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21-Oct-2008 11:20:00 GMT
Australia tour of India 2008/09, Second Test

India Beat Australia By 320 Runs In 2nd Test

Mohali: Team India is inching a historic win as Zaheer Khan scalps three wickets. Last two wickets took by debutant Amit Mishra. Australia were battling to save the game on 141-5 at stumps on the fourth day in Mohali on Monday.

The margin of 320 runs is India's biggest victory in Test cricket (not counting innings victories). "Cant get better from an Indian bowling point of view - Bhajji starts it all, Ishant chimes in, Zaheer joins the party and now Mishra wants to wrap it up. Good all round performance.

"Right from the first morning India were nice and aggressive. they took the momentum away from us early in the game. They thoroughly deserve their victory and congratulations to them ... We'll probably have a couple of days off after this, back to back matches are always hard. We'll fine-tune our skills before the next Test ... They're a very good bowling attack, their two seamers were terrific and they used the reverse swing well." said Ponting

Tendulkar is being given an award from the PCA for becoming the highest run-scorer in Test cricket. One more trophy for an overflowing cabinet. Sourav Ganguly also gets one for it being his final Test in Mohali.

"We got the perfect start after winning the toss and we were up to the mark in all departments. It was a very good track to bat on. I think Mishra bowled really well after a perfect start from the fast bowlers. It was a perfect Test match for us ... A lot depended on how quickly we could get the reverse swing going for nothing much was happening with the new ball. We were able to reverse swing the ball from the 12th or the 13th over and after that it became hard for the batsman." said Dhoni

Dhoni is also the Man-of-the Match for his two aggressive half-centuries and for his captaincy. His had a terrific match


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