India fighting hard with their back to the wall to save complete humiliation.

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After conceding a huge first innings lead of 468 runs, India fighting hard with their back to the wall to avoid complete humiliation by Australia in the second cricket test being played at Sydney, Australia. Earlier Australia declared their first innings closed on a mammoth score of 659 for 4 with skipper Clark on 329 and Hussey on 150 both not out. Skipper Clark could have gone on and on to set up a personal milestone to challenge Brian Lara's 400 N.O., the best score in test cricket, but he decided against it in best interest of Australian cricket to give his bowlers sufficient time to get India out and win with a huge margin. It was an batting display by Australia with Michael Hussey, whose test place was in doubt before this test match, became the third Australian after Clark and Ponting to score a century. It was a complete humiliation for Indian bowling attack when Clark and Hussey put on a huge unbroken partnership of 334 runs surpassing the record fourth wicket partnership of 288 runs between Clark and Ponting without conceding a single chance in the process. India started their reply with Gambhir and Sehwag and Gambhir showed his positive attacking intent immediately scoring 2 consecutive fours of Pattinson's first over. Sehwag however did not last long giving a hard catch to Warner at point. Rahul Dravid and Gambhir steadied the innings and took the score to hundred when Dravid was bowled once again through his gates a very unlikely even for Dravid in his prime which only indicates that it is time Dravid hangs up his boot to avoid further humiliation. Gambhir and Tendulkar survived the day somehow with some anxious moments for the Indian fans to heave a sigh of relief. It is a tall order for India to save this match but not impossible considering the nature of pitch but the pressure of huge deficit is working on the minds of batsmen and compelling them to make mistakes. Let us see how far India succeeds in the effort.