'200 is a gettable score'
Anil Kumble completed 13 wickets in the Test with 6 for 133 in the second innings, preventing the Australian defiance from taking the match away in the second innings
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Bowling 46 overs? [laughter] It's been a tough day, [Damien] Martyn and [Jason] Gillespie played well, especially Martyn, and we had to do a lot of work to get them out.
It was slower, and it did not offer so much bounce. I had to pitch it up more than I did in the first innings.
He played mostly on the back foot, waited for the ball to come to him, and punished all the loose balls he got. He showed tremendous patience, and that is what is needed on such a pitch.
We need a good start. In this match the first session has been good for batting, and we need to capitalise on that. If we reach lunch in a comfortable position, we'll be well placed to win the match.
Look, a lot has been said about Parthiv, but it is a tough job that he does, especially on these kinds of wickets, where the pitch has these rough patches. It makes it worse that these decisions are shown on television again and again. He'll get better as the series gets along.
He's a great bowler, but our batsmen play him well. I think 200 is a gettable score.
Quite high. It came against the No. 1 team in the world. We were one down in the series and we needed to win this desperately. Had you told us before the match started that we would be in this situation, we would have taken it.
I bowled the whole day. It's not easy for two spinners to bowl through the day. Zak [Zaheer Khan] really bowled well, and Irfan [Pathan] didn't get into his rhythm.
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