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Moises Henriques’ late-order resistance may have taken Australia’s Chennai Test match against India into the fifth day but it will not be enough to avoid defeat, barring a miracle of gargantuan proportions. We’ll have live coverage of day five from 3.00pm AEDT.
Play on the fourth day went according to script. India batted on further to extend their first innings lead to 192 before their spinners took over and sent the Australian batsmen running for cover.
Shane Watson stood in for the gastro-hit Dave Warner and joined Ed Cowan in a decent first wicket stand but his wicket, one ball before the lunch break, pushed the visitors back.
There were starts for Cowan and Warner before Michael Clarke looked to have continued from where he left off in the first innings. But the Indian spin wizardry proved too hot to handle for any of the top-order batsmen, as the side capitulated to 9/175 – 17 short of making India bat again.
Only Henriques, who had earlier scored a half-century in his debut innings at this level, managed to keep the spinners at bay and grew more and more comfortable as the day progressed.
His last wicket stand with Nathan Lyon has already yielded 57 runs and while India should still go on and win the game, it would have given the dressing room an opening on how to play the Indian spinners from the next Test.
India will hope to quickly wrap up the Australian innings and knock off the runs without too much loss. The lead is already 40 and another 40 odd runs from here could make it uncomfortable for the Indians.
It is also about personal landmarks and Henriques is 25 away from a very well-deserved debut century. With Dhoni going on the defensive to him, he should get to that record if Lyon can support him through.
Live coverage of the game begins from 3.00pm AEDT this afternoon and you can add your opinion in the comments section below.
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