...tailenders Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh were top-scoring with 57 and 54 runs each, respectively.
Oh, by the way, they're bowlers!
Of course, once again it was Rahul Dravid from The Big Three (which also includes Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly, and becomes The Big Four once you include Anil Kumble) who provided any semblance of resistance against the Australian attack.
And, of course, once again Ricky Ponting (under enormous pressure coming into this series given his own poor performance in India in the past and the many changes within the team from the last time they were here) came up big, scoring his first Test century on Indian soil (at what point do we start calling him an all-time great?).
If it weren't for Zaheer and Harbhajan (man, the Aussies must hate him!) this thing would be all over by now. As it stands, Australia are ahead by 263 runs heading into the final day. Expect them to declare early and then it will be up to the vaunted Indian batting attack to hold their nerve in the face of the withering Aussie pace attack and bat out the day for a draw.
This is it boys, buckle down and play it out.
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