BlackIrishman,I disagree with some of the potnis in your analysis. Pluses for India in my rank order would be: 1. Ishant Sharma this guy has good pace and is able to beat Ponting that is something. Very good find. 2. Reemergence of Sehwag for his controlled batting and bowling at Adelaide 3. Irfan Pathan I think he would be effective only in helpful conditions Australia or England. In Indian wickets, he will be hit all over the park. 4. What about the much maligned VVS ? This guy has been systematically reduced. His innings at Sydney was a classic In this series, he was the first Indian batsman, who showed that Indian batsmen can also dominate the Australia bowling.Minuses I would not put Rahul Dravid as a failure. His 93 at Perth was one of the factors in winning the match. Ganguly, Yuvraj, Jaffer and Dhoni failed with bat . IMHO, Jaffer will be very good on placid Indian wickets, but not on good wickets. To accommodate Yuvraj, Dravid was asked to sacrifice his