5.30 P.M.
India corner the honours on the first day. They look set for another 450 plus score. One worry though, the scoring rate may falter if Ganguly plays for a century in his final test.
Dhoni has to take the slack and score some big hits.
4.15 P.M.
Australia provide light relief by dropping Tendulkar twice. Tendulkar finally get to his 40 th century and India moves towards 300 runs in a day.
Laxman departs becoming Krejza’s third victim. Australia missed a trick by not blooding him earlier.
1.20 P.M.
After having the upper hand for most of the morning session – Krejza’s twin strike caused a wobble.
Tendulkar on 48 and Laxman on 19 have played sedately to even the keel.
The debutant Vijay did every thing right. He was aggressive, watchful and adventurous until a Watson bouncer forced him to square up and lob a catch.
It has become painful to watch Dravid. Fortunately, Krejza put him out of his misery early.
9.41 a.m.
Dhoni gets the toss right and India is batting first. Sehwag is off to a feverish start.As expected Vijay makes his debut.
India’s first innings is going to set the pace for this Nagpur test. Here is hoping to a champagne test match.
6.40 a.m.
Well, after a long time India is in a position to win the Border-Gavaskar Cup. Contrastingly, the Australians are in real danger of losing their suffocating hold on it.
Dhoni as the Captain has already brought along some refreshing attitudinal changes in the Indian team. Normally at home, India would have pushed Dravid up and brought in a middle-order bat. This time however, it is certainty that Murali Vijay will replace Gambhir. That in itself is a sign of the much-bandied ‘positive approach’.
I know the supporters of Akash Chopra and Rohit Sharma will flame me for saying this,
nevertheless, I see Murali Vijay as a good number 3 batsman and the right sort to fill Dravid’s large boots.
This test is also a statistician’s delight. Apart from Vijay making his debut, it is Ganguly’s last and Laxman’s 100 th.
The media and most us bloggers have spoken about giving the ‘seniors’ a fitting farewell. One of them, Kumble, as is his wont, has quit without much fanfare. Ganguly by announcing his retirement during the lead up to this series has given us all a chance to give a fitting farewell. Let us see how we all make use of it.
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4 comments:
I expect Dravid to follow suit.He must have spoken to hie team mates and the Board
Vijay Raina Rohit and Amit shd walk in to fill the void left by the four.
Kumble HAD to retire really no matter how we put it. Ganguly has put in his papers sensibly.
R,
Unless Dravid regains his appetite for runs, I think he will be shown the door at the end of this Test.
What is your opinion about Vijay?
of what little i saw of him...he seems a good prospect in making...has solid defense...mostly plays straight...good leaver of ball which again is good quality for an opener and good runner between the wicket...
so where is the problem?
should work on short pitch stuff coz i think now that he got out in that fashion he will get plenty in second innings...
i also think if he scores good in second innings can be tempting ready made replacement of dravid at 3...
what say OTT?
Exactly Pn, he looks slightly shaky to short-pitched balls. Needs to tighten up that area.
Yep, can give him a try as a replacement for Dravid.
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