those who slept after first session....

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Cricketicz, Did you read the post? (abt 4th inn...after sehwag etc...history - The b'lore test vs Pak etc.) Its always like this formula in 4th Inn - Until Sehwag is there its a different match, once Sehwag is out, the real Indian Inn will start. I told Blue Brigade I wont post prediction till this inn is over. But here you are calling me out, so let me tell you - the odds are still stacked in favor of Eng winning. With Sehwag gone, this is a totally different match you are going to see in Day-5 with England applying pressure and dominating. Gambhir (if you noticed even in the prev tests) has a different confidence leven when Viru is batting with him, as opposed to Dravid. The weak link in our batting is the "4th-Inn-averse" Maharathi-middle-order - lets hope they bat out 3 sessions tomorrow. If only, Sehwag had remained not out yesterday, it is a different thing, and what you (Cricketicz) say may be correct.

the two situations: Bangalore test v. pakistan and the current match are not quite comparable. the former, we needed some 300 odd runs on the final day; the pitch was well not unresponsive, but not a demon either; pakistan were on a considerable high thanks to their explosive second innings where the likes of even afridi raked up runs; and viru departed prematurely on the final day... leaving behind a task for the rest of the team that required scoring at about 3.5 an over. the sheer volume of runs, and the required run rate compelled india to take the route of salvaging a draw and the tactic proved to be horribly flawed. moreover, tendulkar and ganguly both played absolute nonsense innings when they ought to have attacked.

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Cricketics came in to my dream.... woke me up.... so gonna get clued from 2nd session!!!!