Aussies with it all to play forAustralia heads into the fourth and final Test against India in Nagpur in the rather unfamiliar position of having to win the final game just to force a drawn series and therefore retain the trophy on offer.
Not since Ricky Ponting's men were beaten 2-1 in the last Ashes series on English soil in 2005 has an Australian team faced such a scenario, and you'd have to go back to the tour of India in 2001 for the time before that when Australia was beaten, again 2-1.
The tourists' cause won't be helped either by reports that the deck at the new Vidarbha CA Ground will be a batting paradise, with the Indians likely to try and bat for as long as possible to force a draw, much as was the case in Delhi.
Not since Ricky Ponting's men were beaten 2-1 in the last Ashes series on English soil in 2005 has an Australian team faced such a scenario, and you'd have to go back to the tour of India in 2001 for the time before that when Australia was beaten, again 2-1.
The tourists' cause won't be helped either by reports that the deck at the new Vidarbha CA Ground will be a batting paradise, with the Indians likely to try and bat for as long as possible to force a draw, much as was the case in Delhi.
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