Daijiworld Media Network

Adelaide , Jan 25:  India's disastrous tour of Australia continues..no respite for spineless Indian bowlers. Clarke hits second consecutive hundred in the series and Ponting is also approaching his double !

It will need quite a miraculous effort from the Indians to pick themselves up from here. The batsmen would look to break more records on their way.

Depressing can be the only word which can be used to describe India's show in the first session. No intent whatsoever and even the luck didn't go their way. The edges didn't carry and when it did, they weren't good enough to catch them. Ponting and Michael Clarke just grinded them down with positive play. The heads of the Indians dropped quite quickly once they didn't get any wicket in the first 30 minutes. Ashwin continued to be a massive disappointment.

Earlier on day 1, When India picked up 3 wickets early in the first session, it seemed like it might have been a bit different from the rest of the tour. But the Ponting-Clarke partnership took away whatever hope the Indians might have had with another huge stand. Ponting was back to his flamboyant self playing the lovely drives and pulls, while Clarke grew in confidence as his innings progressed.

Both of them brought up their centuries and have not looked like getting out. In the first session, Ashwin looked good, but later lost his flight. Ishant Sharma was probably the only one who bowled his heart out and was genuinely unlucky not to pick up a wicket. They will need to pick up the remaining wickets as quickly as possible and bat out of their skins, if they have any chance to win or draw this match

Umpires: Aleem Dar(Pak), Kumar Dharmasena(SL)Third Umpire: Simon Fry(Aus)Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle(SL)

Australia Squad 

David Warner, Ed Cowan, Shaun Marsh, Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke (c), Michael Hussey, Brad Haddin (wk), Peter Siddle, Ryan Harris, Ben Hilfenhaus, Nathan Lyon, James Pattinson

India Squad 

Virender Sehwag (c), Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Virat Kohli, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Abhimanyu Mithun, Pragyan Ojha, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Vinay Kumar