India discards make the most in drawn clash
Posted on Oct 05, 2008 at 09:30 | Updated Oct 05, 2008 at 18:22
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Hyderabad: The domineering Board President's XI punctured Australia's usual aura of invincibility in the drawn warm-up match, exposing numerous chinks in the visitors' armour ahead of the four-match cricket Test series.
Yuvraj Singh (113) lit up the morning session with his batting pyrotechnics, while Wasim Jaffer (93) was distinctly unlucky to miss his ton as Board President's XI declared their second essay at 292 for four, some 47 minutes after lunch.
Chasing an improbable target of 434, Australia finished at 127 for two wickets in 38 overs, with a serious question mark against their perceived invulnerability.
Ricky Ponting (58 not out) and Michael Clarke (36 not out) did get some runs under the belt and Australia certainly did a better job in their second innings but they were not convincing against the spinners, something that might hurt them in the Test series.
Ponting signalled his positive intent with three successive fours off Manpreet Gony but Chawla would often tease and torment him with his bag of tricks.
Among his teammates, Simon Katich (5) came a cropper again, while Matthew Hayden (14), returning from Achilles injury, could not dust the rust.
Meanwhile, both individually and collectively, the local outfit achieved what they came for. Their spinners mauled the Aussies, sowing the seed of doubt in their mind, ensuring they go into the series with lot of pressure on their shoulder.
The Board President's XI batsmen also exposed what Australia tried to hide that they are not the same bowling force in absence of Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath.
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Posted By eminem
who is anybody n who is nt has been well written in records n made history,,of many wins n loses,fab
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Posted By Ram
Rohit Sharma should consider himself lucky that he got chance to play in this match. Before this match he had
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Posted By C.P.Rajagopalan
Enough has been said about our \''fab five\''. It is time the BCCI set a deadline for them and rotate
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Posted By Lviss
This match exposed our idiotic selection methods, with bench strength performing better than the teams paper strength. There was no
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