Swept away in a session: India v Australia, 2nd Test review
In episode 152 of the podcast we review the second Test between India and Australia in Delhi. The match see-sawed for two days until Australia collapsed on the third morning - and India sealed a six-wicket win. Support 81allout on Ko-Fi Talking Points: Australia's tactic to sweep against spinners on a pitch keeping low Batting in India in the third innings - a most perilous task The Smith sweep to Ashwin, and Labuschagne playing the ball off the pitch Ashwin and Jadeja - and the subtle variation in lengths across innings Could Australia have used their feet and lofted more in the second innings? Ashwin's mesmeric spell on the first morning Nathan Lyon's drift and turn from around the wicket How the Axar-Ashwin partnership tilted the scales Participants: Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee) Mahesh Sethuraman (@cornerd) Kartikeya Date (@cricketingview) Ashoka (ABVan) * Buy War Minus the Shooting by Mike Marqusee | Buy Cricket Beyond the Bazaar by Mike Coward * Related: Jadeja's seven-wicket haul - BCCI.tv video If Jadeja doesn't get you, Ashwin must - 81allout podcast review of the 1st Test R Ashwin and the story of a most magical over - Karthik Krishnaswamy - ESPNcricinfo Ashwin-Jadeja combo a nightmare for any touring team to India - Dinesh Karthik - Cricbuzz India get the better of Australia, one flick at a time - Karthik Krishnaswamy - ESPNcricinfo The Plan: How Fletcher and Flower Transformed English Cricket - Steve James - Amazon Batsmen could learn from the Hayden way - Andrew Ramsey - cricket.com.au