Resuming on 114 for two, requiring a further 364 to make Australia bat again in the second Test, India was bowled out for 400 on the fourth evening. The innings defeat, which wasn't entirely unexpected after M.S. Dhoni's touring party had folded for 191 on the first day, gave Australia an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the four-match series.
India hadn't much chance of saving the Test. Its ambition was more modest — to muster all the fight it could, as Rahul Dravid said on the third evening. India would then have an idea of how the home side's bowlers, so good when allowed to establish the tone, react when extended, when “under the pump”. Its batsmen would have something to take to Perth, form, confidence, momentum, a clever line in repartee, anything at all. continuereading
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