Two Sharmas and a Kumar - Gain from the Australian Tour.

I mean Ishant Sharma, Rohit Sharma and Praveen Kumar. They are the find of the 2008 Australian tour. I sure do hope they will keep the current form consistently. Still I think we miss the consistency of Saurav Ganguly. He was the most consistent of the Indian lot. Irfan Pathan did a good job through the test matches, but could not keep the form through one days. He went for some runs. Harbhajan Singh was the opposite of this. He could not support the Indian bowling attack of Ishant Sharma, Irfan Pathan and Kumble during the test series. That was one major reason why we lost the test series. But in the one days, he redeemed himself with some pretty good bowling. The knowledge that Murali Karthik is waiting for his chance might tempt Harbhajan Singh to perform better in the future. But then the selectors may not give Karthik a chance again. He did a pretty decent job when he had his chance during the two matches against Australia. Then he was kept out unceremoniously. Badareenath was taken in to the team for a while and dumped even without giving chance to play even once. Now that does not make sense at all. You select some one only if you are capable. Once you select, you need to give him a chance at least to prove himself in a couple of matches. Remember how Ishant Sharma got his chance. Because of injuries to the other bowlers. Were it not for those injuries he would probably still be waiting outside for his chance. India with a population of 1.14 billion population should be having a much better team than Australia with 21 million population. But the selectors with their unprofessional moves make the Indian team suffer.