In the end, the Indians played like Aussies and Aussies like the Indians

[Goal_1]

In the VIP enclosure at the Wankhede Stadium, Bukhtair Afzal Khan is desperately trying to draw the attention of India's last action hero Zaheer Khan. After a while, he gives up and moves towards the gates and on to the team hotel. In the end, it didn't help to be Zaheer's father here as hundreds crowded around his son, and his team, after India came back sensationally, from a hopeless 64 for six, to chase down Australia's 193, with two wickets in hand. But Khan Sr has no regrets at not being able to reach his son, give him a hug; he understands the emotions of the fans. "The day started with him taking a wicket on the first ball. But he dropped a couple of catches and he had to do something special to wipe that out. I am telling you he is really good with the bat," he says, looking back on the rollercoaster ride he took this evening along with the other 44,999 fans here. They cheered when Murali Kartik got the most marked man in the series Andrew Symonds on the first ball. They jeered when Symonds walked back, with a poster saying, 'Guests are gods and monkeys too can be gods in India'. There was pin-drop silence when Sachin Tendulkar's last game at Wankhede ended with a unlucky snick that tipped the bail. And then, they turned the other way when Kartik seemed to have snicked a Brett Lee ball to the wicket-keeper, India still 31 runs away. But despite the hopelessness of India's position at one stage, they stayed back. They persuaded the pessimists to stay back and join them in their late-night last-minute call to "Ganapati". Soon, the no-hoppers were joining Wankhede's pet chant today of 'Ganpati Dada Moriya' when Robin Uthappa started hitting those flat-bat sixes. And when the winning runs were hit, it seemed like a flashback to the Twenty20 reception at the same venue last month. If that celebration was about India's World Champion hero, today it was the celebration of a very un-Indian win - of staying and looking positive when all seemed over, not the complete collapse that many Indian fans were used to over the years. India skipper M S Dhoni later said that he never thought it would be so close while his Aussie counterpart Ricky Ponting simply added, "It was always different to play in India." The moment of the series might go unrecorded. But here it is. With the lights dimmed and the players ready to leave, Harbhajan Singh and Andrew Symonds were having a quiet word or two outside the dressing room. Then, they parted, shaking hands. Indeed, Harbhajan was just doing a very Aussie-like gesture. He did not quite have drinks with his bitter rival after a hard game, but the emotion was just the same. For, it was a day when the Aussies played like Indians and the Indians played like Aussies. what do u think.....In the end, the Indians played like Aussies and Aussies like the Indians?? yes?? no??

[The Outsider]

Again, much ado about nothing. We won an odd ODI against Australia in a dead rubber encounter. Big deal.

[Tugga]

ganpaty "dada" moriya.... ha ha ah ha ha ha ha...ROTFL... thats a beauty...!!!