Will to Win

The ongoing cricket ODI series between India and Australia , is turning out to be an interesting one.Iam writing this blog when Australia lead the series 3-2 , I still can't predict who will win the series , but one thing is clear for sure that its a series which is defining the face of Australian cricket for years to come.
It can still be said with lots of conviction that Australian cricket is in safe hands, in the past 2 years they have lost - Warne,Langer,Martyn,Hogg,Hayden,Symonds,McGrath,Gilchrist and Gillespie all world class players who are capable of forming a world cup winning team amongst themselves.
Prior to the start of the series with India they won the Champions Trophy silencing their critics and lost key players to injuries who are forming the nucleus of the team - Michael Clarke,David Hussey,Siddle,Bracken,Lee,Haddin,Paine,Johnson and latest addition being Henriques.The fact Iam outlining this is that Ponting is leading a bench strength team currently against India who are ranked no. 2 in ICC world rankings and still have managed to lead the series 3-2.
I personally feel that the 5th ODI spoke volumes of the Australian teams talent and their will to win under any circumstances.
Not taking anything away from the Indians especially Tendulkar who played his heart out and was sardonic in mentioning during his Man of the match award speech that he will passionate playing for India.It was his frustration towards his other 10 players to rise to the occasion and also towards the media for besmirching his image as a selfish player who is not a finisher.
India has been fortunate enough to have a player like Tendulkar but have been unfortunate enough for not capitalising on his talent.Well I can go on ranting about this ...but that can be another blog for me ...
The 5th ODI was an absolutely cracker of a match and Tendulkar's batting was a ripper...at the end what matters most is which team wants the victory more and as the sagacious sage Sidhu would put it in his oxymoron style "India clinched defeat from the jaws of Victory"...how apt and true.....
I guess Dhoni's captaincy is like a bikini it hides more than what it reveals ...on that note adios.....