I do rate the Indian pace attack and Harbhajan rather highly for their performances, but more often than not, when they don't have such a good day, they cop all the blame, while part-timers who cobble together ten overs get away with utter rubbish. The frontline bowlers have to bowl in rather tough conditions, and only when it's easy for a struggling or novice bowler to get settled, do you see the part-timers coming on. This allows batting sides to consolidate and build a platform to attack in the final overs, which often happens, and the main bowlers are always blamed for it. Likewise, when the batting side is smashing the main bowlers around, you don't see the part-timers at both ends until two new batsmen are in. We all have to stand by the Indian pacers, but the part-time weaknesses only makes things a lot tougher. The main bowlers have to make up for ten overs of chaos each time. In comparison, the NZ bowling attack will keep pegging at the batting side, offering nothing to get away. Man for man, the top four bowlers in this Indian team may be better than their Kiwi counterparts, but match for match, the Kiwi combination is better.
