Airtel India Australia Test Series For Border Gavasker Trophy 2013
After Beating Australia In First Test At Chennai by 8 Wickets, India's Confidence touching 7th Sky & Australia would be determined to come back strongly in the series, the way England did 3 months back, after loosing the first game in Ahemdabad & they went on to win the series.
The surface here in Hyderabad is more harder, bit of grass is there & a flat wicket to bat on.
Australia, like in Chennai here as well won the toass & decided to Bat again.
This time, from Chennai Test, Australians have made 2 changes to their side, they have left Mitchell Starc & Nathan Lyon & Xavier Doherty & Glenn Maxwell came in.
Glenn Maxwell made his debut in test cricket through this match.
India went unchanged from Chennai Test.
But, The decision of Skipper Clarke seemed going wrong as in the 3rd over of innings, B Kumar clean bowled David Warner on 6.
Aussie total was 10 at that moment.
This was B Kumar's first wicket in test cricket.
Soon after, in the next over, he removed second opener, Ed Cowan on 4.
He was caught in front of stumps & umpire Erasmus had no dout in his mind to give him Leg Before. Aussie total reached 15-2.
Phil Hughes & Shane Watson tried to resist Indian bowlers from taking wickets by playing some attacking cricket but Kuamr was on a role in this innings as he dismmissed Watson on 23 at 57-3.
Star bowler of Chennai Test, R Ashwin when brought into bowling bowled quiet beautifully.
He gave away only 1 run in his 6 overs & picked up the crucial wicket of Phil Hughes who was caught by Skipper Dhoni.
He scored 19 & Australia were sturuggling at 4-63.
Then M Clarke & Mathew Wade settled at the crease & tried to build a partnership to take their team out of trouble.
Australia were 83-4 in 28 overs till Lunch.
Post Lunch Session, turned very good for australia.
Both M Clarke & M Wade got settled at the crease & played their shots.
Soon Clarke reached his fifty & continue his golden period with the bat.
M wade also without wasting any time raised his bat as he had also reached his half century.
Both of Played sensible Cricket & pushed India onto Backfoot as their partnership had crossed 100 runs.
In the post Lunch session, australians dominated & they put on 104 runs without loosing a single wicket.
Till Tea, Australia were 187-4 in 60 overs M Clarke 68* M wade 55*
After Tea, both batsman continued their show & helped their team total to cross 200.
But, Harbhajan Singh in the 69th over of the innings bowled a good delivery to Wade who gave a catch to B Kumar.
He scored a very well 68. Aussies were 208-5 at that moment & both Clarke & Wade had added 145 for 5th wicket.
Soon after that, Wickets start to fall for Australia in no time.
Henriques was the man 6th wicket to fell.
He was clean bowled by Ravinder Jadeja on 5.
Debutant G Maxwell became 2nd victim for Jadeja as he was sent back on 13 by him.
Peter Siddle was dismissed by Harbhajan of 0 & Aussie's were 236-8.
Ravinder Jadeja continued his wonderful bowling as he bowled M Clarke on 91, resisting him to get onto yet another century & demolishing Australia's hope to get to a big total.
M Clarke reached his 50 in Hyderabad test | Eminentyouth
Surprisingly, Clarke declared Australian innings on 237-9 after 85 overs.
His Plan must be to Test Indian Batsman with the musicful Deliveries of Australian Pace House & get 1 or 2 wickets by close of play.
But Both Sehwag & Vijay played calmly the 3 overs & kept Indian Score 5-0.
Now On Day 2, both batsman will look to get a fresh start & play a long innings to come back in form.
The Day belonged to Indians who restricted Australians on 237.
Brief Scorecard
Australia: 237-9(dec.) 85 overs M Clarke 91 M Wade 68 R Jadeja 16-4-33-3 B Kumar 15-2-53-3
India 5-0 3 overs
V Sehwag 4* M Vijay 0* J Pattinson 2-2-0-0
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