21.   Indian batsmen got out trying to accelerate the rate of scoring.

22.   Inevitably, they had to contend with more tenacious resistance from the Indian batsmen on an ideal pitch than in the feeble first innings.

23.   Indian batsmen, groomed on lifeless tracks back home, have long suffered a handicap when playing outside the subcontinent.

24.   Indian batsmen, groomed on tackling quality spin, found Muralitharan simply unplayable.

25.   Kasprowicz and Fleming, the Australian opening fast bowlers, bowled a tight line and length and forced Indian batsmen to play defensively.

26.   Kasprowicz and Fleming, the Australian opening fast bowlers, bowled tight and forced Indian batsmen to play defensively.

27.   Left-hander Kumar Sangakkara overcame the jinx of the nineties to post his maiden test century before the Indian batsmen crashed to their doom.

28.   Much would depend on how the Indian batsmen negotiate Pakistani spinners Saqlain Mushtaq and Mushtaq Ahmed on Saturday.

29.   Rixon believes the hard, bouncy Carisbrook wicket will upset the Indian batsmen and the bitterly cold weather that hit the region late Wednesday was a bonus.

30.   Seven Indian batsmen failed to reach double figures.