Cricket test: Aussies to struggle for a top spot by attacking Indian batting line
Two of the best Test sides go head-to-head to fight for the number one Test ranking as India takes on Australia at home, with prestige on line for both the nations.
Australia will be looking for their revival and will be using Indian series as a platform to return to the top spot. Australia is now ranked at number four, whereas India is the number one side at the moment.
Whenever the two sides have met, they have produced outstanding performances with individuals going on to make several records, adding riches to the cricketing history.
Among the best performances of Indian team, two players stand out; VVS Laxman and Harbajhan Singh.
Remarkably, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/VVS-Laxman-c2772 guided India to victory after his team was forced to follow on a feat, which will hardly be repeated again. He stood up against the one of the best bowling attacks of world cricket boasted by exceptional Glenn McGrath, spin wizard Shane Warne and express fast Brett Lee.
Eden Gardens was the venue where one of the greatest Test innings of all time was played but Laxman was perfectly supported by the Wall, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rahul-c83321 Dravid who also scored 180 runs, setting up the victory platform. That inning is placed at number six in Wisden all-time top ten innings.
In the 2001 Border-Gavasker trophy Harbajhan Singh announced his arrival in world cricket with a big bang claiming 32 wickets. His extraordinary performance rightly earned him the man of the series award, and the wickets he took in a three match series still stands as a record. No one has able to topple bhajjis’s record in three Test match series.
However, things have dramatically changed now, as Australian players are well-equipped and mentally prepared to play on subcontinent pitches. Aussies will be looking to stop the Indian batting line-up from scoring a mountain of runs with players like Virender Sehwag, skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mahendra-Singh-Dhoni-c73820, and little Master Sachin Tebdulkar being the major threat.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 will be hoping that bowling attack will stand a challenge against a strong Indian batting line-up by putting up disciplined show, in order to put a lid on the flow of runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Virender-Sehwag-c95429’s wicket will be most crucial for both the sides, because if Australia players don’t manage to prize his wicket, then he can punish them badly by scoring a century or even a double century in no time.
The Kangaroos have never been the same after retirements of star players, Matthew Hayden, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Gilchrist-c918, Justin Langer, Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne. Opponents now don’t fear taking on the Australians, which were at one time undisputedly the number one cricketing side of the world.
This new bowling attack of Australians is pretty weak as only left arm quickie Mitchell Johnson and all rounder Shane http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 which helps buying more spin and bounce for the spinners.
Indian attack is boosted by the comeback of Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh as both are expected to play in the first Test.
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