Re: India Vs Australia,Third Test @ Melbourne
Must find better pacers for overseas tours.
this is the best India has. as a matter of fact this is the best pace attack in Indian cricket history..and if it is not good enough, then.............oh well bhagwan ko call karna paray ga
Re: India Vs Australia,Third Test @ Melbourne
Australia's lower order (partnerships 6-10) have 784 runs this series, India's 389. That's less than half. And it's the difference
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david warner and ishant got into a bit of verbal war just now....and warner told ishant sharma
"you shut up..go back to your field position you bollywood"
:D:D...i heard it live. you bollywood was awesome
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hard to admit it being a pakistani cricket fan but it is a fact that somehow india has created a proper rivalry with Australians and it is fun to watch these 2 teams competing (despite the fact India has lost 6 test matches in a row in aus.)....both teams has so much history, which started with that dravid/lakshman test match in early 2000 and all of this is fascinating for a cricket fan
i would even say that it is much more fun to watch an india/Aus test match vs watching an Aus/Pak test match. It is because over last 15 years India has many aggressive exciting players who were superstars and wanted to do well in Aus i.e. tendulkar, dravid, ganguly, lakshman, dhoni and now Kohli is leading the pack both with mouth and the bat.
Pak on the other end lacks superstars in last 10 years or so...even Pakistani fans have trouble remembering their team players name. the only real superstar in this team is afridi but he does not play test cricket. Back in 80/90s we had a superstar-laden team (zaheer, miandad, imran, majid, musthaq, sarfraz, qadir and then wasim, waqar, saqi, saeed anwar, inzi etc) and indians had a real dull/boring team.,,
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^ one more reason Pk not doing good is Kamran akmal and shoaib malik:D
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Even on the 4th day,this thread is not sticky 
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What yaars...Some or the other way India's any opponent,whether it is Aus or Eng or even Kenya, will have some saviours whether it is is in Test or ODI.
Tail enders or Head fronts... :D
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I enjoyed Kohli and Rahane's aggression against Johnson.
Re: India Vs Australia,Third Test @ Melbourne
Indians bowled very well in 2nd inning. Ishant and Yaduv were swinging a lot while Shami was doing reverse-swing.
But Australian tail is very good.
Now if they declare early with around 350 runs to win in around 75 overs, will India go for it? I dont see a reason why they shouldnt!
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I enjoyed Kohli and Rahane's aggression against Johnson.
To me it seemed in another way.You are down under 2-0,you played some idiotic irresponsible cricket in the first test and caused the team a defeat from a sure win situation,not been able to wrap up the opponent's tail enders(thus you got your rear whipped off royally) and now you are performing all `monkey tricks' in the field.All these aggression would have been enjoyable had they won atleast the first test.
Jokers..
Re: India Vs Australia,Third Test @ Melbourne
Aus needs to declare NOW for any chance of a result in this game.
Re: India Vs Australia,Third Test @ Melbourne
So far the umpiring has not unduly influenced the game. Though Rahane LBW off Lyons was given with ball clearly pitched outside the off stump. (I hate that rule - if ball huts stump should be out). And Rahane was going gang busters. That dismissal catalyzed a collapse.
From here on, if umpiring is fair, India draws or wins. Guruvayurappa willing. Going to be fun. That's why Test cricket is the best. This series is much closer than the score.
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Well, Indians shouldnt complaint about Umpiring. They are the only country not only opposing DRS but also putting political and economic pressure on ICC to force the decision
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Aus needs to declare NOW for any chance of a result in this game.
326 is not sufficient IMO, they need to spend an hour and try to collect 50-60 runs then declare.
Re: India Vs Australia,Third Test @ Melbourne
So far the umpiring has not unduly influenced the game. Though Rahane LBW off Lyons was given with ball clearly pitched outside the off stump. (I hate that rule - if ball huts stump should be out). And Rahane was going gang busters. That dismissal catalyzed a collapse.
From here on, if umpiring is fair, India draws or wins. Guruvayurappa willing. Going to be fun. That's why Test cricket is the best. This series is much closer than the score.
uncle what is your signature? thx
Re: India Vs Australia,Third Test @ Melbourne
Yeah.. close to 400, but not over 400. I don't think any team has chased down 400 in the 4th inning to win a match. But I see what Jack Sparrow means. If the total is too big, the Indians might just decide to play for a draw.
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No I think around 360 should be enough. They have to declare in one hour max to make it interesting. And they wont be able to score fast with early day swing
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For once, Smith should take a page from Misbah's book. Ask your batsmen to stay in the middle as long as they could. Don't let the possibility of a successful chase remain in the equation. You are leading the series 2-0. There is no point taking undue risks.
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No I think around 360 should be enough. They have to declare in one hour max to make it interesting. And they wont be able to score fast with early day swing
Why declare, draw is enough for aus to win the series. And we were being told that India was going to whitewash the Aussies. Only one team can do that. :)
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uncle what is your signature? thx
I have reported your insensitivity to the appropriate authorities