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Nawab of Najafgarh wins McGrath face-off
The Nawab of Najafgarh Virender Sehwag has struck an important psychological blow to the Australian cause by terrorising the fiery Glenn McGrath into submission - with his words.
Our Viru showed why he is called the Nawab of Najafgarh, apart from his royal batting abilities.
With just 15 minutes to go till stumps on Day 4 of the Australia vs India Test, the batsman was smashing the fiery Aussie pacer Glenn McGrath to the boundary.
McGrath has a very short fuse on most occasions and now, with the Australians set to lose the match, the fact that the Indian opener was treating him in such a cavalier manner by thrashing a four, didn't go down well with the visitor from Down Under.
Mouthing words that were not clear to anybody off field, the bowler went forward towards a running Sehwag. We are sure that he was not asking after the Indian batsman's health.
Sehwag saw this and the JAT in him rose up through his usually taciturn demeanour. He kept walking aggressively towards the bowler, said something and looked at Glenn with fire in his eyes and a jaw set in a combative posture.
Sehwag's boxer attitude made such an impact that Glenn looked down, turned away and walked back towards his run up.
The Nawab was left alone on the field of battle savouring a victory that really epitomises the new Indian on-field character.
It has also won a great psychological victory for India whose reverberations will be felt well into the future. The usually meek Indians are no longer pushovers. When pushed against the wall they will fight. They will not play dead, they will not turn the other cheek.
They will demand respect and extract it with the force of their aggressive intent if it is not easily forthcoming.
In cricketing terms it is as good as winning a match on the field. Hereafter, the Aussie loudmouths will think twice before gesturing with anything but a smile plastered on their faces.
The credit of course goes to skipper Sourav Ganguly who has ingrained a tough attitude in his players, especially the youngsters. Examples of Harbhajan Singh being quite free with his abuse in this Test and in the last one abound. In fact, the Aussies behaved like children by complaining to the umpire about it. Zaheer Khan, Irfan Pathan and even the diminutive Parthiv Patel are not chary of standing their ground to a charging Aussie any more.
India will win many a Test through this character trait in the future.
http://o3.indiatimes.com/magicspeak/
The Nawab of Najafgarh Virender Sehwag has struck an important psychological blow to the Australian cause by terrorising the fiery Glenn McGrath into submission - with his words.
Our Viru showed why he is called the Nawab of Najafgarh, apart from his royal batting abilities.
With just 15 minutes to go till stumps on Day 4 of the Australia vs India Test, the batsman was smashing the fiery Aussie pacer Glenn McGrath to the boundary.
McGrath has a very short fuse on most occasions and now, with the Australians set to lose the match, the fact that the Indian opener was treating him in such a cavalier manner by thrashing a four, didn't go down well with the visitor from Down Under.
Mouthing words that were not clear to anybody off field, the bowler went forward towards a running Sehwag. We are sure that he was not asking after the Indian batsman's health.
Sehwag saw this and the JAT in him rose up through his usually taciturn demeanour. He kept walking aggressively towards the bowler, said something and looked at Glenn with fire in his eyes and a jaw set in a combative posture.
Sehwag's boxer attitude made such an impact that Glenn looked down, turned away and walked back towards his run up.
The Nawab was left alone on the field of battle savouring a victory that really epitomises the new Indian on-field character.
It has also won a great psychological victory for India whose reverberations will be felt well into the future. The usually meek Indians are no longer pushovers. When pushed against the wall they will fight. They will not play dead, they will not turn the other cheek.
They will demand respect and extract it with the force of their aggressive intent if it is not easily forthcoming.
In cricketing terms it is as good as winning a match on the field. Hereafter, the Aussie loudmouths will think twice before gesturing with anything but a smile plastered on their faces.
The credit of course goes to skipper Sourav Ganguly who has ingrained a tough attitude in his players, especially the youngsters. Examples of Harbhajan Singh being quite free with his abuse in this Test and in the last one abound. In fact, the Aussies behaved like children by complaining to the umpire about it. Zaheer Khan, Irfan Pathan and even the diminutive Parthiv Patel are not chary of standing their ground to a charging Aussie any more.
India will win many a Test through this character trait in the future.
http://o3.indiatimes.com/magicspeak/
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