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Australia in India 2008-09
Chappell: 'India's best chance to beat Australia'
October 8, 2008
"I would have to say that if India don't beat Australia, they would have done some things very poorly - one of them being to help Australia out." Ian Chappell looks ahead to the India-Australia Test series
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I fully agree with the views of Mr Billybob67 on the role of the Umpires in this series.. They (the umpires) are going to be under tremendous pressure and more so if the test goes into the 5th day on a turning pitch.
Posted by rohanbala on October 09 2008, 03:32 AM GMT
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I agree with Ian's assessment, but I think the most crucial players for Australia will be Hayden, Hussey, Clark, and Johnson. For India, Ian is absolutely right. It will be Harbhajan, Kumble, Ishant, and Sehwag. Even though Indians start as favorites, it won't be easy at all. The Aussies will fight like hell and the Indians basically have to snatch it away from them because the Aussies won't be letting it go easily. The concern for Aussies will be that they don't have really threatening bowling options beyond Lee, Clark, and Johnson. In Indian hot conditions, they cannot keep bowling for ever. They need to use spinners in between, and that is where the Indians have an opportunity.
Posted by BangaloreKid on October 09 2008, 02:31 AM GMT
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In all the beat ups for this test series no one has mentioned the umpires.
Will they deliver fair decisions or will they try to save their jobs by favouring the Indians in all the close decisions? I mean, with all the crying and sooking and threats made by the Indians over the Sydney test any umpire that likes his job and wants to keep it is going to be aware how much pull the Indians have with the ICC. What real chance do we have of getting impartial decisions made? You watch this series, most of the close, important umpiring decisions that could influence the match or the series will go India's way.
Posted by billybob67 on October 08 2008, 17:41 PM GMT
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I agree entirely with Mr Chappell. This series will be very closely fought. I remember, that Shane Warne did not have a lot of influence over the Indian batsmen. Bowlers like Michael Kasprowicz, did most of the damage, in India, against India, in the series past. I hope, that the series is a cliffhanger, and is remembered for posterity, as one of the all time great competitions in cricket. I think Cameron White, and Michael Clarke, are very good spinners, and they will be competitive. Cameron White, is a specialist spinner, and I knew him as one, before I heard that he is an all rounder.
Posted by Aditya_mookerjee on October 08 2008, 15:48 PM GMT
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Chappell is right about this series being India's best chance of exposing the weaknesses of the touring team. Having said that, it'll be foolish to assume that it will be cakewalk to beat any Aussie side. The immense pressure on the Fab Five (no matter how much they deny it) to perform well in the fag end of their career coupled with the fact that Aus are always a formidable force will make this series all the more interesting.
Posted by Shyam_P on October 08 2008, 10:02 AM GMT
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