Todays match was completely one way traffic with Aussies dominating the game for most part of the day .Barring that phase, when they were 8/2 ,they showed tremendous resilience and application on a soggy wicket to reach the score in excess of 300. Hayden just kept the scoreboard ticking with timely boundaries and it amazing to see his shot selection .One of the secrets of his tremendous success at international level is the ability to leave good balls outside the off stump and then capitalize on the starts that he gets,not to mention the way he changes gears.

Brad Haddin carried from where he left and I think he handled the spinners well.From the Indian point of view ,again it would be imperative for Harbhajan to ponder ,if he is doing thing the right? He role is to take wickets and at the moment ,he is bowling flat and the line has also shifted to middle and leg ,rather than outside off and middle .
The other thing is he is not giving the bowl flight , to get it above the eyeline Plus, he has to bowl much slower to negate any pace being used by the batsman .

A captain would prefer a bowling analysis read 3 for 55 or 60 than 0/40
The momentum is clearly with the aussies.

Tendulkar was looking to invent shot and paid the price for that .I also got the feeling that he was not at ease on to the on a pitch where the ball was not coming on .Tendulkar should stop worrying about playing long innings and just should play his natural game.

To trail by 0/1 ,Indian top order must fire and the seniors will definitely have to take more ownership .Its also interesting to note that barring Tendulkar who averages 45 against the aussies ,Ganguly and Dravid average 22 and 29 respectively much below their career average of 41 and 40 respectively.All the big three would know that .

The pitch at Hyderabad has a reputation to be belter ,so it would be a good toss to win.
It would be worth watching what tactics Dhoni comes up with!