Cricket_60
International Coach
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No chance realistically. If they bat really well, they might make around 300-350 but even that is a difficult prospect on a wearing pitch.
The only good thing for India is that the pitch is slow and there's not much lateral movement for the seamers. They should be able to handle that, but it's all in the mind from now on. They have got to think positively from here on.
I'm actually slightly worried about this declaration. Although requiring 500 runs is a mammoth total on a worn out pitch, the Indians will have no pressure to score runs quickly (83 runs per session is enough) and they certainly have the batting depth to do it. Ideally Punter should have squeezed as many runs as possible out of the lower order and aimed to have batted through to lunch time tomorrow, then declared. 2 days is plenty of time to loose 10 wickets, but it is also plenty of time to make 500 runs.
I still reckon though that Australia will win easily. Playing Brett Lee and Stuart Clark on a cracked and low bouncing surface can't be easy