What target can we defend in 4th innings ?

[Sachinism]

These bowlers need some fire in their belly.

Going to need to score 220 minimum.

 

[kira]

250+, I don't trust the Indian bowlers 

[Sidhoni]

Pitch seems to have eased out a bit, need 250-300 now

[CG]

Pitch seems to have eased out a bit, need 250-300 now

4 day pitch will have enough .250 should be ideal

[G_B_]

Its not just the target at this stage.

 

Its also an issue of time. The deeper India bat into day 4. The more Australia have to play on a day 4/5 pitch making things easier for team India.

 

 

[Sidhoni]

Just now, CG said:

4 day pitch will have enough .250 should be ideal

250 if we take our catches, review wisely and bowl the right bowlers

[CG]

250+, I don't trust the Indian bowlers 

You should we have never lost defending 220+ in decades at home .

[G_B_]

and I do hope Kohli has learnt from  innings 1 to use Jadeja more. Felt the Aussies got 30-40 runs extra due to those blunders.

[rkt.india]

need to bat as deep as possible on day 4.

[kosingh]

Lead under 180= Australia strong favorites

Lead 180-200 = Australia slight favorites

Lead 200-220=  About even

Lead 220-240= India slight favorites

Lead 240+= India strong favorites

[randomGuy]

India firm favourites now imo.

[CoverDrive]

54 minutes ago, kosingh said:

Lead under 180= Australia strong favorites

Lead 180-200 = Australia slight favorites

Lead 200-220=  About even

Lead 220-240= India slight favorites

Lead 240+= India strong favorites

that sums it up well. 

[kubrickian]

50 minutes ago, randomGuy said:

India firm favourites now imo.

Still some work needs to be done. Need to get a lead of 250+, then we will be in driver's seat.

[Shunya]

Pitch did play better today as Rahul mentioned in post match interview.  However, hoping it will be detoriating starting tomorrow like how 4th & 5th day pitches are.

We need to bat 2 session tomorrow and I feel we can win.

250+ needed

[Mosher]

Need 250 minimum. Jaddu was fantastic in the 1st innings. Don't think Kohli is dumb to repeat his blunder of 1st innings. Ashwin needs to step up big time. He looks jaded. Maybe struggling with injury. Pacers too have a good chance of picking wickets if they attack the stumps on this up and down pitch. 

Edited March 6, 2017 by Mosher

[Sandeep99]

Aussies are 1 wicket away from tail.. just pray Pujara carries on.. we need Rahane to be at his best to score few runs tomorrow. May luck also favor us. Terribly unlucky to lose Virat today..

[BeautifulGame]

Aussies are 1 wicket away from tail.. just pray Pujara carries on.. we need Rahane to be at his best to score few runs tomorrow. May luck also favor us. Terribly unlucky to lose Virat today..

 

Karun Nair is still to bat.

[Gollum]

Have a feeling pitch is flattening out plus Ashwin is clearly not 100% fit due to sports hernia. Anything below 250 Aussies will romp home easily. We need to bat 2 sessions tomorrow. 

[Vilander]

i am not entirely sure if Mukund is better than Vijay.

[King Tendulkar]

Pitch is not flattening out.  Lyon fingers just got tired and stopped imparting as many revs.  Plus our batters just played him so much better.  This effect gave the effect pitch had flattened out when it in fact has detroiated more

 

A bit like when we had fab batting line up with Sachin et al.  Comms would say pitch is flat when our boys batted on it, as soon as other team batted was suddenly a land mine lol