The Fortress of Gabba is Down
It’s been a while but it still feels like yesterday when Indian Cricket Team breached the fortress of Gabba. The Australians were dismantled and destroyed by a bunch of rookies. The best player was away, the batting line-up was devastated by the Australian bowling attack in the first match itself, team was fighting countless injuries, international pundits had declared Australia whitewashing, but the Indians didn’t surrender. Every session a new Hero stood up and fought so hard as if his life and death was dependent on it. The start of the journey was heart-breaking when we lost the first match with a really embarrassing difference. Legends like Michael Clarke and Ricky Ponting predicted Australia clean sweeping the series after India lost the match. But the key is to learn from the past mistakes and ensure they aren’t repeated. In the second test at Melbourne the stand in captain Ajinkya Rahane took the charge and scored a ton to boost the morale of the team from then team never ...