*Official* India in Australia Thread

[Rik]

Katich taking a bit of a liking to Pathan, and Gillespie dropped, but still India in the driving seat.

 

[Pratters]

Maybe the long hair of Gillespie will distract him more than him missing the ball n getting out... :S

 

[Pratters]

Katich reaches highest test score.. I hope Gillespie doesnt beat his own highest score.:O

 

[krkode]

Katich reaches highest test score.. I hope Gillespie doesnt beat his own highest score.:O

Yeah, they're getting eerily closer to the follow-on mark. :O

127 runs to go. Any other team, I would've put it down as a given...not for Australia though. :wow:

 

[Pratters]

And with India bowling any thing can happen. I remember Chris Lewis get century I think vs India once. I would have to verify that. But seriously, I will vouch for India enforcing the follow on.

What bothers be more is rain and thunderstorm having a 50% chance of occuring tomorrow.

 

[krkode]

What bothers be more is rain and thunderstorm having a 50% chance of occuring tomorrow.

That would very likely be a "NOOOOOOOOOOOO"-moment. :O

 

[SpaceMonkey]

I have to say the Indians are trying their best to make a mess of what should be an easy target of making Australia follow on.
I cant believe the fields they are setting against Katich. They have a 300+ run lead yet they are playing it like every single run could lose them the match.

 

[krkode]

Oh dear God! This must stop! :P

 

[Bapu Rao Swami]

I get a very bad feeling :O

73 more runs needed for them to save the foolow on, cmon Kumble, they need to give Kumble the ball now

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

73 more runs needed for them to save the foolow on, cmon Kumble, they need to give Kumble the ball now

Kumble had the ball a short while ago. The guy deserves a short rest and he won't be used with the new ball anyway... although I don't think it'd be a bad idea to try him with it.

 

[Bapu Rao Swami]

Kumble had the ball a short while ago. The guy deserves a short rest and he won't be used with the new ball anyway... although I don't think it'd be a bad idea to try him with it.

Kumble is the only one who can take a wkt, at the most one odd delivery by Pathan but then Pathan is no Kapil Dev...by the time Pathan gets a wkt - Australia will only need another 20 runs or so to avoid follow on, I4m sure the BRacken and Dizzy can manage that.


KUMBLE MUST COME BACK. India must apply more pressure, India is leading by 280 runs, whats the point with having a defensive field setup.

 

[krkode]

"The Man with the Golden Arm" comes on now... :wow:

 

[mavric41]

Great fightback by Australia, losing only 1 wicket and getting within 60 of the follow on target. Under all that pressure they are still scoring at over 4 runs per over - amazing.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Great fightback by Australia, losing only 1 wicket and getting within 60 of the follow on target. Under all that pressure they are still scoring at over 4 runs per over - amazing.

Full credit to Australia, but i cant help but feel its more down to Poor indian bowling / tactics than great australian batting, although Katich's 100 was a very good one.

 

[Bapu Rao Swami]

Full credit to Australia, but i cant help but feel its more down to Poor indian bowling / tactics than great australian batting, although Katich's 100 was a very good one.

This has happened before also with India. We came close to winning our first series abroad in 18 yrs against the WI a few yrs ago until the tailenders of WI shattered our hopes.

The thing is our bowling is kind of mediocre but we have moments of brilliance. Asian teams have always always lacked consistency and the biggest reason is fitness !

Look at the Aussies and South Africans, they're so fit which is why the win games by having a suprior fielding and better consistency. Mohammed Sami of Pak can rip apart many batting lineups, but its in consistency that ppl like Gillespie, McGrath beat him. Srinath and McGrath had the same bounce, same speed infact Srinath was faster, but Srinath's poor fitness was the reason he's way below while McGrath is somewhere up the tree in world cricket. We need guys who're fit, willing to run around and maintain rythem thru out an innings,, we need more ppl like Zaheer Khan, and Rahul Dravid also Sehwag. We're imrpving on that Anderw Leipus is our fitness coach , he has made a big difference which is why in the past two yrs you're seeing a more consistent Indian team.

 

[V Reddy]

India is slowly loosing its grip on the match. Even if India is able to enforce the followon, i think Ganguly won't since the bowlers will be tired. I don't think the Indian bowlers are capable of bowling out the Aussies in one day

 

[CDAK]

Why are u people worried about India's bowling!!?. If India can make 700/7( patel can score 50s!!!), why can't OZ make 500/7 or even 600/7 , after all they are the WC.

 

[Bapu Rao Swami]

Why are u people worried about India's bowling!!?. If India can make 700/7( patel can score 50s!!!), why can't OZ make 500/7 or even 600/7 , after all they are the WC

Very true Australia is the world champion but thats in ODIs. Australia is statistically the strongest ODI side of all time but thats not in tests, they're ODI team in comparison is stronger to their test team.

The reason this is disappointing about India is because this shows you where Indian team is behind. India must once and for all learn from this. This happens always with us, one game the bowlers will perform outta their skins the next they let us down, our batting historically has always been strong even when JAdeja, Sidhu, Azhar were there we had amongst the worlds strongest batting lineup, our bowling in comparison is weak.

I can't believe it after making 705 in one innings we have let this game out for a draw, yes we are the winners in a way because we were the underdogs and have matched Australia in their own backyard but at the end of the day its still a draw. I was thinking this victory would end our curse that we can't win abroad - it seems like we need to work harder. I feel sorry for Sachin, everytime he plays well - we fail to capitalise on that!!

this game is draw, the series is draw, and i am extremely sad!!

 

[CDAK]

Very true Australia is the world champion but thats in ODIs. Australia is statistically the strongest ODI side of all time but thats not in tests, they're ODI team in comparison is stronger to their test team.

U took it seriously!!!???

 

[SpaceMonkey]

This has happened before also with India. We came close to winning our first series abroad in 18 yrs against the WI a few yrs ago until the tailenders of WI shattered our hopes.

The thing is our bowling is kind of mediocre but we have moments of brilliance. Asian teams have always always lacked consistency and the biggest reason is fitness !

Look at the Aussies and South Africans, they're so fit which is why the win games by having a suprior fielding and better consistency. Mohammed Sami of Pak can rip apart many batting lineups, but its in consistency that ppl like Gillespie, McGrath beat him. Srinath and McGrath had the same bounce, same speed infact Srinath was faster, but Srinath's poor fitness was the reason he's way below while McGrath is somewhere up the tree in world cricket. We need guys who're fit, willing to run around and maintain rythem thru out an innings,, we need more ppl like Zaheer Khan, and Rahul Dravid also Sehwag. We're imrpving on that Anderw Leipus is our fitness coach , he has made a big difference which is why in the past two yrs you're seeing a more consistent Indian team.

I have to agree with you but i think Ganguly has to take alot of the slack this time, infact i've always considered Ganguly to be one of the worse captins in world cricket. His field placings this series have been diabolical at times. I know they dont want to put extra pressure on others, but surely it would be better for the team as a whole to have someone else take over.