Ashwin gets defensive
The off-spinner’s tactic of bowling around the wicket to right-handers was surprising as he failed to take advantage of the foot marks created by the pace bowlers. In the first session, Ashwin also opted to bowl in and around the off stump instead of getting batsmen to play outside the off
Scare for Ponting
Ashwin couldn’t hold on to a tough catch off his own bowling to give Clarke a reprieve when he was on 30. But, it was Ponting at the non-striker’s end, who was in the firing line of the shot, and managed to get out of the way just in the nick of time.
Dharmasena’s blunders
Umpire Kumar Dharmasena made two contentious decisions in the first session that led to the dismissals of Australia skipper Michael Clarke and Michael ‘Mr Cricket’ Hussey.
Clarke was aggressive in his approach at the start of the day hitting some well-timed boundaries and showing positive intent to declare at the earliest. But, Clarke’s knock was cut short when Dharmasena gave him out caught behind off the bowling of Umesh Yadav, even though the wicket-keeper and bowler only made a half-hearted appeal. Clarke was beaten for pace but wasn’t happy with the decision, and he could have reason to feel aggrieved as HotSpot showed nothing on the bat; even the Snicko didn’t register anything when the ball passed the bat.
Dharmasena made another questionable decision just before lunch when he upheld Ishant Sharma’s appeal for LBW against Hussey, who was hit near the knee roll in front of the off stump. Though replays indicated the ball would have just clipped the top of the off stump, it was a tough decision against Hussey. Ishant has been ruing his misfortune in the series as an excuse for not getting among the wickets, but he had luck going his way this time. And, Ishant hasn’t taken as many wickets as he would have liked to in Australia because he has not been consistent enough with his line and length, though he has had some catches dropped off his bowling.
Strange decision
R Ashwin not only dismissed Australia’s opening batsmen just before stumps on the third day, but also shared the new ball with Zaheer Khan in the hosts’ second innings. And, it was expected that Ashwin and Zaheer would start proceedings on the fourth day as well, but instead India’s stand-in captain Virender Sehwag opted for the pace pair of the left-arm fast bowler and Ishant Sharma. Ashwin was brought into bowl only in the eighth over of the day – certainly, a strange decision that by Sehwag.
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