MSD: Of course we must know the opposition..who they are, what they are… of course there are some youngsters in their side but we will not be taking them lightly…we will just be taking them(laughter around)I will call Suresh to introduce the Kiwi side to you because I myself don’t know anybody from New Zealand except Jacob Oram who was with the Chennai Super Kings..Suresh please…Raina: Tha...
Starts in a couple hours, and has the potential to be either really entertaining or a snoozefest. We’ve seen some great cricket in the last few weeks, so groundsman permitting, this should be fun to watch.
Here are the squads, with the likely XI in bold:
India: MS Dhoni (capt), Virender Sehwag (vice-capt), Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Cheteshwar Pujara, M Vijay, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendu...
So we enter the 4th and last Test with India 1-0 up. Australia must win this match or lose the series. Can Ricky Ponting shed his usual defensive captaincy style? Can the Australian bowlers take the requesite 20 wickets? Can they exploit the slight opening given by Gambhir's suspension? Personally, I don't see it happening but hope to be proven wrong.
In a sense, this Test should be a good indicat...
Day 1 of the 4th Test was some sort of bizarro world for an Australian fan. The Indian openers came out and attempted to bludgeon our bowlers out of the game. Offspinner Krezja made his Test debut with his first 3 overs going at 10 runs per over. As a spinner who's taken some stick myself, I can sympathise!
However, there were some moments when Australia rallied (or India faltered depending...
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