Ahmedabad: Bowler Harbhajan Singh, coached by his left arm Guru Bishen Bedi, only to bowl and not to bat, faced New-Zealanders with a bat today to crush them in Ahmedabad stadium on the fifth day of the First Test, retrieving India’s honour at stake /as world no/1 cricket team.
New Zealand is ranked only 8 out of 10 these days, but was about to spring on Team India like a wounded Lion or a confident Tiger attacking a prey in its hunger.

The audacious Sardarji danced down the pitch to fast bowler Chris Martin, with reverse flicks, to hit 4s and 6s. he also swept the spinners such as Jeethan Patel, like a batsman he never was, to clobber 10 fours (Boundary hits) and lifted them over the fence fiercely for  3 huge sixers.
He had the ideal company of Very Very Special (Vengiparappu Sai) Laxman from Andhra who is a rescuer of India in difficult, worn out conditions Vengi made it.
Remember that a fiery spell of Martin’s bowling had reduced India to 15 for 5, the top order collapsing like nine pins, to show India the door on the final day and a draw alone could save their besieged fort.
Harby and Laxman Bhai bailed India out of a new hopeless situation in Gujarat, where 6 batsmen became paupers in front of Kiwis. They took India in the last 4 wickets to 266 runs with an overall lead of 294 runs, which New Zealand’s zealous batsmen just could not cope up with today.
The two heroes of India managed to draw the Test game upholding all expectations of cricket-lovers, not to lose the test, especially the first one here in Ahmedabad.
The man with a blue Peta, hit NZ captain and main bowler Danial Vettori, to sound the boards on the boundary, to reach his century. There was a 163-runs partnership between Vengy and Harby.
I think they should go in as openers in the second test, shaming the big bulls like Gambhir and Dravid. Even Sachin Tendulkar failed to get his 50th century. Singh made 115, and Laxman 91 in a biting first test.