On the second day of second test match Australian team got out after scoring 478 runs. Australia batted well and scored runs freely on Indian bowling. MJ North and Paine scored 149 runs partnership. Paine got out after scoring 59 runs. His inning included 8 fours. MJ North scored 128 runs and helped Australian to cross four hundred runs figure. He batted well and hit 17 fours and a six.

Last 4 wickets added 73 runs to Australian total. Now Indians has to bat well to meet the first inning score of Australia. Their first target will be 278 runs to avoid follow on. Pitch doesn’t help fast bowlers and only 1 wicket taken by Zaheer Khan. Harbhajan Singh got four wickets while PP Ojha took three wickets. Both got 7 wickets together and gave away 268 runs.

V Sehwag and M Vijay will open the batting for India and they will definitely try to provide good start to Indian team. Confidence level must be high for India as they already won first test match. Last match hero VVS Laxman is not in team but still it is good batting side for India. We can have decisive match as enough time left in the match.

Tags: Australia