India Australia Test Series
Author:Greenstone Lobo Dated, 07-Oct-2008
Glenn McGrath sums it up well when he says, “Australia has been the most successful and India is the most powerful in cricket. Hence this October 2008 India-Australia series is going to be the most exciting test series.”
The coach Gary Kirsten says that, “It’s all in the mind.”
Matthew Hayden and Buchanan accept that the aura of invincibility around the Australian team has diminished a bit.
Sachin Tendulkar and Anil Kumble have reiterated that it’s not just about the performance of the seniors of the Indian Team.
Add to this the controversies surrounding the Indian team, like the VRS Scheme for seniors, announcement of retirement of Saurav Ganguly, etc and we definitely have an intriguing test series on hand.
Now what do the planets have in store?
Anil Kumble, the Indian captain has Chiron in the strongest position in his horoscope.
Ricky Ponting on the other hand has asteroid Hylanome in the strongest position in his horoscope.
Anil Kumble has one last chance to take a Shot at glory.
Ricky Ponting has one last wall to surmount.
Who will win this ultimate contest?
Ricky Ponting has already had his share of glory by captaining Australia to win 2 Cricket world cups. Also Australia has won the rubber when both these teams met the last time. But Australia could do this because of the presence of legendary players like Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne, Adam Gilchrist etc, who all had Chiron in deepest exaltation points. This current Australian team does have some exciting talent like Michael Clarke, Shane Watson, Cameron White etc, in the side who all have Uranus exalted in their horoscopes. These players will definitely make a huge impact in the tournament. But other players like Jason, Doug, Phil, Peter etc have planets like Uranus, Jupiter etc strong, but not strong enough to explode NOW!
On the other hand Anil Kumble has just 2 records to really boast of…..being the highest wicket taker for India and having taken all 10 wickets to fall in an innings, against Pakistan, equaling the record of Jim Laker. But Anil Kumble’s Chiron promises more; he has to leave the test arena with his head held high, so its not over yet for him.
This is the most vulnerable period of Australia with one half of the side not as experienced as the other half. On the other side, India has the ‘Fab Four’-Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman, who all have asteroid Hylanome in exalted positions. They have one last chance to prove that they are still the best in the business in the country and Hylanome will help them do just that. Add to this the powerful Uranus exaltation of M.S Dhoni , Gambhir and Harbhajan or the Ceres strong Sehwag, Ishant and Munaf and we have a world beating combination..!!
Hence the verdict is.....Anil Kumble’s team will not lose this test match series.
Saurav Dada will walk into the sunset with a high.
India would either draw the series or better still….go on to win it....!!!
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