In the latest episode of the podcast we look back on Australia's tour to India in 2004-05 - when Adam Gilchrist led the visitors to their first series win in India in 35 years. Australia have won just one Test in India since - and will hoping to improve that record in the upcoming four-Test series.
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Talking Points:
- How 2004 was in many ways the sequel to 2001
- If McGrath won't get you, Gillespie must
- Shane Warne's finest hour in India
- The emergence of Michael Clarke - and a special Bangalore hundred
- Adam Gilchrist's measured brutality
- Damien Martyn's expertise against spin
- When Kumble rocked Australia on day 1 in Chennai
- Virender Sehwag's unforgettable 155 - and the match that promised so much
- A curious case of 'greenwicketitis' in Nagpur
- Was Nagpur really an outlier pitch? Or was it just magnificent bowling?
- The most exciting Test of that series - on a raging turning in Mumbai
- Murali Kartik's moment, and the liberating Tendulkar-Laxman partnership
- Do the current Australian team have a bowling attack to win in India?
Participants:
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)
Prashant DP (@prashantdptweet)
Mahesh Sethuraman (@cornerd)
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Related:
- True colours - Adam Gilchrist - Amazon
- The balls of the century - Shane Warne to VVS Laxman - Sharda Ugra - The Cricket Monthly
- Anatomy of a classic - Virender Sehwag on his 155 in Chennai - ESPNcricinfo
- Once upon a twinkle-toed debut - Siddhartha Vaidyanathan - ESPNcricinfo
- Wisden Reports - Australia in India 2004-05 - ESPNcricinfo
- John Wright's Indian Summers - Amazon
- India lose 35-year-old home record - Sharda Ugra - India Today
- Justin Langer chats with Gideon Haigh and Peter Lalor - Part 1, Part 2
