After their crushing victory at Nagpur, India will be looking to forge ahead in the seven-match One-Day cricket series against Australia when the two meet in the third game, a day-night affair, at Ferozeshah Kotla here Saturday.
The series is nicely poised 1-1, the visitors winning the opener by four runs in Vadodara and the hosts taking the second by 99 runs.
Ricky Ponting's side has been hit hard with a series of injuries to their frontline players and worse, Brett Lee has been ruled out of the entire series. They sorely missed Lee and James Hopes at Nagpur and the latter is still not fit to play here too.
To make matter worse, wicket-keeper Tim Paine fractured his finger at Nagpur and was ruled out for the rest of the series. His replacement Graham Manou will be in the thick of action within hours of his arrival.
Ponting knows the situation is precarious, but he has shown in the past that he could manoeuvre his resources in adversity.
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The series is nicely poised 1-1, the visitors winning the opener by four runs in Vadodara and the hosts taking the second by 99 runs.
Ricky Ponting's side has been hit hard with a series of injuries to their frontline players and worse, Brett Lee has been ruled out of the entire series. They sorely missed Lee and James Hopes at Nagpur and the latter is still not fit to play here too.
To make matter worse, wicket-keeper Tim Paine fractured his finger at Nagpur and was ruled out for the rest of the series. His replacement Graham Manou will be in the thick of action within hours of his arrival.
Ponting knows the situation is precarious, but he has shown in the past that he could manoeuvre his resources in adversity.
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