Langer for 30.
Australia 134/2 lead by 347
Bye bye, India.
india is done BG gone and katich 99out unlucky to miss out 100
i think it's safe to say that india have lost the test series, i can't see them chasing a likely target of over 480+ for a win + india's batsmen crumbled quite easily in the 1st innings not a confidence booster. bye bye 1969 wala record
Australia 202/3, lead India by 415 runs.
With two days to go the Indians can pray for rain. No other solution, not even Tendulkar.
So whats new !!! 
I heard my Nick during the commentary “Calling upon Raindance” the saviour 
any info on forecast?
I tried Yahoo forecast for Nagpur and it says sunny sunny sunny 
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*Originally posted by ehsan: *
Australia 202/3, lead India by 415 runs.
With two days to go the Indians can pray for rain. No other solution, not even Tendulkar.
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Australia will play until lunch or tea tomorrow and will then declare. Man, that's gonna be a huge defeat for India. :D
Atleast now the Indians can't blame everything on the absence of Tendulkar.
I don't even want to think what would have happend if Ponting was playing....
^^ Yup! Now they have Aleem Dar for that 
exactly ppl indian fans have already started criticize Aleem Dar for his umpiring they r saying 10da wasn't out and now some of them were counting runs i dunno about day3 play may be he didn't give out an aussie player and 1of the guy was writing aleemdar not out then he said 11not out :D
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*Originally posted by jatt_pathan: *
exactly ppl indian fans have already started criticize Aleem Dar for his umpiring they r saying 10da wasn't out and now some of them were counting runs i dunno about day3 play may be he didn't give out an aussie player and 1of the guy was writing aleemdar not out on4 then he said 11not out :D
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Australia should try to play till lunch and declare. If they wait till tea, India might be able to pull a draw, even though it doesnt look very likely looking at indian batting performance in the first inning.
i'm sure they will declare after lunch setting india a target around 550
I think India can still pull the game, its not that difficult. See australia declare with lead of 550 and at lunch. So that gives us around 60 overs on 4th day plus one full day(up to 100 overs). So its like in 160 overs we r chasing 550, which is like lss than 3.5 runs per over. Which is very much chasable if u keep wickets in hand.
And we have great batting line up... firey Sehwag, stroke maker Laxman, master-blaster Tendulkar, the class of Rahul Dravid. And if chopra clicks at the beggning he can hold a wicket and then there is in form Kaif. Plus our tail is not that bad either. I think if some of our batsman click then we have a game guys.
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*Originally posted by ajay_25us: *
I think India can still pull the game, its not that difficult. See australia declare with lead of 550 and at lunch. So that gives us around 60 overs on 4th day plus one full day(up to 100 overs). So its like in 160 overs we r chasing 550, which is like lss than 3.5 runs per over. Which is very much chasable if u keep wickets in hand.
And we have great batting line up... firey Sehwag, stroke maker Laxman, master-blaster Tendulkar, the class of Rahul Dravid. And if chopra clicks at the beggning he can hold a wicket and then there is in form Kaif. Plus our tail is not that bad either. I think if some of our batsman click then we have a game guys.
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India does have big names in the batting line up, but they havent been scoring recently. I think that if australia gives a target or 550 by lunch, India will try to save wickets rather then to go after the target.
Ofcourse everything is possible, but not very probable.
I dont see India chasing in any case...
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*Originally posted by proudpakistani: *
India does have big names in the batting line up, but they havent been scoring recently. I think that if australia gives a target or 550 by lunch, India will try to save wickets rather then to go after the target.
Ofcourse everything is possible, but not very probable.
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I dont see India can get it together and give a performance here, though its due from some players for sure. But its Aussies who will dictate the match.
Re: I dont see India chasing in any case...
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I dont see India can get it together and give a performance here, though its due from some players for sure. But its Aussies who will dictate the match.
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On a personal note I dont want Aussies to score more than 475 it will take the life out of the game.
Indians are already blaming Aleem Dar for this los 
Whats up with that, take a loss for whats its worth.
Everythng is going the way I predctied Clarke and Martin batting and incresing the lead alowly towards to 550. Now wait and watch how india chases it, forgot the 2001 test when Dravid and Laxman batted like God. Aussies r gonna cry after this test.