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Before Mongia could be more aggressive, if not dangerous, Gillespie had him caught by Gilchrist for 28 (54m, 29b, 4 x 4, 1 x 6). The innings folded up soon enough although it was surprising to see Srinath come out for batting despite a fracture in his right hand.
He might have even thought that in Agarkar he had found a reliable partner. But the Mumbai medium-pacer, with pretentions to being an allrounder, registered his seventh duck in row against the Australians missing the line of a Mark Waugh delivery.
The Aussies have fired the first salvo. A win in the first Test of any series always matters a lot. Whether Ganguly and his team will bounce back with a bang or not remains to be seen.
But considering the awesome cricket that these Australians play and taking into account the fact that India will be probably without Srinath, it looks highly unlikely.
Frankly, the Indians are not in a position to take up the gauntlet and stun the world champions.
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