India had declared at 208 for five and set Australia a target of 245, who reached 31 for no loss in eight overs before a draw was agreed by both teams. India lead the four-match series 1-0 after their 320-run victory in the second Test in Mohali.
India were 43 for 2 in their second innings after taking a 36-run lead on Day 4 of the third Test. Michael Clarke scored 112 as Australia were dismissed for 577.
On a day when Australia put up a resolute challenge to India's mammoth first innings score of 613, Sehwag was the only thorn in their flesh. That, too, with the ball. The visitors were 338 for 4 at stumps and three of those wickets, and crucial ones at that, were snared by Virender Sehwag.
Virender Sehwag picked three wickets as Australia ended Day 3 in the third Test on 388-4, still 275 runs behind India's total and 76 short of following-on.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting said his bowlers were a bit off the line with the reverse swinging ball in the Mohali Test and paid the price for that.
In the 29 Tests played so far, the India won 10 and lost just six. More importantly, India won the last seven Tests played at the venue -- the most successive wins for India at any venue -- and last lost a Test at the Kotla 21 years ago, in 1987 to the West Indies.
With Harbhajan Singh nursing a toe injury, Amit Mishra is likely to retain his place in the Indian team for the third Test against Australia, with Anil Kumble coming in for Harbhajan.
While India captain Anil Kumble will surely play at his favourite ground, the Kotla, in the third Test against the Aussies, Harbhajan Singh is suffering from a toe injury and there are question marks regarding his fitness.
Australian captain Ricky Ponting confessed that his team was thoroughly outplayed by India in the second Test in Mohali.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni carried his good run as captain in limited overs cricket to Tests by leading his side to a huge win over Australia in Mohali.
India dismissed Australia for 195 runs on the fifth morning to register thumping 320-run victory in the Mohali Test.
Australia's coach Tim Nielsen admitted that his bowlers failed to deliver vis--vis their Indian counterparts in the second Test in Mohali.
Opener Gautam Gambhir was relieved at reaching his first three-figure score in Tests in almost four years. His superlative 104 in the second innings of the second Test against Australia, he says, has helped him establish his credentials as a Test batsman.
An aggressive, and to extent reckless start, was followed by a shocking collapse that witnessed the visitors slump from 49 without loss to 58 for five. At stumps on day four of the second Test, Australia was 141 for five, still 375 runs adrift of the Indian target, and to put it bluntly, staring at defeat, with the fifth day's play being a mere formality.
However, just two wickets didn't help his cause much and he was sent into exile. An exile that was anything but self-imposed and a phase where he worked hard, but was hardly noticed.
Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir started off in blazing fashion in the second innings to put India firmly in the driver's seat at close on day three of the second Test in Mohali on Sunday. At stumps, the hosts were 100 for no loss, an overall lead of 301 runs with all their 10 second innings wickets intact.
Sourav Ganguly's decision to announce his retirement just before the start of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy led to contrasting opinions.
The visitors were 102 for 4 at stumps, after India posted a formidable first innings score of 469, on Day 2 of the second Test.
ICC CEO Haroon Lorgat said cricket's apex body will decide on the Indian Cricket League's recognition request only after receiving the BCCI's report.
However, even though everyone was talking about the record, I was concentrating on the team's requirements.
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