India Australia 2nd Test , Mohali, Australia staring @ defeat

In Mohali Australia were staring at defeat after losing their top five batsmen for just 10 runs on the fourth day of the second Test against India here on Monday.
Chasing a huge victory target of 516 after the Indians declared their second innings at 314-3, Australia were struggling at 141-5 at stumps at the Punjab Cricket Association.

Michael Clarke however defied the Indian attack and was on 42 with six fours at close along with Brad Haddin (37), both having put on 83 runs for the sixth-wicket stand. Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, 28, started the Australian rot, sending back openers Matthew Hayden (29) and Simon Katich (20) in his sensational opening over before removing Michael Hussey (one) for his 299th Test scalp.
Hayden, who hit Zaheer Khan for two fours in an over, was trapped leg before while Katich lobbed one for Sachin Tendulkar to take a fine tumbling catch at short point.
Ricky Ponting (two) saw his off-stump uprooted by lanky paceman Ishant Sharma who claimed the Australian skipper for the fifth time in as many matches.
Sharma then returned to dismiss Shane Watson (two), who top-scored with 78 in Australia’s first innings total of 268, to reduce Australia to 58-5.



Needing 375 more runs with five wickets in hand, the number one side in the world will have to pray for a miracle if they are to stop India from going 1-0 up in the series for the Border-Gavaskar trophy.History is also against the visitors as the highest successful fourth innings chase is 418 achieved by the West Indies against Australia at St. John’s in the 2002-03 series.
Australian coach Tim Nielsen though believed his team could still pull off a win, declaring “the game is not lost yet.”
“The whole day is left tomorrow and it’s a nice batting wicket. We just need to make sure we execute our skills better.

Chandrayaan to be launched on October 22

India's maiden lunar mission, the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft that launches on October 22, will orbit about 100 km from the lunar surface for two years, performing remote sensing of the dark side or hidden portion of the moon to unravel its mysteries, scientists working on the project said. About 500 space scientists are working round-the-clock to launch India's maiden lunar mission next week.


The Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft will be launched on board the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C11 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota, about 90 km from Chennai and off the Bay of Bengal.

"Moon is the nearest celestial body to earth at a distance of 384,000 km. Formation and evolution of moon are central to understanding the solar system. Though there have been many manned and unmanned lunar explorations, Chandrayaan will be the first spacecraft to explore the dark side or hidden portion of moon and unravel the mystery behind," SDSC deputy director M S N Prasad said at a demo of the lunar mission.

According to ISRO director S Satish, the lunar mission is estimated to cost about Rs.3.86 billion ($80 million), including Rs.1 billion for the launch vehicle, Rs.1 billion for the Deep Space Network (DSN) near Bangalore to receive the radio signals transmitted by Chandrayaan and Rs.1.86 billion for the spacecraft, sub-systems and other components, including payloads.

Chandrayaan Antina To Recieve Signals