Call it a hangover but we just can’t get that series out of our minds. Here are five reasons why. BEST BALL: Irfan Pathan’s vicious inswinging yorker to dismiss Adam Gilchrist at Sydney. Almost as good was how Irfan celebrated, leaping halfway up into the stratosphere. Wasim Akram, the master himself, commented: ‘At 19, he’s better than what I was at the same age’ BEST IMPROMPTU MOMENT (I): Ponting’s kiss blown to his wife Rianaa after reaching his double century at Adelaide. The most original celebration but one Ponting later came to regret when his team lost the match. Hence his subdued celebrations after the double ton at Melbourne BEST IMPROMPTU MOMENT (II): Ajit Agarkar didn’t add to reputation with the bat but he showed at Brisbane he can take a joke on himself. After five consecutive ducks, the original Bombay Duck raised his bat to acknowledge the good-natured ribbing from the crowd when he scored his first run of the series, and his first against Australia in seven innings BEST CATCH: Damien Martyn c Dravid b Tendulkar, Adelaide. A sharpish leg-break guided to slip. Dravid, despite 13 hours of stupendous batting, was alert enough to pull off the catch — (CHANDRESH NARAYANAN)
