India vs Australia 2nd Test Live Match
Australia after winning the toss and batting first scored 285 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the 2nd test against India in Bangalore.
Skipper Ricky Ponting scored 77 runs while opener Shane Watson scored 55 runs. The first wicket partnership was 99 runs.
Just as Ponting seemed ready to go on to his second century in India he lost focus, falling lbw to Suresh Raina’s part-time offspin
Watch Live cricket score, streaming and Highlights videos of the 2nd day of the 2nd test Test between India vs Australia which is being played at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore from 9th – 13h Oct 2010. Match Start time 9:30am (0400 GMT).
Sachin Tendulkar needs 27 runs to take his world-record tally to 14,000.
India : 1 Virender Sehwag, 2 M Vijay, 3 Rahul Dravid, 4 Sachin Tendulkar, 5 VVS Laxman, 6 Suresh Raina, 7 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 8 Harbhajan Singh , 9 Zaheer Khan, 10 Sreesanth, 11 Pragyan Ojha.
Australia : 1 Shane Watson, 2 Simon Katich, 3 Ricky Ponting (capt), 4 Michael Clarke, 5 Michael Hussey, 6 Marcus North, 7 Tim Paine (wk), 8 Mitchell Johnson, 9 Nathan Hauritz, 10 Ben Hilfenhaus, 11 Doug Bollinger/Peter George.
“The pitch will be sporting, but it will help the batsmen more,” the curator Narayan Raju said, before adding that the rainy weather might play a part. “Owing to recent rains, there is a lot of moisture in the pitch, and because of the overcast conditions, the moisture hasn’t dried out. If the conditions remain the same, it could help the bowlers on the first day.”
Skipper Ricky Ponting scored 77 runs while opener Shane Watson scored 55 runs. The first wicket partnership was 99 runs.
Just as Ponting seemed ready to go on to his second century in India he lost focus, falling lbw to Suresh Raina’s part-time offspin
Watch Live cricket score, streaming and Highlights videos of the 2nd day of the 2nd test Test between India vs Australia which is being played at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore from 9th – 13h Oct 2010. Match Start time 9:30am (0400 GMT).
Sachin Tendulkar needs 27 runs to take his world-record tally to 14,000.
India : 1 Virender Sehwag, 2 M Vijay, 3 Rahul Dravid, 4 Sachin Tendulkar, 5 VVS Laxman, 6 Suresh Raina, 7 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 8 Harbhajan Singh , 9 Zaheer Khan, 10 Sreesanth, 11 Pragyan Ojha.
Australia : 1 Shane Watson, 2 Simon Katich, 3 Ricky Ponting (capt), 4 Michael Clarke, 5 Michael Hussey, 6 Marcus North, 7 Tim Paine (wk), 8 Mitchell Johnson, 9 Nathan Hauritz, 10 Ben Hilfenhaus, 11 Doug Bollinger/Peter George.
“The pitch will be sporting, but it will help the batsmen more,” the curator Narayan Raju said, before adding that the rainy weather might play a part. “Owing to recent rains, there is a lot of moisture in the pitch, and because of the overcast conditions, the moisture hasn’t dried out. If the conditions remain the same, it could help the bowlers on the first day.”