Australia were looking good to post a big 1st innings total with Smith at the crease but he hardly had any help from anyone else except for Warner and Wade both making half centuries. If just one of them went on to make a hundred then Australia would of reached 400+ runs like I thought they would but they didn't thanks to some great bowling by India, Yadav bowled well for his 4 wickets and was India's best bowler for the day. Now we will see if Australia can bowl well and restrict India to around the same total.
India need to bat well at least in first two sessions of the match and if India gets good start from the openers then it can help India in building up a high score and take a lead in first innings as Indian bowlers have done their duty very well today by restricting Australia to 300 so now its responsibility of batsmen to perform according to their reputation and caliber.
Australia didn't make use of that good start and lost most of the wickets towards end very cheaply. Indian spinners did a good job in this match and as you said now they need to build good partnerships to score more than 300 runs.
Today 3rd test between South Africa and New Zealand has started already. South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first. They already lost three quick wickets just for 63 runs in 23 overs. So far SA has won one match, and another match ended in a draw. Now MZ will try their best to equalise the series by winning this match. NZ has started good in this test match and let's see how they will continue until the end.
Well if you look at the odds you will understand why NZ has less chance of winning this match . Odds for draw is 1.4 and odds for NZ is 6 , this is because of weather condition . Day 1 match has been delayed due to wet outfield but if you wanna take risk against SA and weather then you can bet on NZ to win this one.
New Zealand are doing pretty well. They have taken 4 wickets of South Africa and given away 123 runs. Hashim Amala made a smart 50 but is back in the pavilion now. The pitch is helpful to the bowlers and if rain doesn't intervene, we will have a result in this match.
SA manage to score 258 runs for eight wickets, and if they add another 50+ runs, then it will be a decent score. But today match has delayed to due to rain, and if the rain continues then, NZ will be disappointed and also it is not good for the batting team.
