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[WalkingWicket37]

Watching the highlights, Mitchell Johnson batting well.

I also notice he's wearing what looks like a masuri club, seems strange he'd go for the entry level helmet if that is what he's using

[Gerry SA]

Good morning Mitchell, we've been expecting...the words India where dreading

Dhawan clean up in the nets and in hospital.

Johnson has bagged Kohli(1), Rahane(10) and Rohit(0).

Australia on the verge of a soul destroying victory.

[i12breakfree]

Just saw the score - India 157/7
Mitchell Johnson back in form

[Number4]

Aussies win by 4 wickets

[Manormanic]

not a bad win rfom where they were at the close on day one.  India really are a shambles though, absolutely embarrassing.

[ProCricketer1982]

not a bad win rfom where they were at the close on day one.  India really are a shambles though, absolutely embarrassing.

They are a team of t20 and ODI players, we and they can't expect these guys to be able to play test cricket.

[Manormanic]

They are a team of t20 and ODI players, we and they can't expect these guys to be able to play test cricket.

Thats not entirely accurate though, is it?  Aside from test specialists like Vijay and Pujara, they have a number of guys with excellent test records.  They should certainly be doing better than they are...

[InternalTraining]

Were those on-field antics necessary against someone like, say, Mitchell Johnson? All that "verbal barrage" did was to wake him up. He just opened a can of "whup ass" with his bat. It looked comical when all that "talk" was not backed up with good cricket.

[smilley792]

They are a team of t20 and ODI players, we and they can't expect these guys to be able to play test cricket.

That are doing x10 better than our test team did, that can't play odi/t20 stuff to save there lives.

[i12breakfree]

R Sharma needs to be benched. Raina has been on some great form and he should be given a chance.
Still a very poor outing by team India - kohli , Rahane , dhoni all need to contribute

[ProCricketer1982]

That are doing x10 better than our test team did, that can't play odi/t20 stuff to save there lives.

Not sure I said England could??

[ProCricketer1982]

Thats not entirely accurate though, is it?  Aside from test specialists like Vijay and Pujara, they have a number of guys with excellent test records.  They should certainly be doing better than they are...

Dharwan a test opener? really.. His forward defence is more like a drive attempt. Anyway, I only offered an opinion and we are all allowed one.

[skip1973]

Yours seem to get put across as fact rather than opinion though PC.

[swamidude]

They can't all be a bunch of t20 or odi players, because they've scored 400+ twice, and 300 in the final innings at the Adelaide. I'd say most teams would be pretty proud of that against Australia in their own backyard. Mitchell Johnson has been carted by the Indian batsmen for 8 days  until that one spell last night.

[Vic Nicholas]

Mitchell Johnson has been carted by the Indian batsmen for 8 days  until that one spell last night.

Yeah, because these pitches have been deadened at the BCCI's insistence.

If the pitches were normal Oz pitches, the Indians would be getting crushed inside 3 days in every test.

That spells bad news for TV rights cash.

BCCI have their fingerprints all over this. I have never seen Australian pitches so slow and dead...obviously designed to take all the tests into the fifth day and avoid the wanton slaughter of Indian batsman.

You can call it "reverse doctoring". Pitches doctored to cater to the visiting team and make the series competitive.