India Vs Australia Nagpur Test, Australia lose Hayden early, India out for 441on Day 2

by Sanjay Jha | November 6, 2008 at 09:45 pm

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4th Cricket Test between India and Australia seems to be lucky for the d'ebutant players on both sides. While Australian debutant Jason Krejza finished Indian inning without much resistence, Indian test debutant M Vijay ran out opener Matthew Hayden with a direct hit as Australia were 43/1 at tea in reply to India's 441 on the second day of the fourth Test in Nagpur.

Australia still trailed the Indian score by 398 runs with Simon Katich (18) and captain Ricky Ponting (7) at the crease.

Hayden (16) put an opening stand of 32 runs with Katich before he hit a Zaheer Khan delivery to mid-on and ran for a quick single but was unable to beat the direct hit from Vijay.

D'ebutant Australian spinner Jason Krejza spun a vicious web around the Indian batsmen as he bagged eight wickets, a gargantuan task that turned his placid debut into a dream one. The Indian campaign in the first innings ended at a score of 441 runs. Jason Krejza became the fourth bowler in the world to take eight wickets. India batsman played a solid and brilliant game till lunch but after that their innings collasped under Jason's spin attack.

Krejza took the last Indian wicket, his eighth, when he had Ishant Sharma caught at forward short leg by Simon Katich for a duck.

Harbhajan Singh, with four fours, remained not out on 18, as Krejza, who was not selected for the first three Tests returned with figures of 43.5-1-215-8.

Krejza got his seventh wicket as Amit Mishra was clean bowled by a straighter delivery on the very next delivery after Zaheer Khan (1) inside edged a delivery onto his stumps.

Earlier India began day 2 in Nagpur with Saurav Ganguly and MS Dhoni looking to consolidate further after the run feast on Day 1.The pair of skipper and former skipper started the game with a cautious note and ensured that the Australian bowlers didn’t take advantage early on in the morning. The strike was rotated effectively and Ganguly, playing his last Test match, scored a fine fifty that bolstered Indian total past the 350 run-mark. at the time of Lunch India showed a good batting prowess on the second day of the final test between at Nagpur. The centurion partnership between Ganguly and Dhoni built yet another big score for the hosts.

Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly slammed 35th Test fifty, his 7th against Australia, on Day 2 of his last Test in Nagpur.

Ganguly has added over 60 runs with MS Dhoni for the sixth wicket and the duo has taken India's score past 350 runs after they resumed batting with their overnight score of 311/5..
Ganguly added 41 runs with Sachin Tendulkar for the fifth wicket. Sachin slammed his 40th Test hundred and consolidated India's position in the match on the first day.

The first day's play was marked with success both for India and Australia as the host notched up a 300+ total while the latter managed to send half of the team back to the pavilion. Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar slammed his 40th test century.

Tendulkar had slammed his 40th Test century to give India a solid platform and bat Australia out of the match. The effort was marked with some exceptional shot-making and sharp running between the wickets as the Mumbai Maestro seemed to have turned back the clock on his glory years.