India v Australia: Nagpur’s key battlesAfter 15 days of toil and graft, Australia and India will meet across the Nagpur dancefloor for one last tango. India holds a one-nil advantage, but Australia aren’t used to defeat and will be scrapping to the bitter end. We look at the personal battles that will shape the deciding match of this gripping series.Mahendra Singh Dhoni v Brad HaddinAustralia’s new wicketkeeper, Brad Haddin, is having to learn fast. India is an uncompromising tour for any first-timer, and Haddin is finding out the hard way that Test cricket in this part of the world sorts the men from the boys. A series of minor contributions with the bat have gone part way to compensating for some erratic glovework, but promising thirties don’t begin to change a Test match’s course, and he needs to up his game if the prized no.7 spot in the order, where Adam Gilchrist once blazed a trail, doesn’t become a problem position for Australia.
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