Lee looms large over Indian worries
INDIA failed to take advantage of the Australian selectors' conservatism in Adelaide and their punishment will be to face the express pace of Brett Lee at the MCG.



Kapil Dev's desire to protect the team's inefficiencies is glaring
``Kapil Paaji is out of this world,'' is an oft-repeated comment from the Indian captain. All this and many more compliments have come Kapil Dev's way during his playing days.



A century full of ironies
Then there were two. One overhead, one ankle. One missed, one twisted and Indian tennis going ever so smoothly was left to fend for what has been rather than what could have been.



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