'We were outplayed' – Ponting. These words rarely echo our ears from the Aussie counterpart. "I've never seen anything like that," Dhoni said when asked about Australia's display. "Especially at one time in the first innings, they were 22 from 13 overs. I said to Rahul Dravid, look at the board, we won't see that again."
Going into the Delhi test brings up an interesting memory…..Several months ago, the visitors have been soundly thrashed by the completion of the second test. The third test venue was a fortress for the home team (Perth) and the only question at the start of the test was the margin of defeat for the visitors. Sound familiar? Well, the visitors have also called up a fresh opening batsman Shaun Marsh, just like the visitors had done back in Perth calling Viru.
One thing about the Australian cricket team is its resilience and strength. Australia will bounce back from this crushing defeat that India inflicted at Mohali. To come back strongly from this demoralizing defeat will be hard for Australia though — the next Test is being played in Delhi, where India has not lost since 1993! Indeed, India has won the last 7 Tests played at Delhi since 1993! Admittedly, 3 of these victories have come against lowly Zimbabwe. But 7 from 7 is an daunting mountain for Australia to climb when staring down the barrel — if I am permitted to mix my metaphors! But that mixing is the least of Australia’s worries at the moment. There is a fair bit of mixing happening in Australia’s collective head spaces.

There's something about Mahendra Singh Dhoni. His detractors call it luck, but whatever it is, it has worked. Twice this year, he has been told about half an hour before a Test that he will have to lead the side, and twice India have won comprehensively under him.