March 2001. VVS Laxman's best innings (yet!) and one of the all time great test matches brought us a lot of joy. We looked forward to the Indian team's exploits, thanks to a settled middle order. And boy, how they have delivered. Cut to Dec 2010, 10 years later and we are celebrating one of India's greatest test wins abroad. I would go so far as to say that this was the best victory ever by an Indian team. To beat the team comprising the best bowling unit in the world at the moment, in their own backyard, and that too at Durban, of all places. Can it get any better than that? VVS Laxman in the middle of it all ... well, 10 years, nothing much has changed!
What if we look ahead! There won't be any Sehwag, Dravid, Tendulkar, Laxman or indeed Zaheer Khan, 10 years down the line. Will we be able to still dominate world cricket or at least be amongst the top 3-4 teams then? Only time will tell.
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Nice memories, Sankara. I do remember how you used to argue in '99 that Pakistan's defeat against the Aussies in the test series was so much more dignified (since they made a match out of it in all 3 occasions) as against India's tame losses. I was not a keen follower of Cricket then. But this March '01 March with Layman's, David's, Harbhajan's exploits has always remained deeply etched in my mind. Not the least because I was at the right age - 24 at the time, and my career at Infy was facing hiccups then, making me wish for something like this to celebrate in life.
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