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The wicket at Perth was tailor-made for fast bowlers and Brett Lee and company were certain that it would be impossible for the Indian batsmen to stop the Australian juggernaut from winning a record 17th Test in a row.
What Ponting and his gang forgot in their euphoria of enjoying a seeming 2-0 lead was that Team India had the bowlers to pay Australia in its own currency.
And that was precisely what Ishant Sharma, Irfan Pathan and R.P. Singh did and dealt the coup de grace the Aussies were just not prepared for.
Ponting, particularly, is unlikely to ever forget the Chinese torture he suffered at the hands of the young Ishant during that dream spell of his.
Not only did India beat Australia convincingly; it won in style. It was a classic example of what a sustained collective effort could do to a cricket team.
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