** Sachin **

Sachin scored his 38th century today against Australia at Sydney. For many of his critiques who were calling for his head he has replied in his own style. In the recent past, he has been in the habit of getting out in the 90s and today he broke his own jinx. More than anything, India took a first innings lead against the mighty Aussies and probably has posed a threat to the Australians continuous winning streak. It was India earlier too that stopped the Aussies juggernaut of continuous winning streaks. We still have two days to go in this test match and we still have the match wide open. But today, the day belonged to India with Sachin, Ganguly and Harbhajan chipping in with very useful knocks. Also full credit to Lakshman who played a great knock yesterday to put the Aussies on the back foot. There are not many teams that take a first innings lead against the Aussies and India having done that, definitely needs a big round of applause.