There is no way Aussies can win this match but they can Save this match if they don’t lose early wickets which means Border Gavaskar Trophy will come back home (India) anyways. Chasing 360+ on final day is not so easy that too when pitch is turning so much, Dhoni should look to attack and try to win the series 2-0 and what a humilation that will be for the top ranked test team.
Australia’s chase will depend heavily on Matthew Hayden. If today australia chases and reaches the target it will be a world record. So lets see who will finish off the match whether India or Australia.
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Well if you wonder if you every can put pressure on batsman by setting a defensive field then yesterday’s play is an example of that. Aussies need to win this badly and Dhoni was quickly to realized this and decided to go with a defensive field and reduce the scoring rate so that Aussies has no other option except to take risks if they want to win. With 10 wickets in hand, India should be looking to score quickly and declare an hour before the end of day (with a lead of 350+) so they have enough time to get 10 wickets.
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On watching out yeaterdays play Australia are trying to keep their head cool and playing very slowly. They are not making any mistakes. I hope this match is turning into a boring match and a draw at the end.
Yesterday Harbajan Picked up his 300th international wicket and 200th wicket in indian soil. Debutant JJ Krejza from Australia grabbed 8 wickets in the first innings. Lets see today who will dominate the 3rd day.
India need early wickets and if they can’t manage to do that, this might be well heading for a draw. Aussies going great at the moment with good run rate and if they continue the same till lunch without losing a wicket, chances are good that they might even get a lead and put pressure back on India. Dhoni should test his luck in 1st session and if that don’t work out then start playing defensively and bring run rate down and try to waste time which will ensure a draw and a series win 
The day 2 of the fourth and final Test of the Border-Gavaskar trophy, completely belonged to Australians in general and debutant off-spinner Jason Krejza in particular. The tweaker from Tasmania, produced an astonishing spell in the post lunch session, snaring 5 wickets as India slipped from a commanding 422/5 to 441 all-out. The visitors then wrested the initiative from the hosts when Simon Katich, with an unbeaten 92 and Mike Hussey with 45, stitched a fine unconquered 115 partnership for the third wicket to take Australian score to 189/2 at the end of play on the second day, 260 adrift of the Indian total with 8 wickets in the kitty.
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Finally the 3rd test match between India and Australia finished in draw. VVS Laxman played a major role in this draw and he got the Man of the Match Award.
Laxman Says "I have always enjoyed playing against them. Unfortunately we couldn’t win the game but all of us put a good show. The wicket was slow, it was important to get adjusted to the pace of the wicket. Sachin and Gambhir put up a good partnership after the early wickets. On the third day we missed Anil .. he was unfortunately injured and we couldn’t put much pressure on them.
On his 100th Test coming up: It will be a great moment. It’s a dream of every cricketer who plays for his country. It has been a long journey. It was nice to score in this game, the last game played by Kumble. He has been a great role model. All of us are really proud to play with him. Even his last wicket, if you see, we were dropping sitters and he took that difficult catch."
| Australia in India, 2008 |
| India vs Australia, 3rd Test |
| Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, October 29-2, 2008 |
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| Match Information |
| Umpires: |
Billy Bowden (NZ) & Aleem Dar (Pak) |
| Third Umpire: |
Suresh Shastri (Ind) |
| Match Referee: |
Chris Broad (Eng) |
| Toss: |
India (Elected to bat) |
| Match Status: |
Match drawn |
| Man of the Match: |
VVS Laxman |
|
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| Batting: India 1st Innings |
| Batsmen |
India (613/7 in 161 ovs) |
Runs |
Balls |
4′s |
6′s |
SR |
| Gautam Gambhir |
b S Watson |
206 |
380 |
26 |
1 |
54.21 |
| Virender Sehwag |
lbw b B Lee |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
50.00 |
| Rahul Dravid |
c M Hayden b M Johnson |
11 |
31 |
1 |
0 |
35.48 |
| Sachin Tendulkar |
c B Haddin b M Johnson |
68 |
126 |
11 |
0 |
53.97 |
| VVS Laxman |
not out |
200 |
301 |
22 |
0 |
66.45 |
| Saurav Ganguly |
c R Ponting b S Katich |
5 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
62.50 |
| Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk) |
c B Haddin b S Watson |
27 |
29 |
4 |
1 |
93.10 |
| Anil Kumble (c) |
lbw b M Johnson |
45 |
73 |
7 |
0 |
61.64 |
| Zaheer Khan |
not out |
28 |
21 |
5 |
0 |
133.33 |
| Amit Mishra |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Ishant Sharma |
|
|
|
|
|
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| Extras: |
b – 6, w – 2, nb – 6, lb – 8 |
22 |
|
| Total: (613 for 7 in 161 overs) |
613 |
Run Rate: 3.81 |
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| |
| Fall Of Wickets |
| 1/5 (Virender Sehwag, 2.1 ov.), 2/27 (Rahul Dravid, 10.4 ov.), 3/157 (Sachin Tendulkar, 51.5 ov.), 4/435 (Gautam Gambhir, 123.6 ov.), 5/444 (Saurav Ganguly, 126.2 ov.), 6/481 (Mahendra Singh Dhoni, 133.4 ov.), 7/579 (Anil Kumble, 155.4 ov.) |
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| Bowling: Australia |
| Bowler |
O |
M |
R |
W |
Nb |
Wd |
ER |
| Brett Lee |
30 |
2 |
119 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
4.0 |
| Stuart Clark |
33 |
9 |
69 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2.1 |
| Mitchell Johnson |
32 |
4 |
142 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
4.4 |
| Shane Watson |
20 |
4 |
66 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
3.3 |
| Cameron White |
15 |
1 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4.9 |
| Michael Clarke |
14 |
0 |
59 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4.2 |
| Simon Katich |
15 |
3 |
60 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4.0 |
| Ricky Ponting |
2 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5.5 |
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| |
| Batting: Australia 1st Innings |
| Batsmen |
Australia (577/10 in 179.3 ovs) |
Runs |
Balls |
4′s |
6′s |
SR |
| Matthew Hayden |
lbw b V Sehwag |
83 |
154 |
13 |
1 |
53.90 |
| Simon Katich |
b A Mishra |
64 |
116 |
10 |
0 |
55.17 |
| Ricky Ponting (c) |
b V Sehwag |
87 |
165 |
14 |
0 |
52.73 |
| Mike Hussey |
b V Sehwag |
53 |
146 |
7 |
0 |
36.30 |
| Michael Clarke |
c Z Khan b A Mishra |
112 |
253 |
6 |
1 |
44.27 |
| Shane Watson |
b V Sehwag |
36 |
62 |
8 |
0 |
58.06 |
| Brad Haddin (wk) |
st M Dhoni b A Kumble |
17 |
35 |
1 |
1 |
48.57 |
| Cameron White |
b V Sehwag |
44 |
95 |
5 |
1 |
46.32 |
| Brett Lee |
lbw b A Kumble |
8 |
47 |
0 |
0 |
17.02 |
| Mitchell Johnson |
c & b A Kumble |
15 |
12 |
2 |
0 |
125.00 |
| Stuart Clark |
not out |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
50.00 |
| Extras: |
b – 28, w – 2, nb – 10, lb – 17 |
57 |
|
| Total: (577 for 10 in 179.3 overs) |
577 |
Run Rate: 3.21 |
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| |
| Fall Of Wickets |
| 1/123 (Simon Katich, 34.1 ov.), 2/202 (Matthew Hayden, 57.2 ov.), 3/284 (Ricky Ponting, 85.4 ov.), 4/326 (Mike Hussey, 101.6 ov.), 5/399 (Shane Watson, 122.1 ov.), 6/426 (Brad Haddin, 131.5 ov.), 7/532 (Cameron White, 162.6 ov.), 8/555 (Brett Lee, 175.4 ov.), 9/567 (Michael Clarke, 178.1 ov.), 10/577 (Mitchell Johnson, 179.3 ov.) |
| |
| Bowling: India |
| Bowler |
O |
M |
R |
W |
Nb |
Wd |
ER |
| Zaheer Khan |
23 |
5 |
86 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3.7 |
| Ishant Sharma |
25 |
5 |
84 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
3.4 |
| Anil Kumble |
43.3 |
9 |
112 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
2.6 |
| Amit Mishra |
47 |
12 |
144 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
3.1 |
| Virender Sehwag |
40 |
9 |
104 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
2.6 |
| Sachin Tendulkar |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.0 |
|
| |
| Batting: India 2nd Innings |
| Batsmen |
India (208/5 in 77.3 ovs) |
Runs |
Balls |
4′s |
6′s |
SR |
| Gautam Gambhir |
lbw b M Johnson |
36 |
107 |
5 |
0 |
33.64 |
| Virender Sehwag |
b B Lee |
16 |
17 |
2 |
0 |
94.12 |
| Ishant Sharma |
c R Ponting b S Clark |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
50.00 |
| Rahul Dravid |
b B Lee |
11 |
37 |
2 |
0 |
29.73 |
| Sachin Tendulkar |
c M Hayden b C White |
47 |
120 |
4 |
0 |
39.17 |
| VVS Laxman |
not out |
59 |
130 |
7 |
0 |
45.38 |
| Saurav Ganguly |
not out |
32 |
53 |
3 |
1 |
60.38 |
| Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Anil Kumble (c) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Amit Mishra |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Zaheer Khan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Extras: |
b – 0, w – 1, nb – 1, lb – 4 |
6 |
|
| Total: (208 for 5 in 77.3 overs) |
208 |
Run Rate: 2.68 |
|
| |
| Fall Of Wickets |
| 1/29 (Virender Sehwag, 8.2 ov.), 2/34 (Ishant Sharma, 9.1 ov.), 3/53 (Rahul Dravid, 20.4 ov.), 4/93 (Gautam Gambhir, 36.5 ov.), 5/145 (Sachin Tendulkar, 57.1 ov.) |
| |
| Bowling: Australia |
| Bowler |
O |
M |
R |
W |
Nb |
Wd |
ER |
| Brett Lee |
17 |
3 |
48 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2.8 |
| Stuart Clark |
12 |
6 |
22 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1.8 |
| Michael Clarke |
20.3 |
7 |
56 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.7 |
| Simon Katich |
1 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5.0 |
| Mitchell Johnson |
12 |
0 |
23 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1.9 |
| Cameron White |
8 |
0 |
23 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2.9 |
| Shane Watson |
7 |
0 |
27 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3.9 |
|
| |
| Batting: Australia 2nd Innings |
| Batsmen |
Australia (31/0 in 8 ovs) |
Runs |
Balls |
4′s |
6′s |
SR |
| Matthew Hayden |
not out |
16 |
29 |
4 |
0 |
55.17 |
| Simon Katich |
not out |
14 |
19 |
2 |
0 |
73.68 |
| Ricky Ponting (c) |
|
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|
|
|
|
| Michael Clarke |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Mike Hussey |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Shane Watson |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Brad Haddin (wk) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Brett Lee |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Mitchell Johnson |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Cameron White |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Stuart Clark |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Extras: |
b – 0, w – 0, nb – 0, lb – 1 |
1 |
|
| Total: (31 for 0 in 8 overs) |
31 |
Run Rate: 3.88 |
|
| |
| Bowling: India |
| Bowler |
O |
M |
R |
W |
Nb |
Wd |
ER |
| Anil Kumble |
4 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3.5 |
| Virender Sehwag |
2 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7.0 |
| Amit Mishra |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.0 |
|
| |
| The Teams |
| India: Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Saurav Ganguly, Mahendra Singh Dhoni(w), Anil Kumble (c), Amit Mishra, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Subramaniam Badrinath(sub), Munaf Patel(sub), Rudra Pratap Singh(sub)
Australia: Matthew Hayden, Simon Katich, Ricky Ponting (c), Michael Clarke, Mike Hussey, Shane Watson, Brad Haddin(w), Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson, Cameron White, Stuart Clark, Peter Siddle(sub), Jason Krejza(sub), Doug Bollinger(sub), Shaun Marsh(sub) |
| Australia in India, 2008 |
| India vs Australia, 3rd Test |
| Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, October 29-2, 2008 |
|
| Match Information |
| Umpires: |
Billy Bowden (NZ) & Aleem Dar (Pak) |
| Third Umpire: |
Suresh Shastri (Ind) |
| Match Referee: |
Chris Broad (Eng) |
| Toss: |
India (Elected to bat) |
| Match Status: |
Australia trail by 275 runs |
| Match State |
Day 3: Stumps |
|
Batting: Australia 1st Innings
| Batsmen |
Australia (338/4 in 105 ovs) |
Runs |
Balls |
4′s |
6′s |
SR |
| Matthew Hayden |
lbw b V Sehwag |
83 |
154 |
13 |
1 |
53.90 |
| Simon Katich |
b A Mishra |
64 |
116 |
10 |
0 |
55.17 |
| Ricky Ponting (c) |
b V Sehwag |
87 |
165 |
14 |
0 |
52.73 |
| Mike Hussey |
b V Sehwag |
53 |
146 |
7 |
0 |
36.30 |
| Michael Clarke |
batting |
21 |
45 |
1 |
0 |
46.67 |
| Shane Watson |
batting |
4 |
10 |
1 |
0 |
40.00 |
| Brad Haddin (wk) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Brett Lee |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Mitchell Johnson |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Cameron White |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Stuart Clark |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Extras: |
b – 16, w – 1, nb – 6, lb – 3 |
26 |
|
| Total: (338 for 4 in 105 overs) |
338 |
Run Rate: 3.22 |
Fall Of Wickets 1/123 (Simon Katich, 34.1 ov.), 2/202 (Matthew Hayden, 57.2 ov.), 3/284 (Ricky Ponting, 85.4 ov.), 4/326 (Mike Hussey, 101.6 ov.) Bowling: India
| Bowler |
O |
M |
R |
W |
Nb |
Wd |
ER |
| Zaheer Khan |
16 |
4 |
57 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3.6 |
| Ishant Sharma |
19 |
5 |
46 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
2.4 |
| Anil Kumble |
17 |
3 |
53 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3.1 |
| Amit Mishra |
30 |
7 |
95 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3.2 |
| Virender Sehwag |
22 |
4 |
66 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3.0 |
| Sachin Tendulkar |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.0 |
Batting: India 1st Innings
| Batsmen |
India (613/7 in 161 ovs) |
Runs |
Balls |
4′s |
6′s |
SR |
| Gautam Gambhir |
b S Watson |
206 |
380 |
26 |
1 |
54.21 |
| Virender Sehwag |
lbw b B Lee |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
50.00 |
| Rahul Dravid |
c M Hayden b M Johnson |
11 |
31 |
1 |
0 |
35.48 |
| Sachin Tendulkar |
c B Haddin b M Johnson |
68 |
126 |
11 |
0 |
53.97 |
| VVS Laxman |
not out |
200 |
301 |
22 |
0 |
66.45 |
| Saurav Ganguly |
c R Ponting b S Katich |
5 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
62.50 |
| Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk) |
c B Haddin b S Watson |
27 |
29 |
4 |
1 |
93.10 |
| Anil Kumble (c) |
lbw b M Johnson |
45 |
73 |
7 |
0 |
61.64 |
| Zaheer Khan |
not out |
28 |
21 |
5 |
0 |
133.33 |
| Amit Mishra |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Ishant Sharma |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Extras: |
b – 6, w – 2, nb – 6, lb – 8 |
22 |
|
| Total: (613 for 7 in 161 overs) |
613 |
Run Rate: 3.81 |
Fall Of Wickets 1/5 (Virender Sehwag, 2.1 ov.), 2/27 (Rahul Dravid, 10.4 ov.), 3/157 (Sachin Tendulkar, 51.5 ov.), 4/435 (Gautam Gambhir, 123.6 ov.), 5/444 (Saurav Ganguly, 126.2 ov.), 6/481 (Mahendra Singh Dhoni, 133.4 ov.), 7/579 (Anil Kumble, 155.4 ov.) Bowling: Australia
| Bowler |
O |
M |
R |
W |
Nb |
Wd |
ER |
| Brett Lee |
30 |
2 |
119 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
4.0 |
| Stuart Clark |
33 |
9 |
69 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2.1 |
| Mitchell Johnson |
32 |
4 |
142 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
4.4 |
| Shane Watson |
20 |
4 |
66 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
3.3 |
| Cameron White |
15 |
1 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4.9 |
| Michael Clarke |
14 |
0 |
59 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4.2 |
| Simon Katich |
15 |
3 |
60 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4.0 |
| Ricky Ponting |
2 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5.5 |
| The Teams |
| India: Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Saurav Ganguly, Mahendra Singh Dhoni(w), Anil Kumble (c), Amit Mishra, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Subramaniam Badrinath(sub), Munaf Patel(sub), Rudra Pratap Singh(sub)
Australia: Matthew Hayden, Simon Katich, Ricky Ponting (c), Michael Clarke, Mike Hussey, Shane Watson, Brad Haddin(w), Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson, Cameron White, Stuart Clark, Peter Siddle(sub), Jason Krejza(sub), Doug Bollinger(sub), Shaun Marsh(sub) |
At the end of the India managed to grab 4 wickets of Australia. Lets see how the pitch helps the indian spinners. If Australia loses quick wickets then I think india will force follow on to australia and try to win the Airtel Gavaskar Border Cup 2008.
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