Keeping the cricket record books up to date is becoming a full-time job thanks to the extraordinary recent performance of the Indian team. Their winter season so far they have demolished England 4-0 in the Test series, with the visitors all out in Chennai yesterday afternoon having failed to top in two innings the home side’s record-breaking first-innings tally of 759 for 7.
That mighty effort was anchored by a maiden triple century by 25-year-old Karun Nair – an achievement that puts him up there with Australia’s Bobby Simpson and the West Indies’ Garfield Sobers.
Bangladesh, who will play a Test match in Hyderabad in February, and Australia, who will begin a series in India the same month, must have been watching in awe, wondering what they can do to defeat the world’s number-one team.
While television audiences worldwide have undoubtedly embraced the limited-overs formats of the game, India has proven that there’s still plenty of life in the traditional Test match yet.
