28 March,2017 09:21 AM IST | | Ashwin Ferro
With Indian needing only 87 runs with 10 wickets in hand at Dharamsala to reclaim the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, the Australians know they are pretty much down and out
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Dharamsala: In cricket, they say, it ain't over till the last ball is bowled. But with two full days of play to go in this fourth and final series-deciding Test between India and Australia at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium here, and the hosts needing another 87 runs with 10 wickets in hand to reclaim the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, the Australians know they are down and out.
Batting coach Graeme Hick had no qualms in admitting that his dressing room was distraught last evening after the Aussies folded up for a paltry 137 on Day Three. "You could hear a pin drop today in the dressing room," Hick said at the post-day's press conference here.
"It was a hard day. The boys are pretty down. It's about giving it a good crack in the morning, but I would say it's a tough ask. From a 130 for 1 on the first day to only put 300 on the board... if we had another 100 or 150 runs in that first innings, then we would have been in the game tomorrow. Today was very disappointing," said the former England batman before going on to the opposition. "(Umesh) Yadav bowled very well. He got the ball through well.
It wasn't as if it was swinging around corners, but it was doing that little bit. A little bit of variable bounce in the wicket and then we didn't just put the pegs in the ground and swallow up the pressure. The momentum just kept going with India who played very good cricket all day today," added Hick.
