subject: Mitchell Johnson Stricks After Tendulkar Hit Missed Out [print this page] Mitchell Johnson took five wickets to help Australia achieve a slight advantage in the opening Test in Mohali after India's Sachin Tendulkar missed his 49: th century.
India were comfortably placed at 4 for 354 in their first innings, and finally to 405 all in response to Australia's 428 at stumps, day bowler three.Fast Johnson finished with 5-64, his sixth row of five or more wickets in a Test innings.
Tendulkar, runscorer world leader in test and one-day internationals, made a solid 98 before falling back to part-time spinner Marcus North caught in the final session.
The front leg while trying to play in cracking line.He 13 furnaces in his impressive 189-ball knock.Suresh Raina scored 86 with 14 fours and Rahul Dravid made a solid 77, but India still not got the head.
Johnson, dismissing openers Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag on Saturday, struck again in the final session, when the retired captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni for 14 and Harbhajan Singh for a duck off successive fifth victim balls.
His that Raina was caught before leg. Tendulkar has played a key role in strengthening India, and added 79 for the fourth wicket Dravid and 124 for the next Raina.
Australia struggled for wickets in the first two sessions in a track and it is not necessary to keep the pressure on batsmen.They wickets needed soon to take over, but could manage only two before the tea break, you can not take advantage of opportunities presented to them.
Dravid reached his half-century when he steered Johnson past gully for a four and looked set to play a long innings before being caught behind. He hit 12 fours in his 134-ball knock.
Tendulkar, who never looked in trouble during his stay at the wicket, played some attractive strokes, twice driving Bollinger through the covers for fours and hitting Hauritz for two boundaries in an over.
India batted steadily in the first two sessions, adding 81 to their overnight total of 110-2 in the morning and 89 in the afternoon for the loss the just two wickets.
Mitchell Johnson Stricks After Tendulkar Hit Missed Out
