Yet another Milestone for the legend:

An Eventful Day!
The first day of the second test between India and Australia, at Mohali was eventful for many reasons. Sachin finally surpassed Brian Lara as the highest scorer in test cricket when he scored his 16th run during his innings of 88. He now holds the unique distinction of having the four most coveted batting records in Cricket:
1) The Highest run scorer in Test Cricket: 12000+ runs
2) The Highest run scorer in ODI cricket: 16361 runs
3) The Highest number of centuries in Test cricket: 39
4) The Highest number of centuries in ODI cricket: 42
Millions of cricket fans cherished Sachin’s milestone today. To double the happiness of Indian fans, Saurav Ganguly also surpassed 7000 runs in tests, just the 4rth Indian batsman and 33rd overall to achieve this landmark. Let us not forget the fact that this is certainly Saurav’s last series, he would have been very happy to have passed the 7000 run mark and in the process stitch yet another 100+ run partnership with Tendulkar.

India’s batting performance:
The Indians won the toss and elected to bat on a true pitch. Kumble was declared unfit and replaced by the promising leg spinner from Delhi, Amit Mishra. The Indian openers dominated the first session putting on a valuable 70 run partnership. After Sehwag fell to Johnson for a quickfire 35 , Dravid and Gambhir played solidly to take India to 146/2. Just when India looked to be dominating, Mitchell Johnson spoiled the party by snatching 3 priceless wickets of Dravid (39 runs), Gambhir (67), and Laxman (12). India appeared to be losing their advantage when the little master walked in.

The legendary batting duo rescue India yet again:


Sachin-Saurav love batting together. These two have been regarded as the best ever opening batsmen in ODIs. Together, they have scored 8000+ runs in ODIs while batting together. They are the only opening pair in ODIs to have two 250 run partnerships against their name. So, it was no surprise that these two came to India’s rescue with a magnificent 140 run partnership. While Saurav held forte at one end, Sachin timed the ball beautifully to score a magnificent 88 just off 111 balls. It was great to see Sachin in full flow. By the time, he got out; India had gone from a precarious position (163/4) to a comfortable position (303/5). Ganguly (54 not out) and Ishant (2 not out) finished the proceedings for India today. If India manage to score around 480-550, we will have an interesting match on our hands. Ganguly and Dhoni have to bat extremely well tomorrow to help India post a mammoth total. The spotlight would be on Ganguly tomorrow as this is the Bengal tiger's final series. We would all love to see some great match-winning tons from DADA. Please score some great tons for us Dada! When you finally say goodbye, let it be on a series-winning note. We love you no matter what!