Going ... Going .... Gone ..... !!!

Boy ... what a match ... fourth of March and the denizens of 'Youngistan' could make no mistakes ... and that once mighty Ozzies had to bow out to a team with an average age of 22 years ... but of course there was this Goliath of a cricketer ... Sachin, who made it possible, to the take the boys on a passage rites to become the man, they would hence forth be looked up to as ...

Economics wise this tourney was not as successful as the T20 but was very close ... one ad slot of 30 seconds went up to 2.5 L to 3.0 L and that made very good sense to the broadcasters and of course the Boards ...

Ponting and his few 'good' men put up a brave face while the Indians went berserk as was only proper. Aussie media had a power-shut-down ... a momentary lapse ... when they praised the 'new ascendants to the cricket throne' ... but they will be back ... coming summer ...!!


The 'crown' has been lost, the king is in dire straits, the king's men melancholy, few have bitten the dust, and few will have pledged to toil harder, in the times to come, but was it sweet music to an Indian ear, or a balmy buttery cajoling, when Dhoni's kids picked up the gift, they so deserved ..

For the Aussies though - it was long time coming and yesterday ... it was going ... going and gone !!