India vs Australia 2008 - Test Series

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3rd test is going 2wards a draw :madness:bad captaicy by kumble yet againbrilliant bowling by sehwag on day 1
 
declared too late...
 
i dont think it was late. pitch is still good. we wanted more runs. runs in 2nd innings cud be difficult the way Mishra's ball was turning. So more runs in 1st innings (that too with no pressure is good).But laxman was playing too slow.
 
Nothing wrong in Declaration time... It was our new ball bowlers Zaheer and Ishant didnt find any swing or any rhythm yesterday.. Had they taken 2 wickets yesterday, today we would have been in a better commanding position...
 
Two related news:

Bees get them all out! (See the funny image on page)
Cricinfo - The buzz around the Kotla
Beeroz Shah Kotla
At least once each during their umpiring careers, Aleem Dar and Billy Bowden have officiated in matches where bees have attacked the field and held up play. It happened to Bowden in Vishakhapatnam, during the India-Pakistan one-dayer in 2005 and Dar faced it in Kandy, during the England-Sri Lanka Test in 2007-08. The bee attack seemed inevitable when the two united for the Kotla Test.

This one was an assault like no other. For what seemed an eternity, the players lay on their tummies, waiting the bees to go away. As the players pondered whether to bee or not to bee, everybody had a good laugh. Ishant, fielding at the fine-leg boundary, was the only brave man standing. Sachin Tendulkar, covering his ears with his hat, sported a bee-tific smile, and Hayden rolled on the grass like a child. Bowden tried to be brave and started moving first, but the bees put him back in his place. Sourav Ganguly was, as expected, the last one to get up once the bees went away. All in all, what a bee-mer.

Gambhir banned for test - but decides to appeal.
Cricinfo - Gambhir to appeal one-Test ban
 


We are in this position because of kumble's defensive captaincy, aus would have been bowled out by now if dhoni was captaining.
 

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