Laxman: Both bowling units fantastic, the batting will decide series
VVS Laxman feels that both teams have a comparable bowling attack, so it will be the batting that sets the sides apart
06/12Result
1st Test, India tour of Australia at Adelaide, Dec 6-10 2018
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![India]( "India")
250 & 307 -
![Australia]( "Australia")
235 & 291 (119.5 ov)
Player of the Match
06/12Result
1st Test, India tour of Australia at Adelaide, Dec 6-10 2018
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![India]( "India")
250 & 307 -
![Australia]( "Australia")
235 & 291 (119.5 ov)
Player of the Match
Laxman: 'Pujara would have inspired his team-mates'
VVS Laxman feels that Cheteshwar Pujara's outstanding batting in both innings helped lift India's overall spirits
Key moments: Pujara Starc lesson, Australia's first-innings fail
The Match Day experts on what defined the Adelaide Test
Laxman: India's wicket-taking fast bowlers making a difference
VVS Laxman believes that India's current pace attack is potent because of the work put into strength and conditioning
Fab Four: Players to watch out for on day five
Who will define how the Adelaide Test pans out on day five? Our Match Day experts make their picks
Agarkar: Australia have a little bit of hope
VVS Laxman, Ajit Agarkar, and Raunak Kapoor discuss India's capitulation after lunch on day four in Adelaide
'Pant needs a defensive game to survive at the Test level' - Laxman
VVS Laxman, Ajit Agarkar and Brad Hodge discuss Rishabh Pant's batting style
'Better for Starc to go flat out and win a game than to bowl within himself and be ineffective' - Agarkar
Ajit Agarkar, VVS Laxman, Brad Hodge, and Raunak Kapoor discuss Mitchell Starc's underwhelming performance in the second innings
Fab Four: Players to watch out for on Day four
VVS Laxman, Ajit Agarkar, and Brad Hodge select the four players they think will influence proceedings on day four
Hodge: Anything over 300 will be very hard to chase
VVS Laxman, Ajit Agarkar and Brad Hodge look ahead to day four of the Adelaide Test
Laxman: 'Pujara and Kohli showed you have to trust your defence'
VVS Laxman is also impressed by Cheteshwar Pujara's old-school use of his pads to negotiate Nathan Lyon
Laxman: Rahul has lost ability to build a Test innings
VVS Laxman feels that T20 cricket has hampered KL Rahul's Test form
Laxman: Langer has got it wrong about Kohli's celebrations
The Australian coach said, with tongue in cheek, that his players would be seen as the 'worst blokes in the world' if they celebrated like Virat Kohli
Finch pairs and Marsh jokes
The best of social-media chatter from day 4 of the Adelaide Test
Ishant will be obsessed about not bowling a no-ball again - Kohli
Virat Kohli trusts his most-experienced fast bowler to fix his overstepping habit
'We've got a lot of faith in our lower order' - Paine
Australia captain is confident that they can make a comeback in Perth
'Our bowlers are fitter and faster' - Kohli
India captain Virat Kohli lauds his team after their victory in the opening Test against Australia, and says they won't let up the intensity going forward
'We still believe we can win this match' - Lyon
Lyon also said that it was an opportunity for Shaun Marsh and Travis Head to be the "heroes" of the chase
'Pujara showed a lot of resilience' - Bangar
Sanjay Bangar talks about India's lower-order slump, Pujara's milestones and what Murali Vijay brings to the team
Match Coverage
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Melbourne 1981? Adelaide 1992? Adelaide 2003? Sydney 2008? Our panelists dive in
Seagulls at cow corner, Bhogle on air, and ABC to the rescue
An India fan relives the excitement of following an Adelaide Test in the early 1990s, when he sneaked in a portable radio in his school backpack
Should Agarwal open at the MCG? Or Vihari?
What can India do to go up 2-1? First, they need to pick an XI that makes sense
How has Pujara overcome his weaknesses overseas?
A lot of it has to do with his character and temperament
