Day 1, Kumble won the toss and decide to bat first which turned out to be a good decission at the end of Day 1. As usual the opening partnership did not last long and the wall Dravid did not last long who was in two minds to either play aggressive or defensively on a good batting wicket while Sehwag was scoring runs at quick pace on the other end which helped Team India not to panic. Tendulkar who is in great form continued from where he left while Aussies managed to put an end to Sewhag leaving Sourav and Sachin at the crease. Sourav again got out to Brad Hogg without scoring much (probably a bad decission) and India looked in all sorts of trouble but Laxman and Sachin steadied the ship and both went on to score fifty and century respectively before Laxman fell to Lee. Dhoni joined Sachin and played very defensive cricket and Sachin played his shots to reach 309/5 at the end of Day 1. Australian’s are bowling at very slow rate and hence had to miss few overs. Refree should ask Ponting to improve the over rate as they Aussies bowled slowly in Perth too.
First session on Day 2 will decide the momentum of the match, If India can manage to put another 100 runs with out losing not more than 2 wickets then Aussies will be on backfoot and will play for a draw. If Aussies want to win, they should not allow India to score more than 425 or else most probably they will lose or match may end as draw.
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