Muddai lakh bura chahe to kya hota hai!!!

''Muddai lakh bura chahe to kya hota hai, vahi hota hai jo manzoore kunda hota ha''
Basically, this couplet in urdu means that even if people speak ill of you and wish for bad things to happen to you, only that will happen which the God has in store for you (Otherwise, the whole world would have parished by now!)

Indeed, it was High Tea at Perth for India, when their fans were enjoying Lunch Time in India!

India were 177 for 2 at Lunch. Probably 20-30 more than what people expected to be the team’ss total at this stage. More significantly, they had lost eight wickets less. And at Perth! If someone had just read the score without naming the team, over 90 per cent (not in know of who had won the toss) would have thought that the Australia were simply batting too well!

Openers gave India a 50 plus stand, with Sehwag riding his luck. But then one always knew that Sehwag will give chances. He plays to dominate, and it can have some adverse side effects too.

Sehwag was trying to hit out at every delivery initially in his eagerness to score, and was missing quite a few too. But by the end of his small but significant essay, he had done the job. Thanks to his presence, India had got their best start of the series, which Tendulkar and Dravid made full use of.

And how the threat was tamed. Tait’s bowling was in tatters, 43 runs coming of his nine overs till tea. Indian batsmen were aggressive, not evasive. The biggest threat eliminated even before it began.

Whatever happens now, a score of 300+ will provide some real challenge to Australia. The match will surely not end in three days, unless the Australians are on the losing side!