Kumble’s last Test match ends in draw

Australian bowlers tried to script a twist in the tale but India's middle order did not flinch as the third Test ended in a draw.

Australian bowlers tried every trick in the book to script a twist in the tale but India’s middle order batsmen did not flinch as the third Test, which will now be remembered as captain Anil Kumble’s swansong, ended in a drab draw in New Delhi on Sunday.

Only an extraordinary batting collapse could have forced a result in this highly predictable Test but the blatantly batsman-biased track had only turn for the spinners and hardly anything else.

Taking 20 wickets, a pre-requisite for winning a Test match, proved a task beyond the hapless bowlers from either side who could only watch in dismay as the first two innings alone yielded nearly 1200 runs with just 17 wickets tumbling.

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Having protected their 1-0 lead in the four-match series, earned courtesy their crushing 320-run triumph in Mohali, India now move to Nagpur for the last match of the series sans Kumble, who decided to quit after playing his final Test at his happy hunting ground.

The so far lacklustre Australian attack finally regained some of its old sting and the visitors did try to inject some life into the match by getting rid off Rahul Dravid (11) and Gautam Gambhir (36) in the morning session, but it did not prove enough in the end.

India declared there second innings at 208 for five wickets with VVS Laxman batting on 59 and Sourav Ganguly on 32.

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