first test: india showing age old problem...

when returning from break... team india always takes time to warm up to the game... is known to be the slow starter ever since they have started playing game...

years have come and gone and so the players of different mind sets... but one thing which has been going on like a true legacy is... our inability to hit the ground running...

the reason given this time is that india has players like dravid... laxman who plays only one format of the game... tests that is... and tendulkar who misses many matches due to him taking rest or forced rest... it takes some time for them to be back in the groove... wonder why the same was not said in justification for the players like langer(s) of yesteryear's or katich(s) from the more contemporary players...

before the series began, dravid and sehwag labeled this series as unfinished business... wonder whether that was their individual opinion or they really represented the views of team as whole... but even our 'slow start' enigma permitting... some of the shots played by our batsmen defied the sentiment of a team on to some unfinished business...

coming back to slow start... this is why first test of the test series... home or away does not matter... becomes very important for the teams playing against us... this is where we are at our vulnerable best... and once we are out of first test jittery we become a different team altogether... so even if the bowlers might be bit tired sangakkara must press for follow-on and should go for no-holds-barred approach... the only team that can lose this game is india and he must press for it... this is his best... and i dare say... only chance...