The Indian cricket team’s historic breach of the Gabba fortress in the final Test against Australia was simply magnificent. An inexperienced bowling attack that had a combined experience of seven Tests and a side that was missing so many key players beat Australia in their own backyard to seal a famous 2-1 series win and secure the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the third straight time. Ravichandran Ashwin, in conversation with India fielding coach R Sridhar, pointed out that the Indian cricket team was been treated like caged animals in a circus and the Australian cricket fans and the media used every opportunity to break the Indian cricket team down mentally.
During the Sydney Test, Australia skipper Tim Paine sledged Ravichandran Ashwin by saying, “We can’t wait to see you at the Gabba.” The apparent sledge was because the Indian cricket team had reservations of a hard lockdown in Queensland but the Australian media pounced on this by saying that the Indian team was…