Can India Win 2nd Test Cricket Match in 4 days?

           Indians are on the roll in the present series that is being played between India and Australia. At 2nd day of the 3rd test of which first day was washed out due to the rain, Aussies managed to score 273 at the loss of the 7 wickets. The Aussies openers make the decision of batting first correct after winning the toss by Captain Clarke with century partnership for the first wicket. The first session of the game belonged completely to the Aussies, as they managed to score 109 without losing a single wicket. In second session too, Aussie openers started cautiously and put on 139.

David Warner & Ed Cowan Put on Century Stand in 3rd Test

       
        At the score of 139 David Warner got out of the R. Jadeja at the personal score of 71. Captain Clarke, who came at number 3 for the first time in the series, got out stumped by Dhoni on the delivery of the Jadeja for duck, the score changed from 139/0 to 139/2. Clarke has been dismissed by Jadeja for second time in a row. That made the entrance of P. Hughes who has been a flop in the series and also vulnerable against the spinners. He was looking uncomfortable again in the match as he took 26 deliveries to open his account with a single, meanwhile Ed Cowan played his part with patience and determination.  P. Hughes who wasn’t looking comfortable got out of the bowling of P. Ojha who was playing his first test in the series replacing out of form H. Singh. That made the entry of the Steven smith who is also playing for first time in the series. 

                   

        Smith and Cowan carried the inning forward in which Cowan was cool and compose but Smith was playing with controlled aggression. He struck a beautiful six straight over the bowler’s head of Ojha; it was also the first six of match. At the score of the 198, Cowan got out at the score of 86 on the bowling of the Ashwin caught by Kohli, who earlier dropped two opportunities, so Ashwin got a wicket. Wicket-keeper batsman Haddin came to crease after the departure of Cowan and put on a partnership of 46 with S.Smith. At the score of 244 another double blow came for them from Ishant Sharma as he departed first Haddin at 21 followed by Henriques rattling his stumps in the same over.  Quickly Jadeja got better of Siddle and the score became 251/7. After this Starc and Smith negotiated the Indian bowling very well and at the end of the day the score for the Australia is 273/7 while Smith is playing on 58 and Starc on 20. The Smith struck 3^rd test fifty in his career and that will definitely provide him the boost needed for his career.

R Jadeja Celebrating a dsimissal

  R. Jadeja was hero of the day as he picked us 3 crucial wickets which helped Indian team to make a hold on the  match. Ishant picked up 2 wickets in his 50^th test match while Ashwin and Ojha picked up 1-wicket each.

   
Now the question are,  

1. Can Australian team touch the score of 300 on 3^rd day?      
2. Can India win this test in 4 days ?