WOW..amazing..fantastic..mind blowing are just a few words that can be considered an understatement of India's performance in the last one day international at Karachi..The last one day international and what a way to finish off the series at 4-1.

It has been the 13th one-day match that India has chased a total and so convincingly won it. Of all these 13 matches, this one stands on top. At an asking run rate of more than 8 runs an over and a Pakistan bowling attack that surprisingly was tight for a few spells..I was thinking that the Paks might want to finish off this one day series with a win and save some disgrace..but eventually as the match progressed what the current Indian team showed was that the fate of the match did not rest on a "rested" Tendulkar's shoulders nor did the wall of confidence break when Rahul "The wall" Dravid fell after a fine half century.

The youngsters, Yuvraj and Dhoni showed that this team is made of enourmous grit, courage and consistency and has shown that nothing is impossible. Even at that daunting asking rate they did not seem to be deterred one bit and continued making runs, slowly but consistently. I was getting impatient at one point thinking what these guys had in mind by taking singles and the two runs and whether they had any idea of the rising required run rate but when they finished the match with three overs to spare, I realised that these guys and the current team means serious business and they will go a long way.

The credit goes to quite a few people for this tremendous victory. First of all to Rahul Dravid for captaining the side not just as a captain passing on orders to his "boys" but letting them do what they are best at and leading from the front with some impressive performances of his own. Coach Greg Chapell who has changed the mind set of the entire team and last but not the least the boys themselves..well am justified when I say the boys themselves because, all of us go through rough patches at various times in our lives, but to come out of that rough patch, nobody can help us but ourselves and that is what these guys have done and proved..

Iam eagerly looking forward to the series with England which Iam sure will be exciting. I sincerely hope Mike Vaughn has something seriously effective in store for this Indian squad or Iam sure he is going to be the first one to be called for the presentation ceremony as the loosing captain. As far as Inzy is concerned, his team has a long way to go, interms of bowling, fielding and most importantly confidence and consistency.

England, welcome home and have a pleasant stay.... hopefully :-)

Cheers
~N~