match towards draw

australia played sensibly and a 210-run stand by the two overnight batsman, Ponting and Clarke, anchored Australia to safety and turned the tables as India will now have to bat on a detiorating fifth day pitch with the formidable Australian bowling going all out for a 3-1 series win.India will take heart from the impressive show by their pacers on a battered wicket. The spinners, however, were outwitted by the Aussie batsmen. Ishant Sharma and Irfan Pathan, with three wickets each, deservingly were the most successful bowlers while Virender Sehwag chipped in with two wickets. Harbhajan Singh, who has been in the eye of the storm in the tour 'Down Under', was disappointing with only the wicket of Johnson to his name in his 48 overs.india were jolted right at the onset of their second innings as makeshift opener Irfan Pathan was sent back without scoring by Mitchell Johnson in the second over. Virender Sehwag (31) and Rahul Dravid (11) were in the middle at stumps as India scratched their way to 45-1 at stumps.Earlier,