India Vs Australia, 2nd Final at Brisbane, 4th March 2008

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Victory March 4, 2008, 4:19am 1

I took chance to open this thread and Pray that India clicks. Good opportunity for India to seal the finals.

India (Playing XI): Sachin Tendulkar, Robin Uthappa, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Mahendra Singh Dhoni(w/c), Irfan Pathan, Piyush Chawla, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, S Sreesanth

Australia (Playing XI): Adam Gilchrist(w), Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting(c), Michael Clarke, Andrew Symonds, Mike Hussey, James Hopes, Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Bracken, Stuart Clark

India have won the toss and decided to bat first

Pitch Report: Excellent conditions for cricket here at the Gabba. It is bright and sunny and it is a hot day today. The dimensions on this ground are pretty huge with the boundaries over 70 metres on all sides. The pitch is pretty good and it is win the toss and bat first. The cracks might just open up later in the day. The only problem with batting first is the chances of dew at night but the curator says that dew might not play a role till around midnight and the match will be all over by then.

pidbull March 4, 2008, 4:38am 2

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australia going with no spinners, India going with 2...interesting! hahaha, im sure the decision is also influenced by sharma being injured, there is really no choice and piyush bowled really well last game

GoldenAsif March 4, 2008, 5:08am 3

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good steady start by India, 45/0 after 12 overs

Some1 March 4, 2008, 5:13am 4

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Uthappa moves towards the off even before the ball is bowled.
His limited range of strokes is so glaringly obvious....

That said, he might score a 50 or a 100 here, so please don't kill me for saying the above.

And as I write this...Tendu plays a Dhoni shot....cross-batted straight drive for FOUR.

pidbull March 4, 2008, 5:16am 5

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50 run patnership and runs are coming quick
tendulkar looking good after a nervous start and utthapa looking solid so far

Victory March 4, 2008, 5:29am 6

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Good sensible start by India. Third Power play is on.

India: 73/0 (16.0 Ovs)

Robin Uthappa 25(39)

Sachin Tendulkar* 42(57)

Victory March 4, 2008, 5:55am 7

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Uthappa gone!!!

After a good start, he could have consolidated further, but he tried something different and lost his wicket.

Uthappa c Hopes b Clark 30(49)

India: 94/1 (20.5 Ovs)

pidbull March 4, 2008, 5:57am 8

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yeah i think that was a forced shot, oh well he did his job, was looking forward to him playing his shots

Some1 March 4, 2008, 6:13am 9

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Aussie ground fielding (esp by Michael Clarke) has saved at least 7-8 boundaries I think.

Clarke just saved a certain boundary.

Good stuff.

Some1 March 4, 2008, 6:17am 10

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Looks like my fellow 1 billion Indians have brought down Cricinfo.
There is only so many hits the website can take.

Meanwhile Gambhir brings about his own downfall. He was looking very good.

Victory March 4, 2008, 6:20am 11

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and Yuvi opens his account with a 6...........

pidbull March 4, 2008, 6:32am 12

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that was just blasted^

gambhir would be kicking himself, the conditions look good for batting

Some1 March 4, 2008, 6:55am 13

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Oh man......that ball from Symonds was asking to be hit out of the stadium. Such a long-hop and Yuvraj hits it right down a fielder's throat.

pidbull March 4, 2008, 7:04am 14

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damn if yuvi was there, the target would have been well over 300 for sure

Some1 March 4, 2008, 7:04am 15

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This is what I like about Dhoni.

Always backs himself to deliver the goods.....promotes himself ahead of Rohit Sharma here.

bitter March 4, 2008, 7:10am 16

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2 spinners in the squad might be a issue if we see how we belted Symonds and Clarke( well to be fair these two are not exactly spinners)

Some1 March 4, 2008, 7:12am 17

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Tendulkar falls in the 90s once again.

I think he brings it upon himself by ceasing to play in the same momentum when he approaches 100.

Some1 March 4, 2008, 7:18am 18

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Over numbers 39,40 and 41 yields only 9 runs...

India losing momentun.

pidbull March 4, 2008, 7:31am 19

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damn india choking here
need some quick runs to put up a competitive target

pidbull March 4, 2008, 7:33am 20

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pathan cant seem to get bat on ball if his life depended on it
really pathetic batting from him

India going to struggle to win this match now, they barely got any runs in the last 10 overs, after that start, it was too good to be true...