All to play for in Nagpur by CricketArchive Staff Reporter

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Australia in India 2008/09

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DateLine: 5th November 2008

 

India and Australia lock horns in the final test match of the Border Gavaskar trophy tomorrow. Its all to play for at Nagpur where Australia will be pushing hard for a win to regain the Border Gavaskar trophy. India on the other hand would avoid trying to play for a draw keeping in mind they can end up losing. India will have to adopt an aggressive approach in order to regain the Border Gavaskar trophy.

Gautam Gambhir to miss out
With the ICC appeals commissioner upholding the ban of Gautam Gambhir by the match referee, Gautam Gambhir will miss out on the final test match. He would be extremely disappointed considering the fact that he was in the run for the man of the series award. He is the highest run scorer in the series. M. Vijay the opener from Tamilnadu has been drafted in as the replacement. It will be a tough initiation for him against the mighty Aussies.

Dhoni will be under pressure
With Kumble having retired , Saurav in his last game and Laxman playing his 100th test match the Indian team will have lot of distractions. Dhoni will be under pressure to get the team to focus. With felicitations galore Indian team would do well to focus on the job in hand. With Harbhajan all set to make a comeback after the toe injury will be the spearhead of the attack in the absence of Anil Kumble. He is one short of 300 test wickets

Australia will go all out
Australia will go all out to win this test match. Considering the fact that they have not yet picked up 20 Indian wickets in this series they would desperately hope to win the toss and bat first on the placid Nagpur wicket and pile on a huge score. With their fast bowlers unable to strike in this series and spin not being their strength,they would want to take first strike and put runs on the board and put pressure on India.

All said and done both teams will lock horns for the final time in the series and with lot of undercurrent tension between both teams one can look forward to an interesting battle ahead in the next five days.