Australian Innings Ends in 260

Australian Innings ends in 260/6

Ponting at his best: Once he got past 20, the Ponting of old who used to torment the Indians came back and he played a sublime innings. The glorious lofted inside out hit over cover to the spinners was a prominent shot throughout his innings and he played the spinners with complete ease - playing late, with soft hands and nurdling, nudging it into the gaps. And to consider all this after he was designated as someone who can't play the spinners when he flopped miserably way back here in 1998.

Ding-Dong battle: It's been like a chess game. Not like a cricket match. Both sides not giving an inch to each other from ball one. The Aussies came out with a set plan in not giving away wickets early on to the spinners even as India went and opened the attack with Ashwin. Watson belted a few, before he perished to Ash. That's when the man for the big occasion came in - Ponting - under severe stress, with all sorts of rumors circulating about his impending retirement. The crowd at Motera would've done well to keep quiet when Ponting came in, instead they booed him loudly and that would've only stirred up the fighter in him even more. He took his time early on, and then showed his true class.

Here is the detail description of the last over:

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49.6	Harbhajan to David Hussey, 2 runs, David Hussey takes it from outside off, swipes it over mid wicket and takes two, 260 is a good total on this wicket and it will take some chasing from the Men in Blue
49.5	Harbhajan to Johnson, 1 run, Johnson reverse paddles it to short fine, brings the well set David Hussey on strike to face the final ball
49.4	Harbhajan to Johnson, 2 runs, Johnson flicks it through mid wicket, Yuvraj at deep mid wicket does not pick it up, and they sneak an extra run
49.3	Harbhajan to Johnson, no run, in the blockhole, Johnson can't do much, dug back to the bowler
49.2	Harbhajan to Johnson, 2 runs, short ball, pulled with utter disdain and OMG! What a stop, wonderfully done by Ashwin at long on, ran hard and dived full length, 100 marks for the effort
49.1	Harbhajan to David Hussey, 1 run, fuller, off stumpish, David Hussey drills it down to long off, they don't take on Munna, they settle for a single
49.1	Harbhajan to David Hussey, 5 wides, poor bowling that, too full and sliding down the leg, makes life difficult for the keeper, 5 bonus runs!
Harbhajan Singh [9.0-0-37-0] is back into the attack