1.   All the Indian batsmen played well.

2.   Once more it was the under-rated offspin of Graeme Hick that commanded most respect from the Indian batsmen.

3.   The West Indies defense, which had only taken the field that morning, had just gotten out Sachin Tendulkar, a kind of Ted Williams of Indian batsmen.

4.   Although they did tie down Azharuddin and Sidhu to a certain extent, the Indian batsmen were in no mood to relent and let loose some grand strokes.

5.   At one stage, the umpires requested Indian batsman Ajay Jadeja to appeal to the crowd.

6.   Azharuddin said the onus is on the Indian batsmen to score quickly to give the bowlers enough time to bowl New Zealand out the second time.

7.   Bowlers Allan Donald and Paul Adams were targeted by irate spectators after they gave a torrid time to Indian batsmen.

8.   But Ganguly said Indian batsmen gave Muralitharan too much leeway in the series.

9.   But against Indian batsmen who relish spin bowling, Warne looked nothing like the bowler who has dominated the world cricket for five years.

10.   But Indian batsmen threw away their chance of a decent score due to their lack of application.