The Melbourne bounceback
- Author
- 81 All Out
- Published
- Wed 30 Dec 2020
- Episode Link
- https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/81allout/episodes/The-Melbourne-bounceback-eoc1s6
We discuss India's memorable eight-wicket win in Melbourne and place it in context of some of the famous Indian victories in Australia.
Talking Points:
- Placing the victory in context
- Parallels with Melbourne '81
- Rahane's touch
- Ashwin's immaculate control
- Bumrah's skid and the ball to hoodwink Smith
- Gill v Shaw, Pant v Saha
- Siraj's debut
- Looking ahead to Sydney
Participants:
Kartikeya Date (@cricketingview)
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)
Ashoka (@ABVan)
Mahesh Sethuraman (@cornerd)
Related:
A tragicomedy called 36 all out - 81allout podcast
The Melbourne Miracle of 1981 - 81allout podcast
Ashwin, Bumrah bowl India to MCG victory - Kartikeya Date
Ravi Shastri: India's triumph one of the great comebacks in Test history - Sidharth Monga, ESPNcricinfo
'No spinner has done that to me in my career' - Steve Smith on R Ashwin
Tactical tweaks, delightful drift - Amit Gupta on R Ashwin, Scroll.in
Saini and Siraj better placed than their predecessors - Varun Shetty, ESPNcricinfo
