India Dethrone The World Champions In Their Own Den

Team India created history at the Gabba on Tuesday (March 4) after it defeated Australia by 9 runs in the second finals of the cricket tri-series. It was a special moment for Team India as it won series in Australia after 23 years. Indian bowlers ripped through the Australian top and middle order.

This is India's Best win in ODI's after the World Cup in 1983 and the World Championship Cricket in 1985 in Ausralia.This is India's first Tri-series win in Australia and first after Natwest trophy in 2002 in England.

After scoring a competitive 258/9 largely built around Sachin Tendulkar's majestic 91, the Indians held their nerves in the tense dying moments to stop the Australians at 249 with two balls to spare and wrap up the best-of-three finals with a 2-0 margin.

It was a remarkable display by the Indians who not only conquered the mighty Australians in their own den but brought about a happy ending to a turbulent tour, marked by a racism row involving Harbhajan Singh and a series of on-field bickerings.

This is the win of sheer determination and the boldness of Dhoni's boys to meet World Champions eye to eye in their own den. This is the victory of confidence Indian Captain MS Dhoni has shown in his younger players. Each time a etsablished player got injured(Zaheer Khan,RP Singh) or was out of sorts(S Sreesanth,Yuvraj Singh,Munaf Patel), the younger players stood up and got counted(Ishant Sharma,Rohit Sharma,Gautam Gambhir,Praveen Kumar,Piyush Chawla).

Ishant Sharma,the find of the Australian tour, in just two months has become the strike bowler for India. A guenine fast bowler who is extremely fit and athletic, has a good head on his shoulders and most impressive thing about him is that is a very quick learner. When he first came on the scene, he was bowling in the 130-140 km/h range but as he bowled long spells in the test matches, his bowling muscles grew stronger and now he is consistently bowling above 145 km/h. The defining hour which made Ishant Sharma was the his spell to Ricky Ponting, currently No.1 batsman in the world, in the Perth Test Match where Ponting was hopping and gowling all over the place to a 19-year kid and the way he got Ponting out made him feel he belongs to this level of cricket and he can trouble even the best in the business. A real find for India.