I will be extremely pissed off if this is anything other than 3-1. Still sticking to my guns; if coming into this series you were told Smith would have a hundred runs under his belt after three Tests and Labuschagne not many more, Cummins gone home after two Tests, *two* newbie spinners (and no, Murphy is doing sweet ****all outside these conditions, take it to the bank); ****, if you had that forecast in advance, you would bet on at least one decent contribution per game even from our limp batting order to see us sail through. And we still were 2-0, don't forget, thanks to Sharma and the lower order, so it wasn't beyond the pale someone else from the top order would eventually pick up the slack and earn their paycheck.
Indian fans love to be pessimistic abt their chances, gambhiring or not, but this script was supposed to read 4-0. I'll take 3-1 now, duh, but 2-2 and I'm done with Indian cricket until we see some changes, goddamnit.
ok.
Edit: heck, I didn't mean to rag on young Murphy there. I hope he prospers, etc.