India is in a precarious position to save this Test match on the fourth day of the second test at Brisbane.
Still two days to go in the match, India needs to bat out at least four sessions to save this match. Australia will no doubt fancy it's chances any run chase below 300.
That possibility should be taken seriously by India in order to salvage the Test match if not winning it.
Given the Indian middle order repertoire, the side could wind up without posing a decent total to defend even if it's top batsmen score centuries.
It is not as if the top order batsmen failed on this tour, despite the batsmen scoring centuries other batsmen didn't capitalize on the opportunity. That's where Australia is marginally ahead in this series.
With Rohit Sharma's below the expectations performance, India can hardly afford to loose any more wickets as it is already one down.
So the match is more favorably tilted towards the hosts and it is the tourists I feel that have the work cut out.
Nathan Lyon has already won a match for Australia and Hazlewood has shown great performance in the first innings of the ongoing test, Australia has no dearth of bowling specialists to Test India batsmen.
Can the Indian batsmen particularly the middle order with stand the onslaught from the Aussie pace and spin combo is the question.
Valleyz.Blog
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