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Swept away in a session: India v Australia, 2nd Test review

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In episode 152 of the podcast we review the second Test between India and Australia in Delhi. The match see-sawed for two days until Australia collapsed on the third morning - and India sealed a six-wicket win.

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Talking Points:

  • Australia's tactic to sweep against spinners on a pitch keeping low
  • Batting in India in the third innings - a most perilous task
  • The Smith sweep to Ashwin, and Labuschagne playing the ball off the pitch
  • Ashwin and Jadeja - and the subtle variation in lengths across innings
  • Could Australia have used their feet and lofted more in the second innings?
  • Ashwin's mesmeric spell on the first morning
  • Nathan Lyon's drift and turn from around the wicket
  • How the Axar-Ashwin partnership tilted the scales

    • Participants:

    Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)

    Mahesh Sethuraman (@cornerd)

    Kartikeya Date (@cricketingview)

    Ashoka (ABVan)

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    Related:

    • Jadeja's seven-wicket haul - BCCI.tv video
    • If Jadeja doesn't get you, Ashwin must - 81allout podcast review of the 1st Test
    • R Ashwin and the story of a most magical over - Karthik Krishnaswamy - ESPNcricinfo
    • Ashwin-Jadeja combo a nightmare for any touring team to India - Dinesh Karthik - Cricbuzz
    • India get the better of Australia, one flick at a time - Karthik Krishnaswamy - ESPNcricinfo
    • The Plan: How Fletcher and Flower Transformed English Cricket - Steve James - Amazon
    • Batsmen could learn from the Hayden way - Andrew Ramsey - cricket.com.au
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