JANUARY 19 - A DAY TO REMEMBER 

                                                   19th of January, 2008 and 19th of January, 2021 will be remembered in the History Books of Cricket for the greatest come back wins .If Perth in 2008 after all that happened in Sydney is special, then Brisbane 2021 is what you dream as a fan. The team that is bruised, battered and abused had achieved some thing in Brisbane that no away team could do since 1988. After 20-30 years, they might look on the history book one day and they see the score of the 4th innings in Brisbane and it may seems nothing special, after all records are meant to be broken. But what they might not understand is the context. This is by far the greatest performance by an Indian test team.

                                Test cricket is all about Patience, Resilience, Grit, Determination and Tenacity.

This Indian team gave a new definition to test cricket the way they played on 5th day Gabba track which is stated as a night mare for touring teams. Shubman gilll who is 21 years old square cuts Mitchell starc for a six the final over before lunch, Rishabh pant comes down the track and launches Nathan lyon way over long on for a maximum when the previous delivery left him and spun a mile towards the first slip, Washington sundar playing his first match hooks one of the best fast bowlers in world cricket Patrick cummins for a six. well, This is new generation INDIA who don't understand fear.         

                                      India went into this test match with 13 wickets and the most experienced bowler in the team had an experience of playing 2 test matches against the Australian Quatret of 1000 plus test wickets to their name.  India could have easily played for a draw and retain the Border-Gavaskar trophy, but from the very first ball they went for a win. Sport is always a team effort, individuals may win you matches but team effort wins you cups and tournaments and you could see that in this Indian team. This team has pujara who could play an innings like that after all the body blows he took and made sure that the australian bowlers ran out of gas and they could not use the second new ball to their advantage and allowed the gill's, pant's and sundar's who could attack from the very first ball and could do what they are very best at because every player in the team played for the team and the captain played a cameo making sure the intentions of the team that they want a win rather than a draw.

                                In the History of Indian cricket there has not been a turn around like this. Every time India looked like they were beaten, they hit back harder than they were hit. They played as a team, won as a team and celebrated as a team. Every individual in the team contributed his very best in his very own way. They walked around the ground altogether like a team, as a collective team and the tradition of handing over the trophy to the debutant in the team and presenting a signed t-shirt to an opposition player Nathan lyon for his 100th test. These are the things which you dream of. These are the things which make you fall in love with the sport. 19th of January will always be remembered................