India came back swinging in this series — literally so. They kept the new ball up and close to the batsman, shaping in and out on a wicket that had severe temptations to bend the back and see the rise from the corner of the eyes.

The Indians don’t match up to the legendary Caribbean pacers who notched up the last win here at the WACA ground. And they have left the big names — Zaheer Khan, Sreesanth, Munaf Patel and Ajit Agarkar - back home because of injuries. But now, they can applaud the juniors.

This Indian seam attack of RP Singh, Irfan Pathan and Ishant Sharma proved that they are no longer the weak links. RP is establishing himself, Pathan is on the verge of forging his reentry into Test cricket fold while Ishant is the newcomer.

Terry Alderman, one of Australia’s greatest swing bowlers, saw them here and said their success is due to “the correct technique of the Indians in holding the ball, nothing else”.

Venkatesh Prasad, India’s bowling coach believes it’s the natural grip and working on little body positioning that has given the desired results. So we have three different heights and speeds of bowlers running in with three different grips while holding the ball and getting the same results.

So Australia were beaten by the swing - like Simon Jones, Matthew Hoggard and Andrew Flintoff. This Indian team did everything similar with the kookaburra like the English, including the pink jellies and exploiting the loopholes in the laws of cricket books.

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