November 7th, 2008 | 
Author: Welcome to enjoy here the highlights of India vs Australia Day two 4th test at Nagpur and live link of Day 3 .
Australia 189 for 2 (Katich 92*, Hussey 45*) trail India 441 (Tendulkar 109, Ganguly 85, Sehwag 66, Laxman 64, Dhoni 56, Krejza 8-215) by 252 runs
Scorecard and ball-by-ball-details
How they were out
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A purposeful and fluent unbeaten 92 from Simon Katich kept Australia ticking at the end of a see-saw second day in Nagpur, which started with India batting effortlessly through the morning before they lost five wickets for 19 runs in the afternoon. Katich’s 115-run partnership with Michael Hussey (45 not out) gave Australia plenty of breathing room, but it couldn’t have been so without the efforts of Jason Krejza.
Krezja, the offspinner, capped a bittersweet first Test outing with 8 for 215 – the eighth-best figures but also the most runs conceded in an innings on debut – to help Australia dismiss India for 441. Sourav Ganguly and Mahendra Singh Dhoni had batted wonderfully together in the morning, adding 119 for the sixth wicket, but fell in Krezja’s second over after lunch, sparking a dramatic collapse. Krejza came into this match with a few eyebrows raised over his capabilities, but in one innings, leapfrogged Brett Lee to become Australia’s second-highest wicket-taker this series.
India had cruised through the first session and the innings of the morning belonged to Ganguly, all off-side grace and on-side elegance in his last Test. He played himself in, defending well and only collected his first four when Mitchell Johnson gave him plenty of room outside off. His shots didn’t lack timing, evident by a beautiful drive off the front foot and a flick off the pads, both against pace, but the bulk of his scoring came through good running. The fluid drives and whips off the pads came after he crossed his 35th fifty with a couple driven past extra cover, and there was even a vintage six, his 57th in Tests.
Source: http://cricinfo.com
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