Johnson earns slim lead for Australia

India vs Australia live cricket scores: Johnson earns slim lead for Australia. No Indian batsman was Able to score a century.

India 405 (Tendulkar 98, Raina 86, Dravid 77, Sehwag 59, Johnson 5-64) trail Australia 428 by 23 runs

Mohali: The match is evenly poised and nudged others go on for Any tie with Australia Taking a 23-run lead. HOWEVER, a lot depends on the Indian pacers. If They are Able Thurs Restrict the Australian batters cheaply then it Would be advantage India.

But it is too early to Jump To Any Conclusion As The Australian batters are no novice. Would fans remember That on the first day despite being in a bad position, the Australians were Able Thurs Pile Up A Respectable total. And then They Did not Allow the star-studded Indian batting line Thurs Achieve That Target Thanks to "some good bowing by Pacer Mitchell Johnson.

HOWEVER, there was "some good batting display by Indian batters. It Is Another Matter That most of the batters failed to pile up huge run. Sachin Tendulkar, Suresh Raina and Rahul Dravid looked threatening at times. But They Were not allowed the chance Thurs Achieve the target set by the Australians.

The whole team was dismissed for 405 When These players were at the crease it looked India That Would Easily take over the target set by Australia. But Johnson did the most Damage. They removed MS Dhoni (14). Then wickets started falling down like a pack of cards. The next subsection Harbhajan Singh was gone.

At the end of the day Took Johnson 5 for 64 from 20 overs. This was his sixth five-Wicket haul in Tests. On the other hand the master blaster Sachin Almost missed his century by a whisker. They was out on 98 Now the onus is on the Indian bowlers.