4th Test Australia vs India at Adelaide Preview, Live Video + Full Highlights

The series full of drama , excitments, ups and downs finally moving to its last destination.A series which we will remember for many days not only due to a good  competition between the two teams but also due to bad umpiring, Australian team atitude, Indian team great comeback, kumble's 600th Wicket and many more things. It became more popular and more energtic series then Ashes as well as IndoPak series. Really all enjoyed and we all hoping of for more fireworks in 4th(last) test. 4th Test Australia vs India at Adelaide Live, Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5 Full Highlights .

Lets have a flashback on all three test in quick before talking about the fourth test. First Test started on boxing day on 26th December 2007 in Melbourne and It was certain that The Series will be having much drama and action. On first day we saw perfect bowling by all Indian bowling and they clearly gave the message that they will play with no fear. Kumble was on fire with 5 wickets on first day put Aussies in Big trouble but with some bad umpirings on Day 1 with luck of Symonds striking Aussies to Survive first day but on second day they just lost the way and finished their innings on 343. It was looking like that India will get a good edge over aussies but Indian batsmen failed in converting a chnace to lead. They all Was looking not in good touch except Sachin, Ganguly and laxman all failed and they got only 198 runs. Getting good oppurnity Aussies really burning into a good lead and making it impossible for Indian team for any second . Indian team got crunched in first Test by Aussies who set 499 runs impossible target for Indian and wasnt able to bear it and finished on just 161 runs. australia won by 337 runs. Mathew hayden was awawrded man of the match due to his superb 124 runs in first innings.

India not losing hope from First Test defeated came with full strength in 2nd test at Sydney .Showing their determination India took quick wickets of Australia very easily and it looked like that Australia march of victory will stop here, but worse umpiring by umpires proved not good for Indian team and Andrew Symonds scoring a magnificient 162 runs with some lucks and worse umpiring Australia manage to score 463 runs on board. Indian batting starting as same as the first test and it was looking like that India will be able to get same result as first test but superb efforst first by Laxman and then Tendulkar with contribution from Harabhajan and Ganguly made India to give strong reply by Scoring 532 runs . But Umpires were in differnet mood and were giving wrong decision making Australia team strong in the second innings scoring 401 runs and giving India a target of 333 runs . Indian batsmen were trying to safe the defeated as the target was given of fifth day and they were looking like that they are suceeding but Umpires came into roole and get worst decisionf in Cricket world, also Austrlian team atitude was also not good at all. India lost the second test giving Australia a chance to make record of winning 16 matches in a row.

The worse umpiring with Harbhajan bans came as big issue and it looked liked the series will be in danger but good steps form ICC and Australian board becoming strick against Australian team proved good for the cricket and third test was ableo to play. On Perth, one of the fastest pitch of world was biggest Problem from  Indian batsmen as their biggest problem is facing fast bowling. But it got wrong in thei test. India elected to bat first and was on good start with Virendra Sehwag coming to squad he played some extra ordinary good shots , Sachin and Dravid playing some good cricket and India manage to score 330 in first innigs. It looked like that Aussies will play good and awesome cricket and will get the lead but Indian Bolwers attack aussies like wounded tigers and Australian batsmen had to give up against Indian team bowling attakc. With symond wicket Kumble reached a milestone of 600 wickets in Test matches and he now beacme 3rd bowler to do so. Australia trembled and was out only in 50 overs for score of 212 runs. With 118 runs valuable lead Indian batsmen played some superb innings and gave Australia a Impossible target of 413 runs and it was impossible for Australia to make that India won the test by 72 runs breking Aussies Victory march.

Now the 4th test is about to get started on 24th at Adelaide Ovaland it will important or rather I will say do or die match. The pitch will be just like the other pitches and it will sport spinners more so India will get upper hand here. The batting will be awesome on this pitch and the test will have result as the history tells us that result ratio here is good from other Australian pitches. So hope we will get good and excitment 4th Test.

Watch  4th Test Aus vs Ind 2008 at Adelaide Live, Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5 Full Highlights  via sopcast at Crideos.blogspot.com . Match scheduled to begin at 00:01 GMT).

I will update Full match review of 4th Test Ind vs Aus here (nowpublic.com) at the end of each day.