Australia need 369 for win on final day….

Australia will chase a second-innings target of 382 on the final day of the series-deciding fourth Test after bowling out India late on Sunday, leaving the destiny of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in the balance.

Indian captain Mahendra  Singh  Dhoni and Harbhajan Singh registered vital half-centuries on day four that gave India the marginal upper hand. India were dismissed for 295 late on the fourth day, with Australia moving to 13-0 in reply from just nine balls before bad light forced stumps.

Australian off-spinner Jason Krejza completed an amazing 12-wicket haul on debut – the fourth-best figures by a player in his first match – but was unable to stop India from recovering from a precarious 166-6 at tea.
India had a lead of 252 at tea and Australia had strong hopes of tying the series, but Dhoni (55) and Harbhajan (52) benefited from the visitors’ inexcusably poor over-rate and regained control during a bright 108-run stand for the seventh-wicket.

India, which has a 1-0 series advantage and needs only a draw to regain the Trophy, lost 6 wickets for 50 runs in the second session before Australia’s momentum stalled when skipper Ricky Ponting called on his part-time bowlers to step up the over rate.

The visitors were about 10 behind the required over-rate at the interval and wanted to avoid the possibility of a Ponting ban and heavy fines for the players.

Ponting employed leg-spinner Cameron White and medium pacer Michael Hussey before calling on Michael Clarke to partner the highly effective Krejza.Dhoni took advantage of the lack of pressure and India comfortably increased its buffer past 300. Sehwag’s punishing knock, which followed his 66 on Thursday, included 10 fours and one six.

Vijay made a composed 41 before he fell lbw to an inswinger from Shane Watson in the second over after lunch.Rahul Dravid’s poor form continued when he edged Watson to Haddin, leaving India at 132-2.

Australia was penalised five runs when Haddin took his right glove off and lobbed it at the ball after Tendulkar had played at a legside ball from Watson.During the session umpire Aleem Dar also had a conversation with skipper Ricky Ponting over the state of the ball, which Watson had started to reverse swing sharply.