Ekantt Views

 2020 ... a year that will be talked about for a very long time. What a year for this planet... Unbelievable.  The question is ... did we learn our lessons? Time will tell. We can write our own storybook for 2020. If anything, it just saddens me that Social media is consuming us and rapidly. The damage is irreversible. unalterable. Sad ... just sad. Intelligence and common sense are going to be rarely found in the times to come. Thankfully test cricket is here and a good escape from all the chaos. India visited NZ in pre-Covid restrictions. Lost that series. Jamieson debuted in that series. He will be a Star. He may not get to where Stokes is today but quality all-rounder. Olie Pope... another rising star. Labuschagne.. only getting better. Babar Azam... making his mark across all formats. We have now seen Gill making his Debut at MCG.. Boxing day test. These players are going to shine in the 2020s.  That reminds me of this Decade Award and teams of the decade noise. Did ...

 I was wanting to write this before the Adelaide Test. Did not get time to pen my thoughts on this very important test series for both India and Australia and actually for NZ as well. I am writing this now after India was skittled out for their lowest total in test cricket. Let me first share my thoughts on this test match. Will share my preview of the remainder of the series later in this post. Pink ball tests are the reality of the future and must be embraced. India were  playing their first overseas Pink ball test. Any team visiting Australia usually finds it difficult to cope up with the bounce. Subcontinent teams in particular struggle at the beginning of the test leg... actually mostly throughout. Virat Kohli is a phenomenal test batsman and he simply loves playing in Adelaide. His mastery in all formats is undisputed. He is one of the very few batsmen in modern cricket who find their panache in any format in no time. The transition is almost seamless. The criticism belo...