Can India be competetive in the remaining 2 tests, after what they went through at the SCG?

In my opinion they gave their best at the SCG and will find extremely difficult to come out of the psychological blow.

The SCG was the pitch most likely to favour the Indians so I can't see them winning one of the remaining games. I do hope they can use teh last week as inspiration though and hold on for a draw in one of the next two games.

Whatever happens it will be interesting viewing.

Fast bouncy tracks that crack up after a couple of days will suit the much lauded 4 pronged attack the Aussies apparently want to go in with.

But those wickets are also very good for leg-spinners. Just ask Warne.

Expect a haul from Kumble it my tip

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All I could think of is, how different it could have been if not for the umpires. India would have levelled the series 1-1. There confidence would have been sky high. And then they might even have got a result from the next 2 matches. But now all I could see is a 4-0 whitewash.

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"They look like a team destined to win the world cup"......
Ian Chappel during Ind v SA in the World Cup 20-20

Time to put that to bed I think, it's realy up to India and Australia to play these last two tests like it was the beggining of a series, and forget the last week.

With two matches left there is plenty of time to play some good cricket. If India win the third test - then the pressure is back on Australia.

The problem is in Australia, that the Aussie bowlers are probably the most dangerous in the world and India like any other team are going to find the going hard.

I hope both sides play with spirit, and we get some cricket.

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Ern

If ‘interesting’ means good, competitive contest, I have to agree with Django that the possibility appears to be very dim. Playing Australia in Australia is extremely tough as it is and the additional burden of what happened in Sydney (both during and after the test match) will make it virtually impossible, psychologically, for the Indians to put up any sort of fight. In addition, at this stage all reports suggest that the pitch at WACA has been restored to its glory of what it was 15-20 years back, which can only be bad news for the Indian batsmen.

The WACA is back. No doubt

Watch this to see the Aussies in action there against NZ last week.

YouTube - Australian Pace Attack Against New Zealand

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bodyline series all over again...

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I am an Indian supporter through and through, but do not like or support that sort of "if only" speculation. YES, there were several umpiring errors during the last Test match and YES, most of them seemed to go against India. But while I would use that as a reason to plead my case of using more technology in close decisions, I would not sit and worry about what might have been. It is not a simple matter of "If Symonds was given out India would have won" or something like that. If Symonds had been given out, Oz might have got all out sooner; but then, India would have come in to bat a lot earlier than they did and the entire equation would have changed. In that event, we cannot be sure that India would have scored the 500+ total that they did in the first innings.....and so on. There are far too many variables involved to speculate on the result.

It is time to move on. As has been done by Kumble in withdrawing the case against Hogg. Brilliant leadership, in my opinion. Richie Benaud should particularly take note of this, before praising Ponting for his leadership skills!