Shocking, unprecedented, record-breaking, nightmarish, calamitous. No, I’m not talking about the year 2020, but in fact India’s disaster of a 2nd innings in the first session of Day 3 of the 1st Test match against Australia. Virat Kohli was at a loss for words when asked about the day’s proceedings in the post match interview, after the match was wrapped up shortly after India’s demise for all of three dozen runs. “When you work hard for two days and put yourself in a strong position and then an hour puts you in a position where it's literally impossible to win… Very hard to put those feelings to words.” That one hour was like watching a car crash in slow motion. You are astounded and think back to how it even got to this point, you have a dreaded sense of what’s coming next, yet you can’t help but watch. Each moment compounds the agony and ultimately you are left traumatized, shell-shocked, and afraid to ever leave your house again. If that last part’s slightly exaggerated then maybe it’s an aftershock of witnessing that earthquake of an hour in Adelaide where seemingly nothing went right for the Indians but everything perfectly for the Aussies.
36 All Out: A Car Crash In Slow Motion
36 All Out: A Car Crash In Slow Motion
36 All Out: A Car Crash In Slow Motion
Shocking, unprecedented, record-breaking, nightmarish, calamitous. No, I’m not talking about the year 2020, but in fact India’s disaster of a 2nd innings in the first session of Day 3 of the 1st Test match against Australia. Virat Kohli was at a loss for words when asked about the day’s proceedings in the post match interview, after the match was wrapped up shortly after India’s demise for all of three dozen runs. “When you work hard for two days and put yourself in a strong position and then an hour puts you in a position where it's literally impossible to win… Very hard to put those feelings to words.” That one hour was like watching a car crash in slow motion. You are astounded and think back to how it even got to this point, you have a dreaded sense of what’s coming next, yet you can’t help but watch. Each moment compounds the agony and ultimately you are left traumatized, shell-shocked, and afraid to ever leave your house again. If that last part’s slightly exaggerated then maybe it’s an aftershock of witnessing that earthquake of an hour in Adelaide where seemingly nothing went right for the Indians but everything perfectly for the Aussies.