India-Pakistan Test Series Wrapup

India's frailties exposed by pace, says Dileep Premachandran in his series review of the recently concluded India-Pakistan test series.

While this is true and was perhaps hidden in the first two tests because of batsmen friendly pitches that rendered Pakistan's pace attack impotent, it is not merely pace but the moving ball that exposed the Indian frailties. The paceman Shoib Akhtar perhaps rattled the batsmen to some extent, including Tendulkar, but the wicket takers were Mohammad Asif and Abdul Razzaq, with 7 each in the final test!

I agree, however, for the most part with Cricinfo's usual series end ranking of each team's players on a scale of 10... India marks out of ten - Few crumbs of comfort
Pakistan marks out of ten - Unity and depth

Rediff's Report Card for the Indian team.

Sunil Gavaskar lashes out at the Indian batsmen for a spineless performance in the third Test against Pakistan.It was never going to be easy to survive for almost two days but what was utterly disappointing was that India could not even bat out the day and lost well before closing time on the fourth day itself. For far too long, there have been the so-called experts who have been talking about how attacking batting is the only way to win. That may be true, but there has to be the ability to be able to lower a few gears and bat to save a game that can’t be won and so live to fight another day by surviving.

Pakistani cricketers continue their inane comments about the visiting side... with Miandad now talking nonsense about how Shewag was 'frightened', ...amazing how failures in 2 innings makes them forget the thousands of runs he has scored against them recently!! And

Indian team has feet of clay, says SS Ramaswamy as he analyzes the series and the 3rd test
A Hindustan Times article opines that a 'lack of killler instinct was the reason for the loss.
Srinath thinks the Rahul-Greg duo has gone too far in experimenting in Tests too.
'A shameful capitulation- Whispers of ‘sharp differences’ between 2 influential members of touring party', writes LK Sahi.