Clash of The Titans in Bengaluru

No one expected such a big match and what a battle it was, Clash of the Titans and two teams who were engaged with controversies and always given some entertaining cricket.
There were exciting moments in the match and was really a good match to be remembered and only thing this match has left void is that was the result.. If there was a winner then it would have been a great contest.

Even before the series begun the war of the words started Stuart Clark warning Indian players not to play mind games with Mathew Hayden which will just bring the best of him, (As though our guys are there just to play mind games and not to cricket and guess who says it an Australian player, these guys are known for playing mind games both off and on the field and they are warning us. I should say Stuart Clark has a good Sense of humor).
The Australians definitely missed lot of experienced players like Glen Macgrath, Adam Gilchrist, Shane Warne, Damian Martin, Justin Langer and Steve Waugh since they were retired and Andrew Symonds was not in the team after missing the team meeting with a gone fishing episode, there were only three players in the Team who have played test cricket before in India, Mathew Hayden, Ricky Ponting and Michel Clarke. This team was said to be the weakest Australian tour that was touring India when compared to the teams which toured in the last Decade. The main thing which was spoken about was the lack of an experienced, front line spin bowler. The Aussies had Cameron White, Jason Krejza and Bryce McGain were the spinners named in Aussie Line up though Cameron White was called late and replaced the Injured Bryce Mcgain. All these three Spinners were yet to make their International debut.
Indians too had their own concerns about the failure of their famed middle order. The FAB FOUR failing to click in the India tour of Sri Lanka which resulted in the series loss to India were on papers and there were comments about the FAB FOUR saying that it was time of these guys to retire. Though Indian Captain Anil Kumble said It was just a series that they failed and everyone knows what they have done to Indian Cricket over a decade there were talks about someone or the other getting dropped and omission of Sourav Ganguly from Irani Cup added more to the media. Sourav Ganguly's decision to retire after the series added more expectations from the FAB FOUR.
After all these speculations around the First test begun of October 9th, India lost a crucial toss and was forced to field since the toss winning captain Ricky Ponting wanted to bat first.