular intervals after a fighting partnership between Hayden and Hussey was broken by young Mishra who had the latter caught at slip by Rahul Dravid who had a forgettable match with the bat and as a slip fielder too.

The former India skipper, who missed the chance to score a century in his farewell appearance after having started his Test career with a bang a debut ton at Lord's in 1996 faded from the limelight with the happiness that he was part of a victorious team at the end.

He was chaired off the ground after being hugged by all his teammates and the Australian players and was also greeted by retired captain Anil Kumble who has returned from Bangalore to see the finale.

Ceremony is about to begin. Man of the Match :Jason Krejza Man of the Series: Ishant Sharma.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The retirement of ganguly!!!it is a big loss for the Indian team.