Test Match balanced on a knife edge

India goes into the 3rd day of the 2nd Test against Australia leading by 57 runs with 4 wickets in hand. Kaif and Patel played reasonably well in the final hour of play to build a lead for India. They have to stay as long as possible (duh!) and try to get a lead of 150 for India.

This Test match looked like a vintage India vs "team that can't play Kumble" from the mid 90's, you know like England or WI or SA or even SL. Australia were shot out for 235 by a briliant Kumble spell and then yesterday Sehwag batted like a champion. But give the Aussies credit for pegging away and getting wickets at regular Interval after lunch. The match could have easily gotten out of hand for the Aussies, but they bowled themselves back into it.

This Test match reminds me so much of the India-Australia Test match played in Chennai in 1998. India made 230 odd in the first innings and then Australia made 328 in their first, getting a lead of 90 odd in the process. Then first Sidhu and then Sachin batted brilliantly and piled on a huge score for Inda and then the spinners routed Austalia in the fourth innings of the game. Sachin made a magnificent 155*, hitting Warne (bowling around the wickets) repeatedly over mid-wicket and over cover. Can someone in the Australian camp do it today?. Ofcourse Hayden is perfectly capable of doing it. Look for him to attack Harbhajan and Kumble right from their first deliveries. I am excited by the prospects of a great day of cricket.