First things first, we need to bowl them out below 200 tomorrow. Each run in this lead would count. And as I said chasing even an odd 275 would not be an easy task. Its a battle of nerves in my opinion. At its present state, its anyone's match.
sharktale1212 said:I am confused here. So having bat pad/silly point wud have saved those singles? How so?
Hussey was constantly coming out of his crease to drive him. Ashwin also bowled many balls on the pads. Last ball of the day summed up his bowling performance, fired in at the pads and 3 byes. I am not saying he is a bad bowler, I am just saying he still lacks experience/not really suited in Australian condition. Dhoni should time and again rest him; go for a two-pronged pace attack, something which we saw only at the start of the innings and got 4 wickets.
medpal said:India already looking at making record of sorts at MCG for successful chase in 4th innings,
During last 40 years no team has successfully chased more than 200 here, and highest successful chase was 332 way back in 1902.
So my heart is already sinking, today was not able to see the first session, and tomorrow also wont be able to see the complete session due to work, hope Indian batsmen put their heads down and take off the target (Which in turn does not swell much from here).
Tomorrow I am waking up at 5 to cheer up India.
Bluffmaster said:God, I miss Sidhu. Listening to the team of Sidhu and boycott commentate was akin to watching Shewag and Gayle bat together.
logistopath said:Things going exactly as expected. After getting the 9th wicket pretty quickly, Hilfenhaus made sure that the lead has swollen to a little under 300. Hope that is all he has to contribute in this match.
Sehwagas usual bats without any sense of the match situation. At least he should have had the sense to not lose his wicket before lunch.
Wonder why he is playing in the test team, in spite of being so inconsistent at the top of the order.