Sauve qui peut?

Greg Baum thinks this Mohali test was Australia's Waterloo. I beg to differ. That sort of judgment should be reserved for the end of the series. Perhaps you could call this Australia's Battle of Leipzig, but even that assessment would only hold valid once the series was over. Two tests remain. So, perhaps Quatre Bras and Ligny combined at Delhi, and then Waterloo at Nagpur? That is, a heavy defeat, followed by a a close win at Delhi (for India), followed by a romp (again, for India; if you want to run this comparison all the way that is). But Napoleonic wars references aside, why write off the Aussie team two tests deep into a four test series? Especially against an Indian side that faces a captaincy and final eleven selection conundrum, and that hasn't done well whenever they are favorites? Post-mortem this result you want. Don't do the series just yet. The Waterloo metaphor should be reserved for a final crushing defeat, one from which there is no coming back. There's plenty of cricket left in this series.