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Fierce battle is expected between the top two test teams in the world, India and South Africa in the 1st test in Nagpur. Barring a few hours of play, the entire sessions in this test match was comprehensively dominated by South African’s professional cricket. They did this before in their last tour and repeated it again in Nagpur this time with clinical precision. It was a one-sided affair which no one could have expected. Dale Steyn was the chief tormentor of South Africans as he scattered through Indian batting line-up by taking 10 wickets for 108 runs.

Australia has recorded an improbable 36 runs test win against touring Pakistan. Though Pakistan played magnificent cricket for all the three days, Michael Hussey and Nathan Hauritz with their brilliance has overturned the fortune in Australian way.

It was surprisingly a green pitch, which offered pace and bounce. And it was a forecast condition. Ricky Ponting made a brave decision of batting first after won the toss. The match started only 2pm. But comeback bowler and Mohammed Sami and Mohammed Asif ripped through Australia batting line-up in their won backyard.

Australian batsmen vice Captain Michael Clarke and wicket-keeper Brad Haddin shattered the winning dreams of West Indian skipper Chris Gayle as his self-styled 165 runs went in vain. Dwayne Bravo shone both with bat and ball.

Totally 1598 runs scored in this first test match between Indian and Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad. That shows how placid the track was. The fifth day of the pitch was the same as Sachin fluently but slowly scored his 43rd Test century and took his tally to 88 centuries and also reached 30000 runs in international cricket.

Indian batting line-up is in real test as they bat through fifth day after they have conceded huge 334 runs lead of first innings. It is going to be real test of character for Indian batting stars to show their resilience to avert test defeat from Sri Lanka for the first time in Indian soil.

Rahul Dravid alias “The Wall” produced a gem of an innings to rescue India when it was tottering for 32 for four in first Test against Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad. Rahul Dravid scored a magnificent 177 that was flawless combined with a lot of balance and timing. He showed a lot of determination and focus throughout his innings.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni praised Ishant Sharma on his good bowling performance against Australia in the first ODI in Vadodara. Ishant Sharma took 3 wickets of Tim Paine, Michael Clarke and Brett Lee for 50 runs. Ishant Sharma started his career with a lot of promise with pace, which was rare to see in Indian bowling wings. Till last tour of Australia in 2008, he was using his pace and height to greater extends by producing lethal spells to India. But after that he was not seen in good form and erred in his line, length and pace.