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 Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 4:10 pm |
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Zaheer bowls India to record victory
It was a match that was never out of India's control. After the tremendous work done over four days, they needed less than a session on the fifth morning to defeat Australia, sealing the Test by 320 runs, their biggest margin of victory in terms of runs ever. Zaheer Khan nipped out three wickets in the space of four deliveries when play started, and though Michael Clarke resisted with 69, it was always going to be a matter of when India would take a 1-0 series lead. In terms of runs, it was Australia's biggest loss to India since Melbourne, 1977.
India had reduced Australia to 58 for 5 yesterday, but had to wait 84 runs for their next strike, after which proceedings resembled a bowling alley as Zaheer knocked over the lower order like nine pins. Zaheer was simply unplayable. He struck in the first over of the day, bowling Brad Haddin for 37 with a ripper. It pitched on a length, shaped back in, and took out the middle and off stumps. In his next over, Zaheer found himself on a hat-trick. A leaden-footed Cameron White went for a drive and edged to Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Next ball, Brett Lee had no clue to one pitched fractionally shorter and had his stumps splayed. Three wickets had fallen for three runs.
With nine men around the bat, Mitchell Johnson averted the hat-trick. Zaheer had slowly built up his momentum through the fourth day and struck gold on the fifth morning. He got the ball to move slightly away from the batsmen, and was very accurate. Ishant Sharma achieved movement both ways, evident when Clarke outside-edged towards slip - the ball didn't carry - and later inside-edged towards square leg.
Perhaps significant with two Tests to play, Clarke shrugged off an indifferent tour with a fluent 69. On a pitch with good movement and against bowlers who were on song, he batted with focus and determination. He and Johnson, who batted well for his 26 before popping a return catch to Amit Mishra, added 50. Clarke had been the glue that held a poor Australian innings together, but he was last out when he clipped Mishra - who finished with seven on debut - to midwicket. As the fat lady sang and Punjabi bhangra filled the Mohali air, Dhoni - India's stand-in captain who rarely made a wrong call through the Test - led the charge towards the catcher, Virender Sehwag.
Teams that have a habit of winning know how to seize the momentum and never let it go. Like Australia had done for the last decade and more, India did that very well in Mohali. They were, unquestionably, the superior side in this Test.
MAN OF THE MATCH: M.S. DHONI
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Re: India complete crushing victory over Austraila in 2nd te |
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| Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 5:06 pm |
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Welldone guyz... Very Well played & Planned, Main Credit goes to MS Dhoni,.... He is Really Wonderful, Lucky Man for INDIA  |
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| Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 3:19 pm |
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It will be good to see if India can win the 4th Test match or at least draw it so that Australia can be kicked off from India in nice way  |
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| Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 3:41 pm |
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| yeah, dont worry, Dhoni is the real lucky guy, for sure India will win the series, not even draw. this is my prediction |
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| Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 4:03 pm |
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| Hopefully India can win and put more pressure on Aussies so that England can capitalize on them in the upcoming Ashes. |
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| Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 4:11 pm |
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| yeah... england also lacking one good spinner, monty not upto the mark as expected.. |
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| Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 4:21 pm |
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| I think they will play Monty. He is quite good until and unless they get any good alternative... As we can see these days Srilanka have a great spinner Ajantha Mendis so if England can get spinner like him would be great and put lot of pressure on Aussies. |
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| Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:34 pm |
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| yeah, they wil play with monty.. coz they dont hav any other option... but England need match winning spinner like ajantha atleast..to beat aussies... I am waiting for Aussies visit of SL, coz wan to see how they andle our army man... |
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