Michael Clarke ends Indian cricket bowlers' celebrations in India VsAustralia one day international cricket match at Bangalore

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Michael Clarke hit a masterly knock to get the Indian cricket bowlers back to reality

Michael Clarke has always thrived on wickets on the subcontinent and he once again proved his mastery of Indian cricket pitches with a superlative century in the first India Vs Australia one day international cricket match at Bangalore

Unlike other Australian batsmen, Michael Clarke uses his feet beautifully against the spinners and played a great knock of 130 runs to get the Australian cricket team in a winning position in the first one day international cricket match at Bangalore

Michael Clarke's hundred has probably helped bring the Indian cricket bowlers to accept the reality of Indian cricket pitches

The Indian cricket bowlers were made to realize that Indian cricket pitches are very much different from the South African cricket pitches. The Indian cricket bowlers were treated like spinners on the sublime Bangalore track by Michael Clarke as the Australian cricket team rattled up a huge score

The Indian cricket bowlers should be thankful for the wakeup call caused by Michael Clarke's innings as the Indian cricket team were lucky to end up with a draw after the tremendous Australian onslaught which was only matched by the stormy thunderstorm

Michael Clarke has reminded the Indian cricket bowlers that line and length matter on bland Indian pitches

The Indian cricket bowlers, led by Sreesanth, RP Singh and Zaheer Khan were erratic and that helped Michael Clarke start the Indian one day international cricket series on a very bright note.

Lets hope that the Indian bowlers wake up to bowl better in the remaining india Vs Australia one day internationals, else this India Vs Australia one day cricket series will end up being a one side affair

Zaheer Abbas, most stylish batsmen ever?

Zaheer Abbas may be the most stylish batsman to have played cricket

Zaheer Abbas, GR Vishwanath and David Gower are the most stylish batsmen I have seen playing test cricket.

How do you define style in cricket? Style in cricket implies elegance even when playing a bad shot or getting out. Zaheer Abbas exemplified style through his incomparable back foot square drive and Gundappa Vishwanath exemplified his style through his uppish square cut.

Zaheer Abbas and Gundappa Vishwanath may not have great batting records in comparison to Brian Charles Lara or Sachin Tendulkar, but they definitely had better "style" and elegance

Here is Zaheer Abbas at his best , executing a stylish back foot drive

Durban weather disappoints India-Indian batting fails as well

India lost the Durban test to South Africa due to inept batting and a failure from the Durban weather- The Indian batsmen however did not believe in letting the Durban weather play a part in the result of the India Vs South Africa second test and quickly ensured that the Indian batting folded up before the weather became any worse.

Once the Indian cricket team is determined to lose,no bad weather can hold them up!

Jokes apart, Ntini bowled with a lot of fire in the India Vs South Africa second cricket test under overcast conditions and the second cricket test result was determined in the first over of the fifth day when Sachin Tendulkar fell to Ntini for a duck. It quite amazes people that great batsmen like Sachin and Sehwag fall cheaply while bowlers like Zaheer and Kumble play for almost an hour.

The reason for the failures of top order batsmen in world cricket is the research done on the weaknesses of the batsmen. Sachin Tendulkar has a weakness for the inswinger from outside the off to the middle stump and every bowler of the world from Mohammed Asif to Brett Lee to Ntini will continue to exploit that weakness. Unless Sachin Tendulkar can solve that problem, his batting woes are bound to continue.