Getting the Australians out at the stroke of lunch was an excellent achievement. This is a funny game. Everytime Gilchrist, the hero of Mumbai, goes out to bat, he will have butterflies in his stomach. Two failures have shattered his confidence. Ponting seems to be a player playing on his past reputations.
Selections seem to be a problem all over the world.
To digress from this Test, Hayden has been replaced by Lehmann for the One-Day series. Hayden has taken the Indian bowling apart, he is a man in top form, someone who has, as they say, found his feet. Coming back to the Test, India will have to attack when the ball is new, get as many runs as they can in their kitty because it will not be easy to bat last on this wicket. Tendulkar and Ganguly are due for a big score but as they say a Test match is the real thing, it is your temperament that matters and if you can cross that barrier, you will have won half the battle.