There were two tales of familiarity in India’s defeat to Australia in the first One Day International. After Australia had posted their sizeable – but chasable – total, the Indian top-order capitulated in the face of a daunting asking rate, and we resigned ourselves to losing by a big margin. Then came the spirited fightback, where hope anxiously clawed its way back into the hearts of the indian fan. And then came the final denouement – the all-too-familiar so-near-yet-so-far heartbreak that Indian cricket fans have grown up on as a staple diet for countless years.