best win ever

It's been close to 11 years since Australia last lost a Test in Perth and few gave India a chance when they got here. Kumble, though, felt his side had read the conditions perfectly. "We came fully prepared what to expect," he said. "Maybe people had other things in their mind but we knew that this was not that kind of a quick, bouncy track. It was important to pitch the ball up and swing it. We did that. And the batsmen stood up to all the challenges that came their way."he have any hesitation about batting first on this surface? "Not really. We have the quality and experience in the team," he said. "There are four [players] with more than 100 Tests and others who have been around for a while. It's important we all got together and played good cricket. It was important we batted first on this pitch and knew if we put runs on the board, we could apply pressure on the Aussies."What made this win even more astonishing is that it came on the back of a serious crisis. The mercury levels had risen after the Sydney Test and there was speculation that the tour was in doubt. Within a few days though, especially after India dropped the charge against Brad Hogg, it was clear they wanted to move on. "We were determined to win much before even Melbourne," he said, "but it was important we stuck together in the week in Sydney and Canberra."Going to Canberra was probably a good thing for us," he said. "We were away from everybody. We did discuss how we're going to go forward, how to play as a team. That's when we had decided we'll concentrate on cricket. We focussed all our efforts into concentrating on this game. I did discuss it individually and also collectively. I'm delighted they all came together. We needed to think positively and the kind of bonding we had is special."