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Not literally, but in a cricket sense.
No need for flame retardants.
On a day when 15 wickets fell, only 33.33.33.33 percent of them were Indians.
Pathan came back from obscurity, and after taking 2 wickets, even threw in a sledge or two.
RP continued to bowl like a man fighting for a bollywood contract.
And the Sharma Mantis did some of the best celebrating this side of Narre Warren.
Australia collapsed under good swing bowling, see here, but mostly they just collapsed.
Some had back luck, Rogers got a dodgy decision, and Jacques got a jaffa.
Some played weird shots, Pontings attempt at not quite defending or leaving and King Probots waft.
But the rest fell to good quality nuts.
Gilly’s was a classic, Roy’s was clever and Clarke’s, whilst predictable, was very well executed.
So why is India suddenly good, I put the blame solely on Sehwag.
The slapper from slaphadabad (or Dasher from Dehli) is back and he makes India look like a real cricket side.
First morning of the test Australia got pummelled, India had the momentum. No offence to Dravid and Jaffer, but sitting on your bat watching Mitchell Johnson bowl wide of off stump is not productive cricket.
Sehwag got India off to the best start of the series, quickly, and he didn’t even make a real score.
Then in comes Pathan, the bastard child of Vass and Akram, and he has remembered how to bowl, RP continues the good work and all of a sudden India are in the box seat.
They didn’t even collapse when Roy and Gilly started handing them their own @ssholes.
Instead they continued to bowl well, knowing that eventually the wickets would come again.
Sure they got a bit defensive with their field, but it wouldn’t feel like India on tour if they attacked all the time.
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